Clik here to view.
Tales from the 4th of July, part 1
We started out our holiday extravaganza by picking up Mal from the airport. He’s the oldest of this large brood of children and we feel so lucky that he took time off work to come and visit. We know...
View ArticleClik here to view.
4th of July, part 2
Caiti brought her boyfriend Cody along…… Taylor brought Morgan…… and of course, Marcus and Katilin joined us….. My sister hosted our family renunion at her spacious and gorgeous house….. —where we ate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christ Have Mercy
Our Father in heaven is merciful. By His good grace, Jamie came to visit us here in Tennessee and to check on her dying father. He’s been in a miserable condition for quite some time and has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
fall weekending and mother of the year
my friend tammy and i took our kids to the apple farm. we had apple fritters and chicken and dumplings. it was all divine, the food, the fellowship, the fun! our friends sebastian and sarah invited us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Working lunch at the sweat shop……
we’re serious about our handicrafts (aka crafts–but charlotte mason called ‘em handicrafts—and i kinda like it). never mind the hot glue gun being operated by minors in juxtaposition to the grilled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Roadtripping, Part 1
First let me say that we can only take fun trips like this because Stevie works so hard and supports all our educational/pure fun endeavors. We are thankful We drove 4 1/2 hours to Clarksville to drop...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Roadtripping, part 2
i was ready to gossip to you about this whole pageant thing. to gently poke at helicopter moms and spray tan dads. to highlight the general absurdity of teens parading around in swimsuits. but i’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
on a monday
in my hand….. on my nightstand…. on my desk….. on my camera strap……. on my sewing machine….. off my sewing machine…… on my sidewalk….. on my cakestand….. in our art class (we did art first today...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mini Me
There’s no danger of losing this one in the airport. Just look for the girl with the flower pin in her hair, jeans-tucked-in-boots, various colorful bags, bohemian layered clothing, taking photos...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thanksgiving 2010
the kids table…. dear dacor range, how did I ever live without you? the big kids table… parker House Rolls, ten years running my reason for living happy-tizers a few of my favorite people step away...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Home for Easter
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! My semi-break from blogging has left me with a million posts in my head. Maybe I can transfer them from my head to the keyboard It’s always such a treat for us to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘My Little Mother’ and thoughts on mothering
The girls and I are almost finished with book 2 (Anne of Avonlea) of the Anne of Green Gables series. It’s got to be one of my favorite book series of all time. Lucy Maud Montgomery was such a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Weekend Adventures on the Lake
h We had a lake-swimming watermelon-eating house gazing sea-doo riding cliff-jumping belly-laughing kind of a weekend. ****** I’m gonna need a week to recover. Hope yours was fun too! I’m off to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Vacation
I’m so woefully behind in editing and posting photos. I still haven’t finished the girls’ dance recital pics from May. But before the time gets away and I forget altogether, I wanted to post a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Goodbye and God Bless::The Verity’s Last Show
My son Taylor, who is now 21 and entering his 3rd year of college has been the singer/songwriter for the band The Verity for the past few years. This band has defined him in many ways and has given...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Give Thanks
So, how long have you and I been going steady? Like 3 years, I think? Well, except for that time you broke up with me when I posted about Loretta Lynn. And okay, the mullet made you a little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thanksgiving 2011
Thanksgiving in the new house was perfect in every way! The weather was mild enough that the young adults sat on the porch to eat and then enjoyed the fireplace afterwards. Caiti was a huge help this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Nutcracker 2011
I’m not sure I can convey the sheer joy of watching my ballerinas perform this weekend in a wonderful and classic rendition of The Nutcracker. I was teary eyed more than not. And I breathed a huge...
View ArticleClik here to view.
what momma said
I can’t remember the exact circumstances in which she said it but I’ve spent a lifetime trying to grow into it. Thank you, Momma, for your tireless example of what it means to give yourself away to...
View Article
