christmas

  • Childlike Wonder: Questions from the Backseat

    Skyler and I spend around an hour in the car together each day during the week for our commute. And to date we’ve had some of the funniest, most random, most annoying, most logical, most illogical, and memorable conversations. She’s full of questions, and her questions usually beget more questions. I guess it’s probably her…

  • Life as We Know It

    If you start a blog post out with “Not a lot of excitement in our household lately…” it’s probably not the best way to keep anyone who happens upon this post enticed to keep reading. So I won’t. But, I guess we’re in kind of status quo land lately. Ronnie is super busy at work…

  • Most Wonderful Time of the Year

    We’re just wrapping up some of the best four days in a row that this family has had in awhile. Thanksgiving was a lovely day packed with two delicious meals and two fun family gatherings. We packed up Skyler and Bruno to head across town to Granny’s house in Belton. It was a full house,…

  • Easter Bunny no-show

    Skyler didn’t get to go Easter-egg hunting this year. Part of me feels a bit guilty about it since it could’ve been fun for all of us and started a fun tradition, but another part of me just doesn’t really care. My family never made a big deal out of Easter. I should rephrase: my…

  • Dear Santa,

    Someone else posted their Christmas list recently so I thought for the fun of it, I’d do the same! 1. The top thing I want but I am highly doubtful that I’ll get, is a Canon digital SLR camera. It is so expensive though, the only way it would ever end up making it’s way…

  • It’s beginning to feel a lot like…

    The weather outside is chilly and the leaves are almost done falling. I woke up this morning to let Bruno out and for some reason I got the urge to go dare I say it – Christmas shopping! The music hasn’t even started playing and yet I’m feeling a rare burst of holiday spirit. I…