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Finishers
A little over a year ago, I sent Phil a text. Now, this is not an unusual occurrence and I have sent Phil many texts before and after this particular one. What was unusual about this text was the message itself. Which was: “I want to run the Disneyland 10K next year.” Phil’s response was something like, “ok.” (I’m paraphrasing because this exchange took place a year ago and I didn’t save them and my memory isn’t what it was a year ago.) I answered with, “And I want you to run it with me.” There was a longer pause after this last text and finally his reply, “How…
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First Day Favorites
Augh, I’ve fallen behind again. Sometimes I wonder if maybe it’s time to quit since life only seems to keep getting busier and I keep getting bogged down with just too many things. But yet, I can’t bring myself to stop altogether because the thought that maybe some years down the road, these kids of mine won’t care that I posted these things a month or two late, but will only care that the memories have been saved here for them and they might share a good laugh over their small selves, our family as it was, and reminisce about their “good old days”. So for that someday years from…
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Like Riding a Bike
We didn’t get to do all of the things on the kids’ summer bucket lists. That was never the goal, anyway. It was mainly to hear from the kids themselves what they were hoping to do with their time off from school just in case there was something rolling around in their heads that they never expressed out loud. The main goal of summer was to rest, do a few fun things here and there, rest, spend time together, rest, read, rest, play, rest, oh and sleep in. Did I mention rest? So happily, that main goal was met with flying colors and we all concluded that it was a…
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The RV Trip! Part 4
After lunch, there was a little more sightseeing to do… And then our awesome RV trip drew to a close. Praising God for a wonderful vacation full of fun family memories for all of us. Kids can’t wait to do it again and even Daddy said it was really fun and was much better than he anticipated. Yes, another definite win in my book.
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The RV Trip! Part 3
The next day went like this: It was a good lunch. Last installment coming up next.
