We’re back, safe and relatively sound. (I am not doing too well, but the guys are both great–Tommy slept for the whole plane ride back!) Highlights of the weekend… Space age toy (aka Uncle Jason’s battery-operated back massager) walking around the playground with Grandpa giving Mommy a dandelion (actually, he never really gave it […]
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Mother's Day in Columbia
Posted in Family on May 12th, 2008
We spent Mother’s Day with my fam in Columbia, and we had a little more excitement than we’d bargained for when we went to visit Grandma Willett… I guess the local news station had sent over a team to the nursing home to see people visiting their moms for Mother’s Day, but my dad and […]
Thank you, Lord, for a Godly husband, a happy and healthy son, loving families, caring friends, and calling me to be Your daughter. May I never take for granted the blessings You shower on me daily, and may I never think that my plans are better than Yours for me. Tommy brightens Mommy’s day by […]
The Ball!
Posted in Family, Sewing Projects on Apr 28th, 2008
Our weekend plans got a little more complicated when Tommy’s babysitter (aka Grandma) busted her ankle….but we got him over to Columbia, anyway. The whole separation was way harder for me than it was for him, but I did manage to have fun some of the time. Our bed and breakfast was quite the unfeminine place. […]
Saturday was the big day: Tommy’s first trip to a major league ball park. We had taken him to a South Bend Silverhawks game last spring, but this was the real thing. With Dave in town for the game, we got seats right behind home plate (and up about eight flights of stairs–next time we go […]
We did it! We made it to Ted Drewes tonight! Now we can say that we’re really St Louisans! It was a little bit of an adventure getting there. Derek had heard of one that was south, so we tried to go there first. We drove through this whole weird area with Persian and Thai […]
The way to a woman's heart…
Posted in Family on Mar 31st, 2008
If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, the way to this woman’s heart is through the kitchen sink. Often when I am feeling especially affectionate towards my charming husband, I whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookies. We go through chocolate chips like nobody’s business around here! He even says that […]
When I was pregnant with Tommy, we decided to pick a special hymn for each of our kids. It wasn’t our own idea–I give all the credit to Noel Piper in her excellent book, Treasuring God in Our Traditions. I love this book, and I especially love the Pipers’ idea of giving their children a special […]
In sickness and in health
Posted in Family on Mar 27th, 2008
We’ve been practicing a particular aspect of our marriage vows this month, taking care of each other as we trade being under the weather. First Derek and Tommy had the flu, then Tommy and I had a wicked cold, and now Derek’s home from work again and Tommy was up all night with teething pains. […]
Consoling ourselves for a wretched Easter service by singing real hymns around the piano in four part harmony. (John did a great falsetto soprano but sadly avoided being photographed.) Tommy loved helping Uncle Peter play the piano!