Welcome to the first edition of Teen/Tween Thursday where each week I will be tackling an important issue facing our kids. I am a mom of 12 and 13 year old boys, a 16 year old (bonus) son and a 15 year old sister. I was a teen mom so I am fairly young (31)…
Tag Archive: Kids and Teens
To be honest…
I had a post prepared about a hilarious outing we had last night…a comical attempt to free our deep freezer from the home that is for sale after *someone* bought too much meat at a BOGO sale to fit in the itty bitty teen tiny freezer in the kitchen of our current home. But that…
Of Love and Snowstorms
Our pastor reminded us Sunday that love is a verb, an action, a choice. After being trapped snowed in with my family all week I can certainly attest to this fact. You know you love your testosterone driven hubby and boys when: the cries of “doorknob” and subsequent running through (your much smaller than before,…
Expect the Unexpected
Today for Thankful Thursday, our host Lynne chose the theme of being thankful for the unexpected. Ha! That could be the theme of my life so I decided to do a little time line post of how God took the unexpected (to me, not to Him) and worked it for good in my life. Time…
Our Christmas Letter
Here is our year in review (that got mailed with our Christmas cards last week). We are still settling in to the new house and packing to leave for Florida to visit family the day after Christmas. My posting will be sporadic until after the New Year so I wanted to take this opportunity to…
Tale of Two Houses
There once was a girl with a house: It’s time to move, agreed her spouse. So, they packed up their things, tried not to cling and prepared to create a new adventure. The ugly border must go Hard work and time will show That this house can be home It matters not where you roam…
Where are you Christmas?
Last year, on Black Friday, Jared and Matt (OMGosh, look how much they’ve grown just since last year) were decorating our upstairs tree. This is what it looked like when they were finished (this is the tree they are allowed to decorate, hence the ornaments almost touching the floor- ack!) So, you ask, where is…
