This is the baseball weekend that almost wasn’t. I dropped the ball (big time!) and didn’t realize the first weekend we planned was also Parent’s Weekend. This meant no hotel rooms and no baseball tickets available. Instead we made a last minute switch to the Tech series the first weekend of May. This was not …
Category Archive: Family
Jan
14
Alison’s First Birthday Party
Ali’s first birthday party was a delightful hit. I’d say it went off without a single hitch. Julie loves planning birthday parties for the kids, but I think this one was her favorite. She kept talking about how happy all the colors made her. The theme was “rainbow”, and that assimilated itself most obviously in the …
Dec
26
Nov
08
Estes Park, Colorado
We have been home from vacation for over a week and I am just now getting around to writing a post about it. Life is just busy…which is why we needed a vacation in the first place! Vacation was truly vacation this time. We packed up the kids and got on a plane with my …
Nov
01
Thanksgiving Challenge
This year I am going to intentionally focus on Thanksgiving for the wonderful opportunity it is to give thanks for all the blessings in our life. I will not skip right from Halloween to Christmas and I will intentionally give thanks for (at least) one thing every day. It might be a single picture, or only a …
Oct
24
The Pumpkin Patch
I love October. Seriously, love this month. It holds everything good in the world. College Football is in full swing and conference play is fierce. World Series is on. Time to break out the crock pot and cook chili and black beans and all types of pumpkin desserts (too bad I haven’t been able to …
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October 24, 2011
Oct
03
The Perfect Type of Sunday
I want to write this down because Sunday was a great day. I especially need to remember this great day in light of my last post. A cool front has finally arrived in San Antonio. I woke up to 59 degrees. So I made coffee and took the kids outside to play before church. We were …
Sep
06
Labor Day Weekend
We descended upon Blanco, Texas for the weekend, along with 5 other families from around the state. Six families, most with multiple children, and ALL of them under 5 years old! We needed a LARGE place to accommodate such a big group, and I give credit to Summer for finding this place. The property is …
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August 20, 2011