an unexpected sister party

When one of my favorite writers (Amber from The Run A Muck) announced she would be hosting A Sister Party at her place, I thought it was a fantastic idea. Basically, she encouraged us bloggy girls to host a get together in our homes for our real-life girls, our...

Jif and Jam

One of my favorite things about my girls starting kindergarten at our neighborhood school has been the families we are beginning to meet. Take these guys, for example. This is Jif and his wife, Jam. I’ve gotten to know them so well over the past two months. In...

a thankful heart will be our rhythm

The volume of normal life chaos was turned down over the weekend as I traveled alone to the wedding. In its place was real music from my iPod, uninterrupted by backseat fighting or endless mental checklists. There I was in the drive-thru line at Chic-fil-a, waiting...

back home

I will be spending the day catching up on cuddles and home stories, laundry and the like while trying to remember life without digital cameras, as I took over 1,400 photos at the wedding this weekend. And I wasn’t even the photographer. Speaking of photos, look...