I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in California, Susanna on Feb 4th, 2012
So I never took pictures of our nursery/guest room in the fall because the decorations weren’t complete. We wanted to paint some wood letters that would match the big kids’ names. But to my chagrin, I discovered that they’d stopped making the specific size/font we’d used, and all I could manage to find after hours […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Tommy on Jan 28th, 2012
In case you didn’t catch Derek’s facebook post last weekend, the big kids are taking swimming lessons at an outdoor pool through the rest of the winter. Lest you envy us too much, we hasten to add that it has been incredibly windy both weeks. Standing around in a wet suit in 60 degree weather […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Jan 25th, 2012
Heavy rains kept us inside for a couple days in there, and things did not go well. I lost my temper, the kids provoked each other constantly, and Susie resisted her naps. Even though the ground was still wet yesterday, I shooed the kids outside to play with playdough. Can you tell how much Susie […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Tommy on Jan 21st, 2012
Posted in California, Elizabeth on Jan 6th, 2012
Yesterday was warm again, so I gave in and let the kids pull out the kiddie pool, mostly so that I could say they were playing in it on January 5. Elizabeth’s nearly-naked state somehow accentuated the scraggly appearance of her hair. Derek has been telling me for years to cut it, but she has […]
Posted in California on Dec 5th, 2011
So remember, three years ago, how I spent several days and $100 in babysitting to get ready for our first Christmas party in Chicago–a party that no one in our small group, not even the pastor who asked us to host the party, came to? And how it just happened to be the same week […]
Posted in California on Dec 1st, 2011
If you read our Christmas letter this week and think that life in California is wonderful, wonderful, you have a sanitized, super-cheerful version of reality. I kindof hit a low point this week, so I figured what the heck, I should give everyone a brutally honest picture of how things are. Click below to read […]
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 28th, 2011
Posted in California, Elizabeth, Family, Susanna, Tommy on Nov 27th, 2011
We got a Christmas tree this year! After last year’s fiasco, I was determined that we were going to do this thing the right way. Fortunately, there’s a Christmas tree farm just outside of our subdivision. So we walked down in our short sleeve shirts and flip-flops (hey, it was 68 degrees) to get our […]
Posted in California on Nov 24th, 2011
Derek is starting a new tradition…