A few weeks back, the boys and I welcomed fall with a trip to our favorite local apple orchard. In spite of the 90 degree temperatures, we had a wonderful time picking a bushel of Empire, Ida Red, Golden Delicious, and Red Delicious apples. And since one bushel just didn’t seem like all that many, …
We spent the weekend camping with the Cub Scouts. We enjoyed beautiful Fall weather, great company, and tons of fun activities! Have I mentioned lately how much we LOVE Cub Scouts? Well, I will… tomorrow. I’m just too tired tonight. In the meantime, do you have a favorite Scouting memory either present or past? Link…
“Mommy, I love when Ryan has Kids Nation! It’s so much fun for me!” Those words, uttered by my joyous six-year-old as we walked across the street alongside our church Friday evening, took me by complete surprise. Ryan was at the first meeting of the third/fourth grade church youth group, and since Patrick was out…
I’ve always loved Fall! I didn’t realize just how much I looked forward to the change from Summer to Fall each year, until we moved to Florida. After 11 years in Jacksonville with no beautifully-colored Fall leaves, no piles for the kids to jump into, no crisp Autumn days, we moved to Northern Virginia. I…
Today is Grandparents’ Day. I gave my parents, my boy’s grandparents, the best gift I could think of: I picked up the boys and brought them home, providing my parents with the first quiet night alone at their home in over three weeks. Happy Grandparents’ Day, Mom & Dad! The boys had a wonderful time…
It’s been a busy two weeks. So busy, in fact, that I lost all track of time and forgot to post the Making Memories Monday link this week. Thank you Tina of Being Made New for bringing this to my attention. It is, after all, Tuesday and my link should have been up Sunday evening. …
If you ask Patrick when he knew I was the girl for him, he might tell you, “From the moment I met her,” but if you were to then ask me when I knew he was the guy for me, my answer would not be quite as romantic. Poor, persistent Patrick; he spent more than…
I am a writer. I love to write, and I love to read what others have written. There is just something about the way the written word conveys one’s message that, to me, the spoken word can rarely match. Recently, my Mom gave me a folder of papers she found as she was cleaning out…
We’re out of town again this week, and although I have internet access, which is a plus for posting my Making Memories Monday post, I do not know how to scan or upload photos on my father’s computer, so… here is the link-up for this week’s Making Memories Monday post. Go ahead and link up…
What do you get when you put FOUR BOYS and TWO MOMS in a LAKESIDE CABIN in Vermont for ONE WEEK? Hours spent at the LAKE: Endless SMILES. More FISH than you care to take off the hook so it’s a good thing the boys learned to do it themselves: Contagious GIGGLES. And Summertime MEMORIES…