Archive for May, 2011
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May 27, 2011
5 CommentsReady for Summer
Today Mackenzie and I had lunch with Chris at the park. It was a little chilly, actually — so odd for the end of May. We played on the swings and on the slides. It was so much fun. I took pictures and video, but I lost them when I synced up my replacement iPhone....
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May 26, 2011
No CommentsCustom WordPress Theme for Shirebacon
Amy and I launched her new theme for Shirebacon.com yesterday! Please go check out her blog and leave a comment. She’s a wonderful writer, and her stories about her adventures with two little boys are so fun to read. She’s also new to blogging, so go show some...
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May 24, 2011
6 CommentsContentment
Last night I worked on Amy Shireman’s free custom blog for my friend Keli’s giveaway last week. I am super excited about the design — can’t wait to show you. She asked me to link to ICAN for VBAC awareness. I had no idea what those acronyms stood for, so I had to do some...
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May 23, 2011
No CommentsSomething to Celebrate
Big news! My mother is officially cancer-free and was discharged from the hospital on Saturday. She is back at home. Yay! Thank you to everyone who has been praying for her since she first went to the hospital last Christmas. We are so thankful to God for her healing and so proud of her for...
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May 16, 2011
No Comments{You Capture} Motherhood
Last week’s You Capture theme was Motherhood. How in the world do you capture that? Motherhood is beautiful. And fierce. Protective. Nurturing. Life-changing. Check out more You Capture posts from this week’s assignment...
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May 15, 2011
No CommentsRecovery
What a nutty, crazy weekend. We spent almost all day Saturday in the ER with Chris, only to be sent home with no answers and no medicine. The outpouring of concern from family and friends for him was so sweet, though. We are so blessed. We spent today recovering from yesterday. So. Tomorrow is Monday,...
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May 13, 2011
No CommentsLittle Bean
Fridays always seem to be the longest day of the week. Last Friday Chris came home from work to me eating ice cream for dinner. Today I almost collapsed in an exhausted heap at 4:00. Granted, I spend every other day of the week entertaining an infant, making dinner, doing dishes, washing laundry, cleaning up...
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May 09, 2011
No CommentsJoy
Mother’s Day was yesterday. I feel so honored to be Mackenzie’s mom that I wanted to honor her, for being so great, so cute, so sweet and well-behaved. For changing my life and making me a mom. She is such a gift, and I am so blessed. Chris’s Mother’s Day gift to me was a...
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May 02, 2011
1 CommentGone
My husband made an incredibly delicious batch of yeasty cinnamon rolls yesterday and then informed me that we had to eat them all within twenty-four hours or they would get hard. I informed him this was simply an impossible task. I was...

