My sister in law, Sandy, was due Sunday. However, Isabella Reese made her appearance yesterday! Sandy was in labor starting Wednesday at 3am (sidebar:why do babies always have to wake you up, even before they are born!?) and for the entire day her contractions were about six minutes apart. Then finally at the end of the day they started speeding up and the anticipation started climbing. (more…)
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Bundle of Joy
Friday, July 17th, 2009Winter Wishin’ and Big Fishin’
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009A little over a month ago, we were praying for moisture for Colorado. When the winters are dry, as they have been, the summers are brutal with regard to forrest fires and the like. Well, watch what you wish for… (more…)
Just Minor Details
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009I am sure all of you (all two of you) have been wondering if I’ve fallen off the face of the Earth. No I haven’t. However, I did fall, and it took me some time to get up.
This week, the topic at church was forgiveness. So can you forgive me? But seriously, forgiveness is something I have been struggling with, and a big part of the reason for my silence.
MOPS came to an end a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned before, this year has been bittersweet. I made the slide show this year, which was a lot of fun since I’d never used iMovie before. It was also fun to get everyone’s pictures together, and remember what was going on when those smiles were captured.
After the slide show, we did our annual reviews and talked for a while before wrapping up the year in prayer. After the prayer was finished, someone from my table decided it would be best to show me what had been written on a review form about me. To put it nicely, it was pretty unfriendly. The person who handed me the paperwork stated that someone else from my table had written it. Everyone stood there and watched as I read it and I instantly felt sick to my stomach. I went to pick up Monkey from MOPETTES and left, without many words to anyone else. (more…)