Argyle & Apricots

Everyone Doesn’t Mean EVERYONE

I LOVE Perryann. We laugh a lot-generally at my expense. I love that when we hang out, we have fun. I would not trade these 3 minutes 29 seconds for the world. This is soooo us. The set up. New photos were taken of all of Sandals staff.  A co-worker has his new picture on FB [...]

Is Kindergarten For Her or For Me?

Gracie is going to kindergarten in the fall. I am not emotional about her going to school nor do I want to keep her a baby forever. Quite the opposite. I love my girls and I love to see them grow. Seeing who they are becoming and with such anticipation to see where they end [...]

Do You Take the Toilet Paper When You Move?

We were at a birthday party this past weekend at a house that Gracie had never been at before. It is an adorable almost “wood streets” home built in the 20’s maybe 30’s. It has charm and period architecture with cut outs and built in’s and a bathroom that has what appears to be well [...]

I Thought I Had a Picture of The Last Time I Saw Her

photo by Matt Weybright Gracie loves our church. One of the things that I love most about it is how loved my children are by everyone we know there. She is comfortable and she feels safe. Our church is also located on a college campus. We meet in the gym each week. At many times throughout a [...]

Workaholism or Just Too Much Social Media?

There are certain blogs I make it a habit of visiting every day, Ben Arment’s is one of them. If you don’t know who Ben is, and you should, go here to find out. Each Wednesday he posts his Wednesday Morning Run Down and this past Wednesday, this was his last bullet point: “There’s going to [...]

Monday Morning Coffee Table Confessions

Are you like me and you let the weekend go by without really picking up the family room? Well, to be honest, I really only pick it up if someone is coming over or if I just can’t take it any longer.  Mondays are that day. We are generally very busy on the weekends spending [...]

Meet Joan from Uganda

Our family sponsored a girl from Uganda last year at the World Vision Experience: Aids- Step Into Africa event that came to the Grove Church in Riverisde. It was an amazing event and I was happy that Perryann, my 16 year old, experienced it. Perryann already sponsors a little girl in Guatemala named Alba Marina [...]

Financial Responsibility – Start Young

Today I am posting over at In Good Cents on teaching our kids financial stewardship. Working with the Care team at Sandals, I have seen so many families that are in a financial pinch due to making poor financial decisions when the economy was good.  Dan and I have been talking about what we want [...]

The Coolest & Most Creative Save the Date Invite EVER!

Okay, I know Perryann is not getting married any time soon.  And I am certainly not even pushing for her to have a boyfriend especially since I told her years ago that she could not date until she was 16…and btw, she is 16 on Monday-eek! But if she did get married, I would so [...]

I Never Said I Was Mother of the Year

Tomorrow I am posting my contribution to Fresh Year, Fresh Start! on Knowing When to Say “No” – When Busy Lives are too Busy. So today I am throwing myself under the bus yet again with a re post on my struggles with my young one.  This originally was posted on May 8, 2008. Enjoy. As [...]