This is a little longer than the typical quote I post for Sunday Citar, but I was driving in my van yesterday and stopped to listen to the words to this Taylor Swift song for the first time and found myself crying as I drove down the interstate. The Best Day (click on song title…
When Animals Attack
A word from Lolli: This post was written by my husband, CandyMan. I haven’t seen him enjoying anything lately quite as much as tonight, when I suggested that he write today’s story in a blog post. Enjoy! When we were in college, we discovered a new show – “When Animals Attack.” It was the cheesiest…
Can You Tell I Bribed Them?
Is it obvious that my kids don’t like the fact that I force this tradition upon them every Spring Break? Can you tell that I was furious with AJ for stepping in front of the camera and constantly trying to get in the picture? (notice that first picture–he was not supposed to be in there)…
Tuesday Tribute. Dad.
We’ve all been effected by cancer. Many of you know that my father died of cancer at the young age of 24. I was 2 1/2 when he passed away. All I have left of him are a few photos, a handful of letters, and stories. Here we are after the cancer had already taken…
The moments every mother hopes for….
Necco came home from school today and asked if she could make a cake. Out of the blue. She got to work right away, and made the entire cake and buttercream frosting completely on her own. She even added sprinkles to make the frosting colorful and fun. And then she colored some of the frosting…
{BELIEVE DREAM IMAGINE}
Believe….Hope….Faith….Love…..At McDonalds? We all needed to get out of the house tonight, so we headed to McD’s for dinner. We rarely go to McDonalds….a fact that became very apparent once we walked inside and looked around. The reataurant near our house has been completely renovated. It actually felt nice. And clean. And cute. They had…
Thankful Turkeys – a Thanksgiving Craft
The other night, we made Thankful count-down-to-Thanksgiving Turkeys. We had so much fun making them! I love how each turkey started out completely unique, but then everyone started noticing the cool ideas from other family members, and added clothes or other features. We made enough feathers for each turkey (it was supposed to be…
Mmmm…Raspberries!
I finally did something interesting enough to blog about!! As much as I have been enjoying the start of the school year, and sharing my day times with AJ, we haven’t been doing things that were too exciting. Today, though, we met some friends at the Orchard for raspberry picking. AJ was a picking champ!…
Ketchup
Twizzler has loved ketchup for a LONG time. We have given up telling him, “That’s too much ketchup! You don’t need that much ketchup!” because he REALLY does eat THAT much. He loves it. How many 7 year olds know the benefits of lycopene (or even know what it is)? Yeah, while he’s eating ketchup…
Decorating Eggs 2008
My favorite picture from tonight. Look at those eyes! Not only did we decorate Easter eggs tonight, but I got to try out my brand new, just came in the mail this afternoon, lens! I LOVE the feel of it (even Dale commented on it!) and I am pretty happy with my first-try results. St…