when east meets south
I miss ’em so much already. We really did have a great time with my sister and her kiddos. Our kids are all so close in age… mine are (20 – but at summer school) 15, 11, 8, 6, 6, 4, 3 and 2. And hers are 14, 10, 7 and 4. So, between them all, they had no problem… Read More
We went to the beach, again, yesterday. It’s the one place we are all able to find something to do, something to enjoy. And just spend time together. I’ve got about 1.39 million pictures from the last few days, but I thought these were really fun. They make me smile. And, because I’m no longer 14, and could never do… Read More
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For the Fourth of July, we went to a party. We don’t get invited to many of those. Being a ridiculously large family and all. At least, that’s the reason we give ourselves for lack of social engagements. So we took our merry crew and a chocolate chip bundt cake over to a friend’s house. And partied. With cupcakes, some rainbow… Read More
Y’all might remember me mentioning our refrigerator. And my initial desire to ‘upgrade’, based on my certainty that this tiny, outdated unit would simply not suffice for a family our size. Well, the darn thing never fails to surprise me. It’s small. It’s basic. But it somehow manages to hold all the groceries we attempt to fill it with every… Read More
Earlier this week we met up with a friend and fellow volunteer at An Orphan’s Wish, Allison. At the beach. She was up here with her cutie pie son, Aiden, on vacation. At the beach. I really had to twist my kids’ arms to get them to agree to come along with me. In fact, for some reason, everyone was… Read More
The hammer has fallen. And my kids don’t like it. Not one little bit. But it was a do or die situation. I mean, my kids have only been out of school for one week, and I can already feel myself drowning in a sea of bickering, whining and what they too-commonly refer to as ‘boredom’. Soooo, out came the… Read More
Happy Father’s Day… to the one person who can always, always make me smile. We spent the day yesterday at the local AA ballpark. Watching baseball of course. But first, we were taken on a tour of the facility. First stop, the press box. Where some of us tried on the crazy hats they use for games. Then the real… Read More
We’ve walked this trail before. But never in the late spring. In fact, we hadn’t even moved this time last year. I tried to leave my camera at home. Obviously, I failed. I remembered how beautiful it was last time we ventured through these woods But on this trip, our littlest family member was with us. Making her mark. Doing… Read More
The other day we went on a picnic near the coast. Which is really just about 15 minutes from our house. Have I mentioned that I love where we live? So after fully stuffing our bellies with hamburgers and hot dogs, the water beckoned us. We walked to the coastline to take in the view. The weather was heavenly. And… Read More