Evidently, “Have a good slide” is what they say in Switzerland as a New Year’s greeting. (I learned this from Romy, who’s getting married in Switzerland this year! And guess who will be performing the ceremony? Robert! Ministry is such a sacrificial calling, I tell ya. No really, we can hardly wait and feel so… Read More Sliding into the New Year
It was a wonderful Christmas……Worshiping with friends on Christmas Eve New flannel pj’s to wear on Christmas Eve Light hearts, silliness, and laughter Soft stuffed puppy dogs New Legos And the much desired ipod!
From out of the backseat, on a quiet ride to church……. Cooper: (soberly) “Mom, I wish Dad was healthy enough to play in the NFL.” Me: (cracking up) “Healthy enough????” Cooper: (incredulous) “Yeah, I wish he never would have hurt his back – then he could play!” So, I guess now we can let you… Read More NFL Dad
Kayla had her 3rd annual Christmas tea party last Saturday. She invited 7 girls over for the occasion. There was cookie decorating – both sugar cookie cutouts and gingerbread men. I always plan several activities, but every year we hardly get to all of them, because the girls are so meticulous about the craft or… Read More Time for Tea
Well, we survived the blizzard yesterday – got about a foot of snow in only a few hours. This angel is in our front yard, and yes that big white blob and the little ones are snowflakes! Let’s see if you can guess what my early (and only) Christmas present is this year… Early this… Read More Winter Wonderland
It was the straw, or should I say the pine needles that broke the Mama’s back this week. I knew our tree was seeming a bit dry to the touch, and needles seemed to be dropping prematurely. But on Tuesday just the vibrations from walking in the house were bringing them down in what sounded… Read More Tree Tradition: Take Two
Every year on the day after Thanksgiving, we get our Christmas tree and spend the day decorating it and the house. Since we’ve lived in New England we’ve actually gone to real tree farms and cut our own! This year we found a new tree farm in our town that we had never been to.… Read More The Tree Tradition
We enjoyed the first snow of the season today – about 2 inches.The Christmas music was playing, there was hot cider for breakfast, and everyone was efficient with their schoolwork and chores in order to go outside and play in it! On a sad note, Buddy (our golden retriever) had a pretty severe seizure this… Read More First Snow
Finally, Robert had a real day off to do the “transition to winter” work around the house – raking leaves, replacing screens with storm windows, cleaning out mudroom, garage, etc. He had many willing helpers as it was still a school day and a Friday and there wasn’t much interest in finishing schoolwork at all!… Read More Work Day
We’ve waffled about this “holiday” for 12 years now. The kids have never done “real” trick-or-treating. In years past we have just let them get dressed up, and then we’ve made the rounds to 2 or 3 friend’s houses to show off their costumes. It became a tradition, so each house would be ready with… Read More Maiden Halloween Voyage