The "F" Word

Rob and I were eavesdropping on our daughters earlier this evening when we heard Grace proudly declare to Hannah that she knows the "F" word.  Hannah went for the bait and asked her what it was.  "Don't tell ok?" Grace made her promise.  "Ok" Hannah promised.  "Freakin'!!" 

Yep...that's the "F" word!  Grace happened to use it in a sentence over the weekend when she got out of the pool at her swim meet and told me "That water is freakin' cold!".  I had to remind her that she is 6 not 16 and that we wouldn't be talking like that no matter how cold the water was.







 

Christmas 2010 in Pictures

 Ready to sing at school

 Ballet Recital

 Kids and cousins at Gitty's house

 Ready to ride the Train of Lights

 Read me a story Papa

 Ooooh!  Sparkly!

 Look what Santa brought

 Look what else Santa brought....a teenager!

What a blessed Christmas we had with friends and family.

Jesus Sighting

No we didn't see Him on our grilled cheese sandwiches or in our Cornflakes, but that would be cool too. 

Each morning I try to pray with the girls before school.  We always thank Jesus for going with us to school and ask him to give us eyes to see Him and ears to hear Him during the day.  I try to remind the girls that He really is with them and that they can talk to Him anytime. 

Anyway, today I thought I would ask them if they saw Him.  Grace said very matter of factly that she did and when I asked her where, she said "I played tag with Him at recess Mom.  My friend asked me who I was playing with and I told her Jesus".  Sarah said she did too and when I asked where, she said, "No one wanted to play with me and I was making a bark castle, (they don't have sand), all by myself and I saw Him".  They said these things with such honest, childlike faith.  May they remain in that faith their whole lives! 

Thank you Jesus for really being with us!

Girl's Weekend 2010

Eating, laughing, talking about boys, shopping, and sharing our hearts since the 6th Grade.

Meet Sadie

We got a dog!  Rob came home from school about a week before Thanksgiving with a puppy who showed up on campus that day.  She was cute and quiet so we decided she could stay.

The girls named her Sadie and the vet says she is some sort of Pomeranian/Chihuahua mix (don't tell anyone ok?).  She has yet to catch her tail though she never tires of trying and she's a pretty good dog when she's not chewing up the girl's socks or underwear.

Birthday Bear is 8

This kid turned 8 a couple months ago.  I can hardly believe it.

In honor of the birthday girl, we celebrated with some pizza and games on her big day and then spent some time with family and a few friends over the weekend.

 Just Dance!!

Make a wish

After everyone headed home, the rain began to pour from the sky making a few little girls very wet and very happy!

What a great end to a great day for a great kid!

Halloween 2010

I made it my New Year's resolution to post pictures from Halloween 2010 sometime before Halloween 2011.  I don't mean to brag, but I'm way ahead of schedule.

This year we had a princess, unicorn (again) and a clown. 

What a clown

 Pretty as a princess

Oh look...unicorns do exist.

This year was our first year to really trick or treat.  I don't know what we've been waiting for.  It was great.  The girls got lots of good candy to share with me and we had a really fun time seeing our neighbors and just being out in our neighborhood.