Flashback Friday

For the past several years we have been having dinner about every other month with the Schneiders (Chip & Stefany) and the Pilgrims (Brent, Nicole, Lauryn & Allie).  Clay, Chip & Brent were in the band together at A&M (starting in 1995), and Stefany & Nicole were actually already around then as well - I was a late bloomer in this little circle.  We love hanging out together and meeting at different restaurants or at each other&... more

On Saturday Ethan and I had a date to go see Horton Hears a Who .  During the eternal previews Ethan said, “Mommy, I’m ready for Winnie Hears a Pooh to start.”  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I don’t normally use the blog as a forum to tell the world about all of the incredibly amazing things my kids do every day because, let’s be honest, who cares.  Besides grandparents, no one really wants to know about all of the mispronunciations, pointing, eat... more

Have you ever had that feeling of “I’m with him!” around your husband?  I remember the first time I felt like that was when I saw Clay’s “band” (sorry, babe, but I do use that term loosely) playing at BQ Ball in 1999.  I had actually broken up with him, and this was our first date back together.  Just a few chords into the first song he dropped his pick (certainly because he was distracted looking at me!) and, therefore, had to play the ... more

Yesterday was one of those days where God reached down and smacked me in the face as though to say, “Lisa!  Hello!  I really do look out for you and I really do have a plan that’s better than yours.”  Amen.  I took Rachel to the doctor on Monday and the pedi decided to schedule a test for her yesterday at Cook Children’s - nothing serious…just looking into some issues she’s having at night.  So, I spent Tuesday working out the details of who would pick E... more