Eleven years ago today Bob asked me to marry him!! Well, tis the season for yummy food and gatherings and decorations.  Thought I would share some pictures from our service last night.  We had a Christmas buffet and it turned out really nice.  We were missing a couple of families but had a wonderful time.  It snowed all afternoon yesterday and it was as if we were driving in a snow globe. These were some...

I am so thankful that we snapped family pictures a week ago and not this week.  The temperature turned frigid this week – BRRRR!!    We didn’t have anyone to take our pictures for us and so we set the camera up on the tripod and set the timer on the camera.  We got a few good shots out of about 100.     The kids get so silly when we are taking pictures of them. My sweet girls and me. Daddy’s...

Do any of you have traditions that go along with the first snowfall that accumulates?  Our tradition is a day off of school.  The kids go out and play and play and play.   Then, it is time for hot chocolate while all of their outdoor gear dries out.   Bob takes them out again in the evening for a snowball fight/building snowmen.  I think we had 4 snowmen built in one day.   While they are all outside...

Wow,  it has been three months since I have blogged.   I have had people email me and ask me if we have fallen off the face of the earth.   The answer is: NO.  I wish I were an incredibly transparent person who, without reserve,  can share and pour out victories and trials and express burdens in a way that doesn’t seem whiny.   I have a really bad emotional habit of withdrawing.  That is what...