Starting Over

(from email) Friends & Family: 2010 is shaping up to be a whopper for us…

A New Year For Change

Six months from now I will have to pack up all the things in this house and tak…

Dealing With Death At Age 5

I don't think she understands completely that Papaw Charles is gone. What a…

$10 Of Happiness

Neither snow, nor sleet, nor driving rain will keep me from an amazing bargain!…

Gracie's First War Wounds

What a day! For starters we had a rocky morning this morning when mommy apparen…

Star Student Of The Week

You are looking at the Star Student Of The Week for Ms. Orndorff's kinderga…

Gracie's Dinner Quote

Mommy: "You could eat more dinner if you stopped being so chatty!" Gr…

Brief Visit

Aunt Heather stopped in for a very brief visit to our Strasburg home before hea…

Sunday Pink

Just had to share this wonderful picture of my two babies from this morning. It…

Mallory's Big Day

Gracie and I were thrilled to get to be apart of Mallory's big day at her s…

Gooney Bird Greene

I am not exactly clear on who this little girl is, but I have heard bits and pi…

Calendar Helper

My kindergartner got to be "calendar helper" this week in her classro…

11 Months, Late

Mommy's froggy prince turned 11 months on Saturday, but thanks to another n…

A Wonderful Quote

I told Ruth about this one, and decided to post it as it seemed to make her and…

36 Words And Counting!

Are you not AMAZED! She only fumbled on two, but usually she can do it almost …

Another Sweet Quote

I know I have been posting a lot of these lately, but the sweetest things keep…

Listen To My Gracie Sing

The kids, especially my Gracie, did yet another beautiful job singing this morn…

Gracie Quote

While watching Sleeping Beauty and eating lunch this afternoon... "Mommy, …

Who Is "Ya-Ya?"

Speaking of words (he he), Thomas seems to have a new one. He keeps saying &qu…

Kindergarten Sight Words

Gracie came home this week with a printout of 8 site words for her to work on a…

Where Has The Time Gone?

It seems like everyone is talking about the past year, and even the past 10 yea…