columbia
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what we’ve been up to.
Happy March, my friends! I don’t know about you, but I basically went into hibernation this winter, and sort of always looked like Amie in the above photo. I had at least one sick kid for 6 weeks straight. Also: it was cold, and cold weather makes me grouchy and sluggish. One of my favorite blogs is Under the Sycamore, and I love that Ashley bought her own personal space heater to carry around the house with her. She’s my kinda gal. But, have no fear! Daylight savings time begins on Sunday and pollen is coating every outdoor surface, which means we’ve almost made it to spring. Spring and warmer…
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winter at the state house.
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new van.
Three weeks ago David flew to Nashville for a pastor’s training conference. Quite unexpectedly, as we turned onto the airport drive, our van began making very strange noises. Minutes later, it wouldn’t transition from first gear. We had to turn it off and turn it back on multiple times to limp to David’s departure gate. And there we were, all six of us. Thankfully, it didn’t happen on the highway. Thankfully it didn’t cause David to miss his flight. Thankfully it didn’t happen when I was alone with the kids. Or on our road trip to Pittsburgh that weekend. There are a lot of things to be thankful for! Still,…
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this week.
You guys are truly the best. Thanks so much for checking in to see how we’re coping with our house craziness. Here’s a few things we’ve been up to this week: – Gabe turned six years old on Saturday! We celebrated with a walk at the Farmer’s Market in the morning, and then met cousins and birth family at a splash pad in the afternoon. He got some fun gifts and felt very special. Six is when you start getting a weekly allowance at our house so he’s pretty excited about that too. – David and I celebrated 13 years of marriage on Monday. Guess what our totally awesome anniversary…
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lately
Hi friends! I thought I’d do a quick photo update post of what we’ve been up to the last couple of weeks. If you can believe it, our church just had our first official church-wide picnic a couple weeks ago! It was a lovely, 70-degree Sunday afternoon and a great time was had by all. The consensus was: Let’s do this more often! And, now, onto the house update . . . Weeks 4 and 5 have been all about framing. Yesterday the heating/air guys came, as well as the electrician. We asked our contractor if our friend Ben could do the electrical work, and it’s fun having him apart…
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five things on friday.
1. We’re recovering from two weeks of sickness. Not the flu, thankfully, but a bad virus that we all passed around and just lingered until I finally took the kids to the doctor on Tuesday. Turns out the three oldest had sinus infections and Noah had a double-ear infection. Poor things! It was kind of miserable, because I caught it on the front end, got better for a few days, then caught it again from someone else. Thankfully I’m healthy again, and after a few days of antibiotics the kids are much more like themselves too, although let me tell you what, dispensing different doses of antibiotics twice a day…
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steve and linda’s sunroom.
One of my favorite features of David’s parents’ house is their little side sunroom. They’ve worked hard to make it a bright, inspiring space in the last several months, and I wanted to show it to you! I always enjoy getting inspiration from other people and want to know how they find furniture and other decorative items, especially on a budget. The two metal chairs have been in Linda’s family for years, and she found the wood glider at an antique store in town. The chairs were green and looking a little worn, and the glider was pink. All the furniture got freshened up with a couple of coats of…
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a new way to spend tuesday afternoons.
On Tuesdays at 1:00, my mother-in-law, Linda, comes over to sit with my kids. She reads or works while they have their afternoon room time until 3:00, then walks them two streets over to her house to play until 5:00. Tuesday afternoons are one of God’s gifts to me in this season. For the past six months I have exercised, gone to counseling appointments, scheduled my trip to the dentist, and run errands in a blessedly quiet van. My counselor is so great that she works herself out of a job; currently I’m seeing her once a month, which leaves many Tuesdays wide open. I guess ideally I would use…
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december afternoon.
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last week in photos (or: thanksgiving gratitude).
Hello friends! How was your Thanksgiving? Ours was full of people and lots of really yummy food. Here’s what we’ve been up to lately! Judah and Amelie had their first swim meet last weekend at USC. Judah has been swimming with Columbia Swimming for 15 months, and Amelie for nearly a year. We wanted them to have a good year under their belts before starting swim meets, and I feel like this is the perfect time. They swam Saturday and Sunday: I’d say the first day was super overwhelming and a bit traumatic and we definitely had some tears, but the second day went way better. Navigating the crowds, noise,…