Home Bound

Home today nursing a sick baby. Gracie woke up with a 100 degree fever this mo…

Grocery Store Helper

I had to tell you all about tonight's trip to Wal Mart to get groceries. Gr…

Back In The Swing Of Things

Our little family seems to be back to life as usual...with the exception of Gar…

Hair Experiment

It was last week that I realized that Gracie's hair has remained the same s…

Happy Birthday Papaw Charles

Happy Birthday Papaw Charles! I wish I could have been there to celebrate with …

Christmas Day

Hmmm, to sum up the day: rainy, messy, hyper toddler plus tons of new toys, Sty…

Christmas Morning

Gracie hopes Santa was as good to you all as he was to her. Santa left her a th…

Happy Holidays

From family email 12/24/05: Merry Christmas from our family to yours May you fi…

Saying Goodbye

It certainly isn't easy to let go of someone who means so much to you. Than…

Happy Birthday Mariah

Happy Eighth birthday to our favorite niece Mariah! Happy Birthday, we love you…

Grieving

Gracie and I are still in Lynchburg, and will likely be for the remainder of th…

Missing You

Lula Bryant Nash 1918-2005 ***Picture taken Fall 2003**

Gracie Meets Santa

As it usually is when we visit Grandma—the day was very busy! Since Mariah didn…

Hello From Lynchburg

Gracie and mommy spent much of Wednesday afternoon on the road to Grandma and G…

"Language Explosion"

This is the phrase Garren has decided to use for the phase our little Gracie is…

Ready For Christmas

It was a long weekend here in the Shipley home as the Princess Grace gave us a …

More Snow

We got more snow last night, and then ice on top of that. I think it was about …

Gracie Reads

I wanted to tell you all that Gracie read her first book today. It was a board …

Playing Dress Up

I was thinking back today about how my photo sessions with Gracie had tapered o…

Fun In The Snow

...before it melted! I don't think we got the amount of snow we were predic…

Another Fun Family Day

Today ended up being another nice day for the family. The ice that fell last ni…

Cold Saturday

It's icing outside as I write this blog entry tonight. It was very cold mos…

A Story

Sometimes the best way to deal with your emotions, is to put it in to a story, …

Happy Birthday Aunt Heather!

Happy Birthday to my favorite Aunt! Love, Gracie Have a wonderful day and celeb…

In The Holiday Spirit

We hadn't planned to, but tonight turned in to a pre-Christmas celebration.…

Send Rice

Dear Grandma and Grandpa, Please send rice--mommy's a genius! Love, Gracie…

Congratulations Shannon & GW!

You have a beautiful baby boy. I know you have been waiting a long time to meet…

For Posterity

As much as this blog is way for family and friends to keep up with how my littl…

Well Wishes To Family

from family email 11/28/05: Family & Friends: We hope you all had a wonder…

Happy One Month Birthday

Yeah Sierra you are one month old today! Congratulations! I am sure your parent…

Happy Thanksgiving

A very Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family. We hope that you have …

Another Mixed Up Day

Gracie and I affixed the last feather to our homemade "countdown to Thanks…

The Ups And Downs Of My Day

The day started off with yet another potty-time success. I was on my way out th…

Potty Success

***Warning, if you can't handle poop do not read on*** Gracie had potty suc…

November Pictures

I have added November pictures to my snapfish account and they are ready to vie…

Where Did Fall Go

It didn't stick around here long that's for sure. Yesterday, Garren cam…

Happy Birthday Katie

Happy Birthday to my dear friend Katie. I hope that you had a wonderful day and…

Being Thankful

I would like to teach Gracie what others are Thankful for. As a favor to Graci…

Request

From Email 11/17/05 Dear friends and family: I know Gracie is young, but I am t…

Giving Thanks

Gracie and I talked today about being Thankful. We went through family members…

Perfect Day

Today was an absolutely beautiful day here in Strasburg. The sun was warm and i…

Gracie Meets Sierra

Garren and I got our first glimpse into what it might be like if Gracie had a …

October 2005

Check out October 2005 family pictures from Halloween, Pumpkin Patch and more o…

On To The Next Holiday

From family email: Hello family and friends: I hope that you are all enjoyi…

Germs Strike Again

We are all safely back in Strasburg after a wonderful week in Lynchburg with Gr…

Our Little Soccor Player

Gracie showed us the Saturday we arrived in Lynchburg what she can do if we giv…