Raisin' 4

I have to send you over to the Humphrey's blog today to check out pictures of Trey and Ian from their last playdate. It will bring a T...

... for weddings. And oh yes, new babies . Seriously, I must have 58 friends (or maybe just eight) who have had, or who are due to have ba...

(Chase, Ian, Ian's mom Angela, Tess, and Trey at a playdate at our house) I think back to my last round of school conferences with th...

For lots of really great scheduling reasons, we partied simply with this girl this year. It was just our family, and it was a great choice....

Look what her brothers taught her to do. Not the naked thing. She taught herself how to do that. She either needs potty trained or duct t...

We packed light, earned enough flight miles for five free (ahem, I mean earned ) airline tickets (squeezing in Tess for free right before h...

It's Father's Day, and I get the gift of being married to this guy. If you could only live in this house for a day, you would know ...

...everybody will want to take a family picture just as much as I do. I just know it.

Before we talk Florida, I must let you in on a little secret. We conned these guys into going with us! Hali and Cameron have been a part o...

...to say that I have NO time to blog today. It's a crazy VBS / baseball week around here. But I promise to get Florida pictures up so...

We're home from an incredible week in Florida. And I'm not just saying that. It was one of our best vacations ever. And we neede...

Our bags are packed, and our family of six (plus the coolest babysitter couple in the world!!) is ready to hop on an airplane tomorrow to ...

This is how we looked... the last time we were in Florida... our family not quite yet complete. One week and counting...

So I installed this counter on my blog two days ago to see if, in fact, anyone actually reads this thing. A busy mom has to have some sort ...

I just left these two, after way too much giggling and way past their bedtime. It's Friday night, and they were deep in a new handshake...

Laundry that just looks like Spring. I know, I'm easily amused.

(My niece Emma, my mom, Tess and Aunt Patty... some of my very favorite girls ever) ...it's Mother's Day, and it's midnight, a...

.... this is mine from the hammock. So much for cuddling up just the two of us. :)

Do you ever catch yourself in the kitchen, hustling like a crazy person to finish supper before the evening activities begin, then turn arou...

I love this kid...

...and he's FOUR! Happy Birthday, darlin'!

It's 9:49pm and Tyler should be rolling in from work in the next few minutes. Darn those 1:30-10pm weekend shifts. Oh wait, I gave a k...

when you can just stop and eat the candy?! Still reflecting on Christ and His amazing gift to us!

Changing Chase. I can almost see the wheels spinning in this kid's mind some days. Sometimes he loves being silly with Tess, doing eve...

She has a will, and she'll find a way... ... she spots her motivation (in the form of chocolate )... ... and goes in for the attack. ...