Hi. Remember me? Can you believe I only posted 4 times in all of 2015? I let an entire pregnancy go by without saying anything on this blog about it. That’s right. We have another baby here. He was a total surprise. Such a surprise that I think it took […]
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One Day
I participated in the One Day party on Instagram again this year, hosted by Laura of HollyWood HouseWife. Every year that I do this I think to myself I will follow up by making it into a blog post so that readers who aren’t on IG can see what goes […]
Read MoreHome – #1000gifts
Our hostess, her son, and his bride during the ceremony. The groom’s father speaking. A marriage blessing from the oldest man in the community. I’m sitting at a wedding dinner, in a spacious house made of mud bricks with a tin roof that clamors loudly when the rain pours […]
Read MoreSmall town livin’ – Village Life
Beema is here!!! For more than 2 weeks we are enjoying a visit from Aaron’s mom and we are loving it. She’s spoiling all of us. We’ve missed her so much since we left the US and it’s so good to see her again. Since I have a second to […]
Read MoreWhen a mom gets up to get a drink of water…
…she may decide to go to the bathroom first. Then she’ll notice that a child left wet clothes on the bathroom floor and go outside to call them in to pick them up. That’s when she’ll see the 2 year old standing in the driveway with his swim suit laying […]
Read MorePretty, Happy, Funny, Real – The LMLD meetup
Pretty The place Rosie blowing bubbles to keep the kids entertained. Everyone that came, really. Lovely women. Happy Little drawing in the dirt with a stick. Bam Bam doing whatever it is that he is doing here. Pippo finds a stick. Funny doesn’t he look like he’s making a break […]
Read MorePretty, Happy, Funny, Real
I have a sleeping boy in my lap right now. He woke up from his nap still tired. It’s been a while since I just held a sleeping toddler. He’s very sweet. So I have a second to write a PHFR post. Pretty Yeah, I like flowers. Happy My daily […]
Read MoreI think I’ve forgotten how to write
I don’t know what else to say when I come to this space besides, “Hey, look what I did over there, and there, and there. Oh and check out my to do list, impressive no?” Sorry. I’m becoming a workaholic. Ask me the last time I went to bed before […]
Read MorePretty Happy Real
Pretty – Flower girl dress with the sash I sewed. Funny – Bam Bam decided to eat his little friend’s shoe last week at church. I believe he’s trying to demonstrate his slavish devotion to her in exchange for her cereal snacks. Happy – This is everyone about a minute after […]
Read MoreAn Embarrassment of Riches
They are all very loud, standing on the outside edge of the window sill, just behind this couch I sit in. There are bird sounds and many characters acting out voices and I wonder if today is another failure. Should I be letting them just run wild now, at 2:42pm […]
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