Potty Training – Episode One

Yes, this post is about potty training.  But if you are reading in hopes to find some actual tips, advice or suggestions that work, read no further.  I do not have any.  Instead, I have resorted to praying every day that my child will not be going to Kindergarden in diapers.
When Lilly turned two she showed [...]

You Might Be A Redneck If…

Your first kill is a rat!  In case you wondered just how redneck it can get out here in the boonies, now you know.  I don’t feel this picture needs much explanation.  And, since I wasn’t home at the time, I’ll never know exactly how it all went down.  Thank you God.  The fact that my [...]

And Yet, Another Look

Lilly loves to swing.  I swear she would stay on those things forever if she could find enough people to keep her going.  There is a catch though.  If she gets to going too fast, she gets “the look”.  The first time it happened it actually scared me because it looked like she was going [...]

Back in the Saddle Again

Since it’s been, well we won’t actually spell it out, let’s just say a long time since I’ve posted, I wondered if my password would still work.  Bingo!  It does. 
I know you have been dying to hear what we’ve been up to (the emails, the phonecalls, the knocking down my door!).  Even more importantly I know [...]

Grandma and Grandpa

Every Christmas at Mike’s mom and dad’s, they like to get a picture of the kids with Santa and Mrs. Clause.  This year, Lilly and Zach started their own tradition of taking a picture with a different set of mr. and mrs.  Grandma and Grandpa are the sweet ol’ folks who sit on a bench [...]

Under the Tree

About a week before Christmas, I was walking by our tree and noticed a new “package”.  
Before I go any further, let me give you a little background as to what a present snooper I am.  When I was little, I knew each and every present that had my name on it.  I could tell you [...]

Daddy Said No

This traumatizing and sad event is a little hard to read, don’t say I didn’t warn you.  It all started after Zach’s birthday, we were finishing dinner and about to serve left over birthday cake for dessert.  Zach had cleaned his plate, but Lilly was still lingering over a mostly full one.  Amist listening to Zach tell [...]

Seven

Dear Zach,
It’s hard to believe you are SEVEN!!  Wow.  I know I say this every year, but it really is hard to believe.  The time goes by at heart breaking speeds sometimes.  (I don’t expect you will understand this until you have children of your own. Or, maybe until Christmas vacation is over and you wonder where [...]

Ready

A few weeks ago, Zach and I were both baptized.  As you may have read in an earlier post, Zach was saved at the beginning of this summer.  We wanted to make sure he understood what baptism means and wanted him to decide when he was ready.  I have been a Christian most of my life and [...]

Rainy Day

Nothing like a good rain shower in on a humid, muggy day.  These pictures were taken a few weeks back.  Actually, before school started.  It had been awhile since we’d had rain and the kids wanted to get out in it.  Zach kept asking “Has Lilly ever seen rain before?”  By the way she kept [...]