when east meets south
This Christmas season I wanted to be really purposeful in finding ways to make the season memorable – without either spending a small fortune or increasing my already-sufficiently-high level of holiday-induced anxiety. And, taking those two things into consideration, well… doesn’t leave a whole lot of things. Even gingerbread houses. But these? With the already-built graham cracker sides? That require… Read More
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And we are finding a million ways that God is blessing us in this sweet season. One was an opportunity to go see the Alabama Ballet perform the Nutcracker. It was just mama and the girls, taking a little field trip to the Wright Center at Samford University. And, since our Clementine… Read More
Another day with the fluffy stuff – and this time, without commentary. Because we did all the snow things and had all the snow fun. And then came in and took hot baths and drank hot chocolate. And I did laundry for the next two days.
Snow was predicted. But, here in the south, snow can be a relative term. Down here, “snow” usually means a white dusting that melts before you can pull your boots on. It also means that every WalMart is sure to sell out of everything except anchovies and pickled pig feet. But on this day, we actually got snow. Not only… Read More
It’s the last day of November – a big month in the adoption world. It contains Orphan Sunday and is even slated as National Adoption Month. It is also a perfect reason to take an afternoon to pull on dresses and scribble smiley-faces on palms to capture this moment in time in our family. And while the kids may be… Read More
When it come to Halloween, we love to plan big around here. Real big. We had plans to all dress us as characters from Clementine’s current movie crush, Trolls. We even did a test run with some pink-spray-on-haircolor to see what we thought. In the end? We got busy. And lazy. And pretty much waited until the last minute to… Read More
This fall, Asher, Dalton, Sophie and Isabelle started taking a ceramics class at the Birmingham Museum of Art. It’s a fantastic class – the kids are able to create something new each week and bring home their masterpiece from the week before. The class lasts an hour and a half and the museum is half an hour away from our… Read More
It was almost three years ago he was given just three more months to live. Diagnosed with a fast growing oral sarcoma and no real treatment options, we took him home and determined to love him for as many days as the Lord would allow. And he surprised us all. He made it to Christmas (answering the prayer of our… Read More
Six weeks old seems big enough for their first field trip. I probably should have tried doing this sooner. But digging deep into the interwebs trying to learn all you can about potential chicken-predators will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. And keep your baby chickens under lock and key. So I waited until what… Read More
This year for my birthday, I skipped the practical. Leapt over the moderately impractical. And headed straight for the crazy. Yup. Chickens. 15 of them. The *15* wasn’t part of the plan, though… honestly I was thinking about half as many. But when you order chicks by mail it’s not quite like Amazon. So, at the recommendation of the nice… Read More