I have had a project sitting at the back of my mind for a while now. You know the kind: an idea that occurs to you in the middle of the night (my best ideas tend to come during the nocturnal nursing session I don’t think Miss Cecily is ever going to give up!), and…
Family
Happy Fathers’ Day
The moment I snapped this photo two and a half years ago, I knew it was to be one of those iconic snapshots with the power to transport you back in time. It was January. Unusually warm, enough even to don the shorts that had been relegated months earlier to the top of the closet….
Gulf Shores
What a marvelous week we spent as a family on the sunny beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama! Truly, there couldn’t have possibly been a better setup for our crew: a condo just footsteps from the beach, complete with bunk beds for the older monkeys and all of the comforts of home. The weather was absolutely…
Easter blessings
What a marvelous day we had. We bid a teary farewell to my parents as they headed home after their week-long visit (thanks again for everything, Mom and Dad!) before it was time to head to church for a morning of fun and worship. The older monkeys were thrilled to hunt eggs with all of their church…
Picture perfect
We’ll all be sleeping well here tonight. It was picture day! Nothing fancy this time, just some little shots taken at our local Portrait Innovations. I am overall really pleased with how they captured each little monkey’s personality. (Just look at how Charlotte posed. Isn’t she a hoot?) All three looked so darling in their springtime…
I survived!!
I did something this weekend I never thought humanly possible. I traveled by air. With all three of my children. All. By. Myself. My sweet Pop turned 80 years old this past October, but because life these days is just so incredibly hectic, we were only just now able to get the whole family together for…
Happy spring
Wow – the first day of spring! And yet, we’re set for winter’s last gasp tomorrow here in central Arkansas. I hope this will be our final cold snap for a good long while! It has been a truly marvelous day. We had a leisurely morning, picked up our food club goodies, bought the rest…
It all matters.
All of it. The diapers. The trips to the potty. (Oh, the never-ending trips to the potty…) The nights of interrupted sleep. The patience mustered while dealing with three fussy children at Target. It is all worth it. I was struggling today. Really struggling. We were out of diapers. And toilet paper. You know the…
Whew. For some reason, this week was an absolute blur. It’s not like I’ve had too terribly much more to get done than is par for the course around here, but it has seemed like I have struggled to keep all of the balls in the air that I am usually so adept at juggling….
One half
She might be just a half year old, but Miss Cecily certainly has our whole hearts. Two Days Two Months Four Months Six Months Happy six months, Lily Pie! You are more of a blessing than words can convey. Amy @ Positively SplendidHaving grown up in a home brimming with sewing notions and paintbrushes, Amy…