by jennifer | Oct 1, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Anyone else the teensiest bit excited that fall is here? My inspiration for this project came from this pumpkin man on countryhome.com that I pinned last year. Given that we had just moved and I was exhausted from pregnancy I felt lucky just to get the kids costumes...
by jennifer | Sep 25, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I’ve written once or twice before on the topic of ‘perspective’. I think it’s because it plays such a crucial role in our lives right now. Without it we could SO EASILY wallow in all that makes life difficult for us. Jared’s losing his...
by jennifer | Sep 18, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
You’ve heard it right? “It’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” Mark 10:25 It’s a loaded statement. Worthy of pondering. But I believe that what Jesus was trying to say...
by jennifer | Sep 12, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
We all have to deal with it. Whether it’s your co-worker in the cubicle next to you whose cell phone ring is named ‘cat fight’. Set to LOUD. And it rings all. day. long. The woman in the office across from yours whose perfume assaults your nose...
by jennifer | Sep 1, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
#1 Jared was laid off from his job about 7 weeks ago. It was a bit stunning and somewhat scary but it’s all good because… #2 Jared started a new company about 3 weeks ago. Anyone who saw Jared over the last year had to notice how stressed out he was, his...
by jennifer | Aug 24, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
It was time. As I tucked Grace into her toddler bed one night and she stretched out I noticed that there was 2, maybe 3 inches left before she would touch top to bottom. My first thought was (obviously): What the??? When did you get so TALL? Stop growing already!!!...
by jennifer | Aug 21, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
When describing Retinitis Pigmentosa to people I have an easy, canned answer. I say that it’s a degenerative eye disease and how the first to go is night vision and peripheral vision. Then I say it’s like looking through a cone or having tunnel vision....
by jennifer | Jul 14, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I love Peanut Butter. No, I mean I really, really love it. One might say I have a teensy weensy obsession with it. Apparently the addiction is contagious in my house. We put it in our oatmeal, sometimes in cereal (hey, don’t judge..you know you’re weird...
by jennifer | Jul 9, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
It was my birthday this past weekend. I will proudly, with no qualms tell you that I am now 31! And then ashamedly admit my lie and confess that I’m actually 36. Sigh. Moving on. My Mother in Law had the ‘big kids’ for the weekend so Jared and I,...
by jennifer | Jun 29, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
It’s one of those days. I’m tired. It makes me vulnerable and I swear Grace can sense it. She’s disobedient. Acts like she doesn’t hear a word I’m saying and when she finally responds she’s as flip as a full blown teenager. But...
by jennifer | Jun 19, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I’m still an old fashioned ‘pinner’. In my spare time (chuckle) I tear pictures and recipes out of magazines and ‘paste’ them in a pretty little notebook. Recently I tore a page out of Real Simple that gave a bunch of yummy ideas of what...
by jennifer | Jun 13, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
The boy eats solids. Two nights ago we finally fed Luke his first solids and he ate like a champ! I don’t know why I doubted, perhaps because Jack had this reaction when we first started solids: He shuddered. He retched. He gagged, for pretty much the first...
by jennifer | Jun 5, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
The other day Grace found a ladybug in the backyard and promptly named her Kathy. She excitedly walked over to show Grandma Jenean and I and immediately we thought uh-oh, I think Kathy has gone to meet her Maker. “Grace, I don’t hink Kathy is...
by jennifer | May 11, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I’ll never forget the first time we ‘re-painted’ this house. We were under contract and the GC remodeling the house told us we could pick out the colors if we wanted. I was thrilled! I headed to Home Depot and hemmed and hawed and used my color...
by jennifer | Apr 3, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
There is an abundance of Easter treat cuteness on Pinterest (as I’m sure you all know…come on admit your addicted). I stopped cold though when I came across these from Created by Diane: No brainer, these are the winners. This past weekend we threw an...
by jennifer | Mar 21, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I happened to marry into a family of amazing cooks (no pressure), one of whom is Jared’s Aunt Jann. She recently sent out several of her recipes to the family in order to gain some feedback for a cookbook she intends to write and I was lucky enough to receive a...
by jennifer | Mar 13, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
Last week was an exasperating ‘Mommy’ week. See this drawer? It’s the kids drawer for all of their plates, bowls and cups. So why is it empty you ask? Well, because Jack has a new hobby of throwing things down the stairs. This includes...
by jennifer | Mar 6, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
He’s our anxiously awaited, easy to smile, sweet sweet boy. He’s a cowboy at heart, here he is wrestling his longhorn. Plum wore him out. We think he’s thoughtful and full of personality and did I mention how sweet he is? Here he is wrapped in his...
by jennifer | Feb 28, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
I know it’s a bit late for a New Year’s resolution but when you hear what it is you’ll understand…I’m resolving to not be last minute all the time. Yep, I’m a serial procrastinator (oh for shame). I figure this post was...
by jennifer | Feb 19, 2012 | All Posts, Personal Journal |
This is our second trip to Buena Vista to stay in this amazing house (thank you by the way Ken and Diane, we love it up here!). It’s probably safe to say that sledding is the highlight however the first time up here I was pregnant with Jack, this time I just...
