July 2011
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Alone time, dreams, happiness...
I walked in the door from work this evening to a quiet house. As I walked upstairs and into the kitchen I noticed the dishes had been scrubbed clean, and dinner preparations had been started. Paul walked into the room and asked me how work was, filled me in on what the boys had been up to all day, and then asked maybe one of the best questions ever: “What can I do to make you...
“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and...”
– (via themustardseed22)
This is me too. Love this :-)
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Wordless Wednesday: Flashback
{Phoenix, July 17th, 2010, 3 months old}
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Forever Young
One thing I love about being a mom is when I get the chance to create special moments out of everyday life. Last Friday I really needed to get to the grocery store, Paul needed to do a lot of work for his class he’s taking this summer, and Phoenix really needed a nap. Poor Zion was looking at all of us scurrying around to get the baby down and find textbooks and create grocery lists and I...
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Why I Wake Early
Hello, sun in my face.
Hello, you who made the morning
and spread it over the fields
and into the faces of the tulips
and the nodding morning glories,
and into the windows of, even, the
miserable and the crotchety –
best preacher that ever was,
dear star, that just happens
to be where you are in the universe
to keep us from ever-darkness,
to ease us with warm touching,
to hold us in the great...
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Wordless Wednesday: A Little Boy's Dream...
{Zion dreaming big while listening to a “real soccer man”}
{US soccer star, Clint Dempsey, telling the kids how he got his start}
{Trying to beat the heat with a popsicle while waiting to meet Dempsey}
{Zion…and let’s be honest, Paul too…super excited as they get autographs}
{One of those moments this little boy will never forget!}
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Raising Boys
This evening I reached a personal milestone: I picked up my first book specifically about raising BOYS. Up until this point I’ve been reading all of those general parenting books—how to get your baby to sleep through the night, what to feed your picky toddler, and how to prepare your preschooler for kindergarten.
Last weekend though we went to a soccer game, and when Paul had taken...
“Love anything that lives – a person, a pet, a plant – and it will die. Trust...”
– M.Scott Peck, M.D. “The Road Less Traveled - A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth’” (via pointednorth)
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Being a Multicultural Family
I sit and write this in a notebook while Phoenix runs circles around me. Upstairs, Paul and Zion are enjoying some read-aloud time together. Every now and then I pause my thinking process to redirect, or give a kiss, or simply laugh at the somehow naturally humorous antics of a toddler.
In most ways we are like any other family. We work, we play, we laugh and cry. Most of all, we love. Paul...
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Yankee Doodle Dandies...
{Blowing bubbles at the county seat parade}
{Phoenix mesmerized by all the sights & sounds}
{Like father, like son}
{Too cool for parades}
{pardon my lack of patriotic clothing}
{Finished the day off with the big family}
