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The cast is on!
First thing Tuesday morning Felicity came downstairs, half-asleep, and somehow managed to fracture two bones in her right foot. We were asleep when she entered our room and although she cried and said she hurt her toe, she got into bed and fell asleep. Unfortunately,...
Bloggy Tour of Homes, Y’all!
Bloggy Tour of Homes This sounds like fun! It's a tour of homes for fellow bloggers, to take place in 2 weeks on Friday, July 28.
Creamy Salsa Chicken
We are out-of-town at singing school this week, so we'll call this "What's Cooking Monday Night"! This recipe sounds a little odd, but is really awesome over rice: Creamy Salsa Chicken Directions: 1. Brown 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 1/4 lb.) in 1 cup...
In memory of our friend, Tommy
We have just been so sad this weekend. One of Jacob's best friends, a boy whose family we have known for the past seven years through homeschooling, was murdered Friday night. The killing was very random and actually sounds gang-related. Unfortunately, the police...
Baby Basics Blog
I am really excited about a new blog I started for the purpose of collecting and categorizing information about pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and beyond. It is called Baby Basics, and it is located at http://babybasics.wordpress.com/. It's mostly something I'm...
Man of Steel? I Don’t Think So…
Bryan and I went to see the latest Superman movie Friday night. I know some women don't like these kinds of movies, but I'm not one of them. I'm told my first word was Batman, and the Spiderman movies are some of my favorites. The second is especially good, with...
Easy Pie Crust
As promised, here is my grandmother's pie crust recipe. The fabulous thing is that you stir the ingredients together right in the pie plate - no rolling or transferring! PIE CRUST 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup oil 2 Tbsp. milk 2 tsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt Stir ingredients...
Happy 4th of July!
The Gift Outright The land was ours before we were the land's. She was our land more than a hundred years Before we were her people. She was ours In Massachusetts, in Virginia, But we were England's, still colonials, Possessing what we still were unpossessed by,...
Water Fun
Our family had an awesome adventure yesterday at Poole's Mill Park. While Sabra and I were quilting Friday with the Pattons and Shamblins, Mr. Patton and the two of the boys who were there escaped the quilting frenzy and went to a local park. I was told there were...
More pictures
Here we are about to slide down the rock together. I think the kids could have done this all day. At one point Clayton got at the top of the rock beside me, looked over, and said, "Look and learn, Momma!" Then he slid down the rock. It was too cute!Christian was out...
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