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Parenting Veggie Tip

So, I accidentally over salted the sauteed broccoli tonight to the extent that I was gagging. However, both Charlotte & Lewis ate every last bite on their plates. Is there any kind of max on a kid's sodium intake? If not, over salt that broccoli!

Have a Magical Day

So I recovered from the Bart's visit; a few (ok, a lot of) tears shed on their departure. It was such a great, albeit it brief, time with old & best of friends. A mere six days later, I had the privilege of escorting Molly to her first of many "field trips" as a school girl. Yes, D World. The full out, week long, princesses & pluto Disney World educational vacation. Not that I was there a week...her Gigi & Grandaddy provided the ultimate 6 year old vacation of a lifetime. Will Broken Bow be able to compete?? Mom & Dad have a vision of taking each of their grandkids at around 6 years of age to Disney World for an action packed adventure. Surely they will peter out sooner than later! But for now, what a treat!!! I have never heard Molly more excited than on the phone every night telling us of her excursions, what she'd seen & done. Today was her birthday, 6 years old. Can it be!?

I am personally in my own d-world, "denial world," because (as I may have failed to mention) I am attempting to home school for kindergarten. We have made it through two weeks on & now two weeks off (sort-of, she's doing a few lessons on the RV ride home :)! ) So, maybe a future post will be regarding the real world of such an education experience. It is indeed an experience; my personal verdict is still out, though my philosophical verdict still stands.

Cheers & have a Magical Day. Ha!

Old Friends a Comin!

(Stacy & Lewis, Nov 2008)

Maybe I will keep updating the blog. I am super excited. The Barts will be here in a mere 12 hours! Tuck performed a wedding tonight in Dallas, and he & Stacy (yes, she flew) will be at church in the AM. We get 24 sacred hours with them. We will have to make the most of it, gleaning all wisdom from our super duper special friends. They haven't seen M&C in years; they met Lewis in November. What a pronounced difference they will see; a sleepless baby at their house, so confused as to where the heck he was (Philly) & what was going on (coldness). They are just in time for our new series, Jesus in the Suburbs. The antithesis of University City, Philly that's for sure. Here's to the Barts.

Happy Weekend

This is just for a couple of chuckles. This little dress up queen just cracks me up & makes me teary all at the same time. I just want to squeeze her so tightly, even when she's making me crazy.

Amazing Weekend

We have had the most amazing weekend back "home" in NYC celebrating the marriage of Joel & Natasha! (Ryan's brother & my new sister.)

...OK, so I started this post weeks ago, but the memories are still fresh. Our long weekend in NYC was just amazing. A taste of the urban adventures that are fresh every day. A few pics to depict what Ryan calls The Wedding of the Decade. I cannot get them posted here, but here's a link to a few of them: Wedding.

To cap off the weekend, we were able to see a very few friends in the city. Our time was limited, but the moments spent with old friends renewed in me the desire for true community. To enter into such rich, old & transparent relationships was a pure joy. I have already seen the fruit of answered prayer to that end back here in TX. Miss it, love you all!

A Flood of Memories

Hey There...So, yes, I think I've posted about 5 times since Lewis came back across the Pacific. A third can rock your world (or it did mine). Anyway, I had a couple of minutes so I thought I'd write about this week--it's the first week of swimming lessons for the girls, & we're on the same schedule as last year. Last June it was during swimming lessons that I got the email that we were heading out within days to pick up Lewis. Ryan was away at GA, and it was the three girls hanging out together. I remember the sweet feeling that I was loving having just two who could both converse & laugh with me, follow directions (sometimes), and that I had a hand for each one to hold. I knew that all that was about to change, so I savored it with the joy of knowing something even better was coming down the pike. So, as we head out each day to the lessons I am reminded of this time 1 year ago when we rushed home to order visas, make flight arrangements, and gather up a thousand baby supplies. It seems like yesterday & forever ago.