when east meets south
Today we headed to the mall. Tori wanted to check out some jackets at American Eagle and I, well… I don’t ever mind making a trip to the mall. All my favorite shops were having a great sale over Labor Day weekend and I thought I’d go again just for the fun of it. While we were strolling around (actually… Read More
After the beautiful botanical gardens, we headed back to our hotel. The boys adore staying in a hotel because it means jumping on the beds and swimming in the pool! Thankfully it was a perfect day for swimming as the pool was outside and we were the only ones there. The girls haven’t been in a ‘normal’ pool all summer,… Read More
Chris came home on Thursday and we headed to Birmingham on Friday for a weekend away. We took the kids out of school for the day and arrived in the early afternoon. We lunched with some of the folks from Lifeline (the adoption agency we used to bring Sophie home) and had a great time talking adoption talk and getting… Read More
Last week Zach told me that when he was playing with Dalton and Asher back in their room, that Dalton swallowed something. I asked Dalton about it and he admitted, yes, he had put something in his mouth, tried to spit it out, and “It just went down, momma!” I admit to being pretty maxed out with Chris being gone… Read More
The kids are still enjoying the warm weather (read: smokin’ hot) here in Georgia since it affords them a much longer window of opportunity to spend afternoons in their play pool, enjoying such frozen delights as fudgesicles and popsicles. The other afternoon Sophie chose a fudgesicle and Belle chose a blue popsicle. Well, the heat got to them before the… Read More
We celebrated Tori’s birthday over the weekend with a big feast, all Tori’s favorite dishes. Thankfully she’s quite a cook and happily made most of it herself. But on her actual birthday, August 16th, we had a mini celebration with mini cakes for everyone. The boys loved decorating theirs with frosting and sprinkles and the girls loved eating theirs 🙂… Read More
Today is the first day of school. I know, it’s ridiculous that it starts here so early. I always have considered August to be a summer month, but I guess the schools around here don’t think so. We have been running around all week preparing for the big day. Indeed, it’s a bit more labor intensive when you have 4… Read More
Some of our wonderful friends from our last two assignments (both Illinois and Oklahoma) were able to come by yesterday to visit. They were on their way home from vacation and had the afternoon to come by and visit with us all for a while. The boys loved having Brian here to wrestle with, they’ve missed that rough housing they… Read More
It has been depressingly hot and dry here this summer. Even the beautifully manicured lawns are turning brown from lack of rain. We have had thunder and sprinkles a few times, but a real rain shower hasn’t materialized. Well, a full blown storm was rolling in the other night and Sophie asked me if she could go outside. I knew… Read More
We found a local park to spend the afternoon. The kids had a great time, but, once again, my girls were not thrilled to be the focus of my picture taking. Isabelle is old hat at these types of playgrounds, but Sophie is like a kid in a candy store everytime we get out to play. Yes, I did get… Read More