Something fishy’s going on!

We have a lot of pets, but until recently we never had fish. The boys have asked for them, but Tony and I tend to prefer cute furry pets that you can actually hold in your hand and DO stuff with. Nonetheless, Tony came home with an aquarium and two fishies the other day so now we are proud fish owners. The orange one is Gomer and the more spotty one is Iggy. Cool fish names, huh? I still prefer a more...

The Treasure Tree

I was just poking around on my bookshelf and found one of my favorite kids’ books and thought I’d share it with you all. The Treasure Tree: Helping Kids Understand Their Personality by John & Cindy Trent and Gary & Norma Smalley. It’s a picture book that tells the story of four animal friends (Lion, Otter, Golden Retriever, and Beaver) which beautifully illustrates the four personality...

Trusting in a New Season

Thanks for all of your fun encouraging comments on my highlights post with Mary Jane. I’m hoping that I’m going to be able to get back to blogging a bit more often. I’m kind of going through a season of change, and although I’m kind of resistant to change, the Lord has been using many things (like your comments) to affirm that I was following Him in the right direction. I’ve been...

Comparing highlights

After months of muttering about it, I finally broke down and made a hair appointment. And  while I started out going for hair kind of like Bonnie Hunt or Deidra Hall, I realized that my color most closely matches Mary Jane’s. Trying to get her to pose with me for a picture wasn’t very easy though. She’s such a diva. Look at the camera Mary Jane. Look that way. Look at Jake! Hank looks at...

Lessons Learned from the Ice Storm

Well it’s been a bit exciting in our neck of the woods what with the Ice Storm of the Century and all. Our area was coated with ice and although it was quite perty. The trees couldn’t bear the weight – so they came down – and so did the power and phone lines! We actually had some really good warnings that this might happen though and when they started saying that this could even be worse that...