The Obligatory Halloween Post

We had a theme – Can you guess what it was? Tia is like Chandler Bing – As soon as the camera is pointed at her she pastes on a cheesy, pained grin. I don’t know – There just are no words for this picture… Princess Leia was feeling particularly charming.     We enjoyed […]

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Memory of Halloweens Past

This morning, the kids got up long before Lee and I were ready.  So as we laid in bed, they pitter pattered out to the living room.  From the warmth of our bed, we could hear them digging through their little halloween buckets where the candy they racked up yesterday trick or treating at my […]

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My shy little goofball

Today Tia got to wear her costume to school.  She’s Princess Leia. She has been so excited about it all week. This morning, she put on her costume an hour before we had to leave and asked that I take her picture: She was most excited about her “for weal” Princess Leia hair. “Thsee mom?  […]

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Yeah, but we already knew that…

*Warning – the following post contains blatent and unapologetic bragging. Read with reckless abandon and feel free to spontaneously applaud whenever you are compelled. We had our first big kid, elementary style Parent/Teacher conference today!  Seriously, I am so not old enough for all of this. So there Lee and I sat across the table from Sloan’s kindergarten […]

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Pumpkins and Funnel Cakes – A Lovely Combo

  If you must know – there were also three Kool-Aids, two hot dogs and sloppy nachos involved.  Yum…

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There seems to be no escaping…

H1N1 is spreading around here like wildfire.  Every day I hear of new cases, more schools closing and so on and so forth. We decided not to vaccinate our kids against H1N1.  We decided this for a couple of reasons.  First of all, the vaccination is too new.  I don’t trust it – plain and […]

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We made it!

Wednesday nights are busy for us.  The kids have Awana’s at church and Lee and I serve in the music ministry.  So it’s always late when we get home on Wednesday and roll our sleepy babes into their beds. And this morning was the first time we’ve ever overslept.  I rolled over at 7:15 this […]

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My Minivan is cooler than your Lexus!

Due to several car trips in the last few months, our minivan has taken a bit of a beating.  Covered in dead bugs, splattered with mud and sporting the drop marks accrued during our deluge of rain last week, her sleek black exterior has lost a little bit of it’s luster. It’s not often that […]

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Weekend Update

This weekend’s Interactive Festival went off smashingly.  We had a great turnout (I believe there were just under 100 people there) and had relatively no major glitches. We got a ton of positive feedback and people seemed to really enjoy themselves and learn a lot. As for my panel – it went great!  I didn’t […]

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A few deep breaths…and maybe a stiff drink

On Saturday morning I will be moderating a panel at the St. Louis Interactive Festival.  I’m so excited about this event.  After last year’s Festival, I made it my goal to be considered knowledgable to be asked to speak and lookie here! Except… Oh dear God I’m so nervous I feel like I’m going to […]

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