Abe came home from school the first day with bright eyes and excitement in his voice, “My teacher said that she only has smart and good kids in her class.” You can tell he’s so proud of himself for making it into her class. I love her attitude to believe in her students, to communicate […]
First week flying solo as mother to five. Jimmy headed back to work… his mom and Christine gone as well. What to do with 3 under 3 home all day long? I went on a few walks to the park with the boys and Eliza. I realized that was overdoing it at 2 1/2 weeks […]
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Jimmy’s cousin Alicia took some darling photos of Eliza last Saturday – just a few days before she turned 2 weeks. I love seeing newborn sweetness captured in photos. My mom made the yellow blanket for Eliza. Grandma Beck (age 94) made the peach afghan for her. This white dress is for her blessing in […]
Perfect little song for my life right now. I love that it’s called “Song for a 5th child.” Our house may never be truly clean again. After baby #2, things went down hill fast in the cleaning department. I’m trying to ‘Let it Go’ and not worry so much about what doesn’t get done. Yes, […]
Today’s MOMENTS: ~ Watching tru run with floppy arms around the yard to gather the balls and bats. He stopped to blow a bug off the fence. When we ate popsicles he kept his hand on my leg. He wore his kickball shirt with pj bottoms (seeing as the other 4 pants had blast-o-poop on […]
My sister Amy was able to come visit for a few hours this past week. She was so excited to meet Baby D’liza. We sat on the couch for a few hours and visited. Nice! My kids were so glad to see her too! She helped them make homemade lemonade from lemons grown in her […]
This is a mish-mash of thoughts streaming through my head as of late. …About Motherhood… awareness… mindfulness… teaching truth… survival… joyful moments. I don’t have time or brain power to filter through it all… so yes, it’s a bit lengthy. 1. My blog friend Jenifer shared this insight related to Mosiah 4:14-15, “we realized that […]
Max tells stories. He starts as if he were in the middle of the story. I like it. “And then you go to doctor. And the doctor get your baby out. Then we open the door. We go on the alligator, we walk and then we see you and baby D’liza. And then the doctor […]
Yesterday Hannah came home from school with oodles of excitement over making a new friend in her class, a cute girl who happens to be on the same bus and lives just around the corner. This girlie gave her a friendship bracelet. Hannah was thrilled. Today Hannah came home from school and said this girlie […]