We had an unexpected and univited guest show up in our henhouse today. That crazy hubby of mine came to the door holding a 5 foot long chicken snake, with what appeared to be one of our chicken eggs in its throat. Can I just say that I am OVERJOYED he was the one who found it and not me and the ...
Birthday Traditions
Looking through pictures last night, I realized that I hadn't done a post on our birthday cake-baking tradition. Things were a little different on the girls' birthday week this year because of some scheduling conflicts, but we still kept the tradition of the cake bake.For the past 2 years, on ...
Atlanta Braves, Star Wars, and a Mini-Vacay
For the past two days, we have been on a mini-vacay to Atlanta, Georgia, with some of our very best friends. Can I just say that I have no clue how people traveled before technology? Between Ipods and DVD players, there was hardly a peep from all four kids on the entire 4 hour ...
A birthday story, part 2
Six years ago today, our world was completely changed in the best possible way. We became parents for the first time. On August 1, 2006, we went to the hospital to get ready to meet Kyndall Malynn. The plan was to induce at 7 am, so Doctor Loncar asked me to check in to the ...
Love and Potato Soup
A few days ago, I was perusing this awe-inspiring blog over at Thistlewood Farms. Karianne was telling the story of baking her then-boyfriend, now husband, pancakes. It was like deja vu, I'm telling you. So when I got an email from the lovely Karianne asking me to share my story, I ...
A birthday story, part one
Four years ago today, we headed to Huntsville Hospital to meet our 2nd baby girl. I was scheduled to be induced that morning, and my first labor had gone very quickly, so we all headed over bright and early. All being all the grandparents, aunts and uncles, etc. We got to HH and ...