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…