Another Road Trip: Pensacola, Florida

 
So my best friend David has been down at NAS Pensacola for some training, and I thought this was the best time to go see the National Museum of Naval Aviation with him.  I’ve always wanted to visit; they have a great selection of aircraft.  Naturally, a road trip these days means bringing Isaac [...]

Quality Time with Nicole

I find myself with very little time during the day to spend one on one with my children, so I do my best to take advantage of any extra moments throughout the day.  I do things like play games with them while we wait in the grocery store line or at the doctor’s office and [...]

Nicole’s New Bed

I have been wanting to see how Nicole would do in a regular bed for a little while now.   Everyday she runs into Isaac and Charlotte’s room and climbs into their beds, pulls the covers over herself, and pretends to sleep.  In addition to her enthusiasm for beds is that fact that Ila is sleeping [...]

A Childhood Moment

I started writing my personal history on this blog, I’m far from finished, but I can’t seem to find the time to sit and write for an hour so perhaps I’ll write a few memories here  and there and later compose them into my history.
My family didn’t take a lot of family vacations that [...]

All in a day’s work

So I had this idea today that I ought to write down what a day in my life is like right now.  I think I’ll look back one day and wonder how I did it, because there are days now when I wonder how I managed to make it through the day only to wake [...]

Forklift Family

My father’s favorite thing to do when his grandsons come to visit is to give them forklift rides:

So when he saw this picture of my grandfather he said “Mom, your family is a forklift family"

On a Typical Night. .

you might see a scene like this if you checked on the children after bedtime: Isaac will likely be found surrounded by non-fiction books.  He often has one propped up or will fall asleep with his finger in one.  The globe is not atypical.  He loves to study maps and other such things as he [...]