One Picture of Excitement!
Sometimes one wonderful thing - one saying, one picture, one smile - can lift your entire day! For me, this day, it was already a happy day (birthday for one of my kiddos) but one picture made everyone super excited! [...]
And We All Made It!
December 31, 2023 And We All Made It! Butterflies swam in my heart, stomach, mind… anywhere… everywhere all at once. I’m sitting in one of the folding seats in the Ocean Center with a baby nursing… I’ve been here, done that before, but never have I been in this venue [...]
The Miracle of Laud
The Miracle of Laud: A beautiful birth story [...]
Sister-Cousin Spring Camp
Sister-Cousin Spring Camp & Making Memories! #2023 #Family #Sister #Cousin #Blessings #Connections #SistersAndCousins #TartSpringBreak2023 #SpringBreak2023 #Friends #WateringFriendships #PurposefullyBuildingRelationships #FamilyAndFriends [...]
Dress Up Meet And Impromptu Visit
Dress-Up Meet and Impromptu Visit - Sometimes we need to reconnect and slow down! #2023 #Family #Friends #Friend #Blessings #Blessing #FriendshipIsAwesome #ILoveImpromptuVisits #GymnasticsMeet #WesleyChapelTrip #CharityChallenge2023 #GodsHandIsInEverything #SpecialVisit #IHaveTheSweetestSisters #TheaShowsOff #SistersAndCousins [...]
Pumpkins
Pumpkin Memories [...]
Lucas, the Junior Cadet Member!
#LucasInUniform #SCV #SonsOfConfederateVeterans #HeWantsToBeJustLikeDad #PaperLikeDad #FamilyHistory #AncestryJourney #YesMyDaddysAncestorsWere Quakers #LouisFamilyHasBeenInFloridaForCenturies #Discovery #LearningFamilyHistory #FatherSonActivites #WatchingLucasWantToBeAMan [...]
My Little Learner
March 29, 2020 My Little Learner Our gym has an after-school program where our comfy vans pick up from several area schools and bring little athletes back to gym. They do gymnastics, crafts, eat snacks, and do homework. Thea and her other gym baby friend sometimes hang out there. Thea [...]
Loss and Love
June 23, 2019 Loss and Love Standing excitedly on the screened porch steps, 6 children stand about squirming, giggling, jumping, and otherwise trying to pitifully contain their excitement. “What is it, Daddy!” chorus a half-dozen voices. Daddy pulls out a stork – plain, white, six-foot-tall wooden stork. “No, Daddy! It [...]
Easter Cuteness
April 30, 2019 Easter Cuteness Easter Sunday was so much fun for us this year! Not only did our little Thea officially turn two months old on Easter, but neither Louis nor I was working, neither of us was tired, and we had the whole weekend to ourselves! Baby Thea [...]