Category Archives: Family

She walks up to Colleen this time and says, “Have you seen my dad?” To which Colleen replies, “I don’t know. What’s he look like?” Without missing a beat, Violet responds, “He’s got black hair and crazy eyes.” We went to the park the other day, in between the marathon sewing sessions Colleen had to [...]

I was watching the Little Mermaid with the family tonight. I totally looked over and saw Colleen crying. I was walking down the sidewalk at a strip mall the other day in Durham, North Carolina and ran in to a guy I worked with in Olathe, Kansas nearly fifteen years ago.  I knew he lived [...]

I forgot what it was like to have two children. Adding that second child to the mix really wears you out. Mason is a climber. No longer can Mason be left alone in a room with a chair and/or a table. You turn around and something like this is going on: We can’t have that. [...]

Is this not the cutest thing you have ever seen in your life? Later in the day after we decided that we couldn’t go to church, see the post below about the meltdown, we took Mason’s nice clothes off and Violet asked where Mason’s scarf was. We finally made it out to the Easter program [...]