Outnumbered and Overjoyed

I am not making this up. I did not script the following. If you know me well, you know this story rates up there with my other 'favorite...

Maddux makes me laugh every day. In ways that are different from how Eli brings me to chuckles. First off, her lip is amazing. She sticks it...

Today we had a 'work day' at our church. Instead of going outside of our walls to practice Faith In Action, we all pushed up our sle...

Eli visited the dentist for the first time this morning. We chose a pediatric dentist near the house that came recommended by a friend. (The...

I know my posts have been a bit infrequent as of late....life has just been busy! The kids are making sure that any 'down time' I ha...

Eli is telling amazing stories and re-caps these days. Every afternoon I hear a new dream or thought, all told in a very serious and excited...

Poor girl. I don't know if it's teeth again or a small cold, but she's been drooling, runny-nosed and clingy-CLINGY to me the la...

Since we just had a large intake of toys and books and clothes at our house (aka Christmas), I figured it was a good time to go through our ...

Eli went roller skating for the first time today. (And mommy went for the first time in 15 years!) Eli's buddy, Logan, had his fourth bi...

Eli is finally starting to want to dress himself. Of course he's able, but he is/was never willing. We came in from school today and he...

I know...I'm behind in my posts. Over the holidays I signed up for a walk that I made the decision to walk back in October. I guess I...

Totally unrelated, but Fox 5 did a 2-hour stint at Piedmont Park this morning, showing our bootcamp and interviewing instructors and campers...

Oh the things my kids say. I love it!! Maddux is always talking, but now she's making more sense. She is big BIG into animals; she loves...

Eli is really learning the art of conversation. Every meal ends with Eli putting his hands in self-control and asking "May I be excused...

Eli and Maddux had their second Christmas on Monday with Grandma Cathie and Grandpa Jim. Eli's favorite gift by far is a small race trac...

Our church does a cool thing most weeks where the staff prepares a 'four box' containing activities, DVDs, CDs, ideas, and/or script...

Grandma Cathie and Grandpa Jim flew in today to spend some QT with Eli and Maddux. We opted to not tell the kids about this beforehand, thou...

Since Lehr and Eli were off camping last night, I spent most of my 'free time' while Maddie was sleeping to work through some old vi...

I feel like so much of these "my-kids-love-each-other-today-and-I-need-to-tell-the-world" posts have so many similarities: sometim...

Every year we learn a little more about how we want Christmas to look in our house. Last year the first gift we opened was a special box con...