My sweet nephew Jay, or Bird as the family calls him, is having another surgery this morning. He has had an unexplained swollen tonsil since last May that his pediatrician noticed at his 3 year check-up. Since they need to remove the one tonsil, they are going to go ahead and do a full tonsillectomy… Read More
A few weekends ago I started and finished Defending Jacob by William Landay. The fact that it was set in a community very much like mine with families that sounded very much like ours was both thought provoking and terrifying. I don’t want to give anything away, but I struggled with the end – it… Read More
Though he’s still a couple of weeks shy of his seventh birthday, we celebrated the PCP with friends and family at a bowling bash yesterday! Personalized invite available in my etsy shop! Mother and Daddy-O accompanied me on a mission to scope out the bowling alley earlier in the week. While I took pictures, Mother… Read More
The PCP just finished up his first season in the first through third grade baseball league. He played hard, learned a lot and, most importantly, HAD FUN! As always, we couldn’t have been more grateful to have Coach S leading the troops again this season. Outside of Honey, Ampa and his two uncles, Coach S… Read More
We attended the baby’s Thanksgiving Feast at school last night – in a delightful evening full of food, friends and fun! I spent the last week siphoning all the chocolate candy out of the little’s Halloween loot in order to make these brownies I read about in Southern Living. Essentially, you bake a batch of… Read More
Honey and I were invited to attend a preview showing of Skyfall last night and really had the very best time! I mean, I’m pretty sure the last movie I saw that wasn’t animated and rated PG was a year ago so I’m pretty much happy as a clam seeing anything targeted at adults. The… Read More
November first around these parts means the spooky decor comes down and our Give Thanks tree goes up. For three years now we’ve each taken a minute out of our day to write down something for which we are thankful. I made the tree before my blogging days so I don’t have a tutorial. I… Read More