Five for Wednesday

Oh blog, how I have neglected you.  I know I always say this, but it has been incredibly crazy around here.  Here are just a few highlights. 1.) In the past few weeks Jayce has become a little human tornado.  I don’t know what has changed, but he has started constantly getting into everything, causing Chris and I to fondly reminiscing about how, back in the old days, when we didn’t want Jayce to get something we just put it up...

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Outside

Now that the weather has turned warm and glorious, we are spending most of our time outside.  If Jayce had his way, we would never come inside.  Ever since he got his new sandals at the onset of the warmth a few weeks ago, as soon as he gets up in the morning he brings them to me, still in his pjs, saying either “shoe, shoe, shoe” or “outside, outside,” over and over. Since Jayce is obsessed with golf and golf clubs, some good friends...

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Hadley Ann Morrison

Congratulations to Matt and Melanie on the birth of their beautiful new baby girl, Hadley!  She was born April 21, 6lbs 7oz, 19 inches long. We are so excited for them and bummed that we couldn’t be there yesterday.  We talked to Jayce about his new cousin throughout the day and I thought that he could send a little message her way.  We had a few takes, he lost patience quickly and easily.   We love you Matt, Melanie and...

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So Much to Say So Much to Say…

Today I have a lot to say, but just don’t feel like writing.  So I’ll let Google images assist in sharing my sentiments. As of today, we leave for Germany in exactly 2 weeks.  If you missed my shameless bragging/freaking out, you can find out more information about why we’re going here. A week later, we will be back in glorious Edinburgh.   That is, if this doesn’t cause this which is starting to make me panic just...

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On Reading to 5 Year Olds

Last week I worked in the 5 year old room at church.  I’ve only worked with them a few times now, so I’m never quite sure what to expect.  I do peruse the blogs of a few friends of mine with kids this age because I like seeing what they (my friends) are up to, and also what their kids are up to, because I know this age is rapidly approaching in my own life.  Actually one of my friends has 2 boys, Owen and Eli, who are 5 and almost 3 (right, A?),  so though she thinks she is simply chronicling their lives, really, she is giving...

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Friday Five

I have so many mini things to share here, and the time just keeps getting further and further away from me, so I think that the only way for me to get through them is to turn to bulleted lists, which for the record, gosh I love so much. :)  I’ve said before that my friend Tiffany does a Five for Friday, which I love, so I am borrowing it today.  Thanks Tiffany! 1.) A few weeks ago, instead of leaving me with my allotted 2 cups of coffee,...

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This Means Summer

I just found these pictures from a few months back when Jayce’s grandparents were in town visiting. They actually are pretty indicative of what has been going on around here a lot lately. The ice cream and the mooching....

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Easy, Easier, Easiest Displays

I wrote this post on Monday over on Lemon Tree Creations, but I thought I would share it here too, since this is what most of my family and friends visit, and they are the ones who accuse me of being overly crafty. Anyway, ever since I started publicly showcasing some of the things that I make on blogs, I have been hearing the following comment in some form or another, “Well, I would make stuff too, but I’m just not crafty.” I then start into a...

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A Sweet Shot

Though I am certainly not opposed to nature photography, it is not usually what I photograph.  But last week this sunset was too pretty to ignore, so I became “that person,” the one shivering in my backyard, crouched over and trying to get the perfect angle of the sky, sunset and tree.  At least it worked pretty well.  I’m linking to Sweet Shot Tuesday at Life with My Three Boybarians. This weekend will start my very first ever...

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The Buttered Popcorn Jelly Belly

If you ever get around my brother for a minute, ask him about the time that I gave him his first buttered popcorn flavored jelly belly.  It involves him driving me home from work one night, me giving him this jelly bean, him not liking it, spitting it out, asking for something else to get the taste out of his mouth, and me giving him a few more of the same.  And repeat.  It’s better when he tells it.  And it was hilarious for  me!   So I thought I’d see what happened when I gave Jayce one of these jelly beans. ...

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Easter Morning

On Easter morning when we were little, my mom would get up before we did (or before she went to bed the night before), and hide plastic eggs around the house for us to find.  Waking up and finding them was one of our favorite traditions, maybe even more so than our actual Easter baskets.  They were each filled with goodies, some with candy, and as we got older, some with money.  It was just change at first, but there was usually 1...

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Blue: The Kitchen Part 2

We painted the kitchen and it is beautiful. It’s crazy how finding just the right color can completely transform a room. It is now a perfect, airy, cool blue. I keep just walking into the room and smiling. (If you want to see my unhappy before pictures, click here.) I don’t even mind that it is barely decorated, having a good color is decoration enough for now. That said, I am enjoying filling it little by little. Before, none of the...

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And It Was All Yellow: The Kitchen Part 1

In our old house in Cincinnati, we painted the feature wall a nice soft buttery yellow color, and I absolutely loved it.  Everything else in the kitchen was white, and at the time I didn’t know how that played into my love of the kitchen, until now.  We had a white ceiling, white floors, white appliances, and the other 3 walls were white.  We had dark brown cabinets on one of the walls, but other than that, the whole room was filled...

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