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Our February field trip for preschool was to the post office. The kids each came prepared with one letter addressed to their home. I don’t know what’s in the envelopes but I am looking forward to getting it in the mail! They each bought a stamp, put it on, and mailed their envelope. The funnyContinue reading “February Field Trip”

We had a jam packed weekend! First, we had to reschedule our annual New Year’s Day brunch for Groundhog’s Day (remember Jim, JT, and Haley all were sick?). Fortunately, everyone could make it! We had a pancake bar and everyone brought toppings to share. Haley and I made a quadruple batch of pancakes, three egg-ham-hashbrownContinue reading “brunchsuperbowlfun”

I took all of these pictures on Tuesday this week… It’s not nearly as fun as the cabins in the snow at our house, but we try. Here’s Haley pushing her kitty in her stroller. They are going to the store. Every week, I write JT’s memory verse on our chalkboard. I think I’m improvingContinue reading “Tuesday”

We have been planning this past weekend for months! We have a great group of friends from Jim’s college life. We’ve known the guys for fifteen years and have gotten to know the wives as they’ve gotten married. Now there are 13 kids to add to the six married couples. We met up last inContinue reading “Bethel Ridge Weekend”

Since JT is a summer birthday, I asked him if he wanted to celebrate his half birthday at preschool or wait and celebrate early in May. He said a half birthday would be fun, so that’s what we did. I signed up to be parent helper on January 15. I have a nice arrangement withContinue reading “Four Point Five”

First off, we were so excited to watch the Tide stomp all over Notre Dame (and we were right), but Monday morning we got some scary news that Jim’s cousin’s baby was born with some very serious health concerns. They live in Alabama, so all we could do was pray and wait for updates. SoContinue reading “Roll Tide!”

After spending a week under the weather, we are finally on the mend. Haley enjoyed trying out her new tea set in between sniffles from her cold, while Jim and JT built JT’s monster truck kit (and painted, and stickered) that he got for Christmas. Such great guy time! JT also got to use hisContinue reading “Back in the Saddle”

No photos… just an update. Jim went to the doctor this morning and he was told he has rotavirus. JT went to his doctor this afternoon and was diagnosed with rotavirus and pnuemonia. He started an antibiotic today. Both boys are very fatigued and spent most of today horizontal. Pray for recoveries and that HaleyContinue reading “Update – Edited”

With the boys sick, I made the tough decision to leave them at home and take Haley to the family Christmas dinner at Jim’s sister’s house. It was really hard to leave, especially with JT saying, “Why are you leaving us when we’re sick? Who will take care of me?” as I headed out theContinue reading “More Christmas”

If you read in the Christmas Eve post about Jim being sick, you might be wondering how Christmas morning went. JT woke up about 5:30 crying that his throat hurt to swallow. 😦 I tucked him back in bed and Jim, meanwhile, got up to throw up. He said he felt much better and thenContinue reading “Christmas Morning”