Category Archives: Parenting
A Hidden Treasure
I was cleaning out my couponing/office space tonight and came across the Mother’s Day gift that Kristan gave me last year. It, once again, brought tears to my eyes. She spent so much time putting this together and it will always be among my most precious possessions.
It Makes a Momma Proud
Just taking a moment to brag on our youngest baby girl, Heather. We got this voicemail from one of her teachers today – it definitely makes a momma proud. We love you Heather Hope! 
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Top 10 Rules of Parenting
We certainly aren’t perfect parents and have made our share of mistakes as we’ve “learned on our feet” – but we place an extremely high value on our daughters and nothing is more deserving of our time and effort than seeing them become the women that God has created them to be.
Kristan & Heather’s Baptism
There are many important moments in our children’s lives and today we celebrated one of those very moments, Kristan & Heather’s water baptism. It was such a joy to watch as they took this important step of making a public declaration of their faith in Jesus Christ.
They were baptized by their wonderful youth pastor, Rolando Gonzalez, along with 7 other teens. It was such a great pleasure watching so many young people commit their lives to Jesus.
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Summer’s Over
Yes, I know I’ve been blog-quiet in the last month or so, but we’ve been really busy! Though very busy, our summer has been full of fun and family time. We’ve truly enjoyed ourselves. Here’s a little photo recap:
For a recap of the events from the beginning of the summer, visit my Summertime Fun blog post.
We’ve enjoyed a bit of random silliness around the house:
We spent some time just relaxing:
Many of our friends came together to welcome Kelsey to our family at our GA and NC Welcome Parties:
To see all the photos from the GA Welcome Party, click here.
To view all of the photos from the NC Welcome Party, click here.
We enjoyed a great trip to North Carolina for the welcome party, time with friends and some beach fun:
To view all of our photos from our NC trip, click here.
My wonderful family made sure that I had a great 36th birthday:
I drove into our cul-de-sac to this view…
With signs inside the house directing me down toward the basement…
To a “Happy Birthday” rendition from all three of my daughters…
Then we went out to eat my favorite, Italian… with a fantastic desert…
Yummy.
And then… Summer’s Over… with the girl’s first day of school:
Kelsey started as a 9th Grader at Peachtree Ridge High School…but first, she had to get 5 shots! ugh… three in one arm and two in the other 
coming home off the school bus, “mom, get the camera outta my face!”
Kristan started school as a 7th grader….
Heather started school as a 6th grader…
Getting on the bus… off for day one!
All in all, it’s been a fantastic summer. I hope you enjoyed the photo round-up.
Optimistic about another amazing year,
