Posted in Bits and Pieces on June 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This week has had it’s dark moments, but there is always, always joy to be found. Here’s what I enjoyed this week:
DH has a loooooonnnnnggggg weekend. Unofficially starting today and lasting through the 4th of July.
Baby is saying Daddy, Duckie, and Doggie all the time now, and that has been so much fun.
Being on a [...]
Posted in Bits and Pieces on June 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes a phone call brings happy news–of babies expected or babies born, of scholarships won or tests passed, of engagements and weddings, holiday greetings, and job promotions. But sometimes, a phone call delivers more troubling news. So when my sister called to tell me this afternoon, I could tell by her voice that the news she [...]
Posted in Parenting on June 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
She always makes me smile. Thought this picture might make you smile, too.
Posted in Bits and Pieces on June 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I missed last week's Splash of Joy post because I had taken the whole week off. This week, I want to include some of my children's joy splashes.
Having a friend over to our house to play
Making a craft
Eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Playing High-Ho Cherry-O with Mom
Doing "stunts" on their bikes
Doing reading lessons and homework [...]
Posted in Christian Living on June 20, 2006 | 4 Comments »
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
–C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity
As a perfectionist (by nature, though by no means in practice), I find that I am often dissatisfied with the state of things, from [...]
Posted in Pregnancy and Babies on June 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I didn't blog at all last week. Didn't write for this blog, didn't read anyone else's blog, didn't even really think about the blogosphere, except to think, "I have more important things to do right now than blog." What were those important things? Well, certainly nothing exciting or even all that out of the ordinary. [...]
Posted in Bits and Pieces on June 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s splashes of joy:
Seeing Li’l Blessing on the ultrasound
Having dinner with DH at a nice restaurant by ourselves (thanks J and V for babysitting!)
Blessings of encouragement for my Mom and Dad
Missy and Bud enjoying VBS for their first time
Christmas scheme-ing already in the works
Laughing over the Reader’s Digest stories while waiting in the [...]
Posted in Christian Living, Pregnancy and Babies on June 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Two nights ago, at around two in the morning, our little schnauzer jumped up into bed with us (which he is not allowed to do), and he woke me up because he was shaking.
I immediately sat up to see what was going on. He was shivering so badly that the whole bed was shaking. I [...]
Posted in Army Life, Bits and Pieces on June 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
This weekend my cousin got married. He is the first of my cousins on my dad's side to get married, so it was a pretty exciting day. My older brother and his wife from Maryland were there. My younger brother and his wife from Ft. Worth were there. And my parents and grandparents and aunts [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Time for my splashes of joy for the week!
Baby learned to wave
Had a great time at the park with a friend while our kiddos played
DH had Monday off, so this is a short week
Bud's results on his academic analysis
Missy read a story to Baby all by herself
Listening to DH read stories to the kids at [...]
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