happy st. patrick’s (valentine’s) day!

We all wake up this morning and Charlie is quick to say ”Happy Valentine’s Day”!  Umm…….close.    And then as Claire is getting ready this morning while putting her green headband in her hair she decides that the color green just isn’t her color.  I ask her why and she says she hasn’t been to Ireland and therefore [...]

fun friday

Joel surprised me by coming home early on friday as an early birthday gift.  We ended up  spending the afternoon playing outside with the kids doing absolutely nothing but acting silly and having fun.  What a treat it was!  Even though I had to work all weekend and get up early, Joel still did the traditional setting [...]

don’t forget to pray

  We had all sat down for dinner and began to eat.  I looked over at Will and he had his hands folded and ready to say “Grace”.  I was very surprised and happy to see that he has caught on to the fact that we pray before we eat.  Claire and Charlie found it [...]