embrace the camera

this is life right now. holding two babies, waving bye to daddy on his way to a soccer game.

The Real Romance

i opened my bible and my bible study today for the first time in a very long time. no wonder i was in a funk. no wonder i was impatient over and over and over again with my children. no wonder the days seemed too long. life just wasn't meant to be lived apart from a daily talk and walk and relationship with jesus. and this is what He had prepared for me (and YOU) today:
Isaiah 42:6
"I HAVE CALLED YOU...
I WILL TAKE HOLD OF YOUR HAND.
I WILL KEEP YOU..."
isn't this what we all really want to hear? The Real Romance. Happy Valentines Day

walker smiles!

walker is smiling all the time now. some of our very best friends, Ellen and TJ, just had their first child, and i can hardly remember when walker was a curled up little newborn.





at nearly 12 weeks old, she has found her hand and is loving sucking on her fist. she eats great and sleeps great, loving the symphony of sound that river and flora create for her. we have a lot of space, but technically only 3 bedrooms. i am thinking of moving out of my walk-in closet and making it her sleeping nook. her fat little neck makes her look a lot like river to me.
it always makes me so sad to think about the moms who have to go back to work after 12 weeks because this is when all the smiling and the cute cooing really gets going. her precious face is just so happy to see me smiling back at her. oh how i love this daughter of mine.

easiest dinner

oven nachos. set oven to broil. put kids on stools to help. put corn chips on a cookie sheet. top with beans, spinach, tomatoes, olives, meat (whatever you have in your fridge) and cheese. put it in the oven until the cheese melts.

kids were delighted to be helping, snacking while they worked. i was happy cause dinner was ready in minutes.

january is george's busiest month with games every tuesday and tournaments every thursday and friday. we have breakfast for dinner a lot. it was 5:45 the other night and i had no plans for the fast-approaching dinner. this is what i came up with and i am adding it to my rotation.

such a treat...

we got to go to george's game tonight. it was such a treat getting to be in the stands cheering him on again. the kids loved yelling for daddy and the bulldogs.

elf

on the afternoon of his first day off, george made this picnic table for the kids. he made it without building plans and without a trip to home depot. i honestly didnt even know where he was, he just disappeared for a couple of hours and then showed up on the backporch with a table. surely he was inspired by buddy the elf.

christmas in wichita falls

christmas in dallas

walker girl

she is a dreamy little baby. people keep asking me how she is doing and i have nothing to say! no news is good news- she does just what she is supposed to do...eats, poops, sleeps, eats again. i cant believe she is just 6 weeks old. i have embraced more movie-time with the kids these past 6 weeks. george has been to the store more times these past 6 weeks than he has our entire marriage. tonight we treated ourselves to dinner out for the first time all together. and the best way i can explain having 3 kids in 3 years & 3 weeks is that there is no mirage of control. its pretty much chaos and i am learning to be ok with that. my hope is that i make sure and squeeze alot of joy out of all that crazy. its a wonderful life after all.

flora wanted to be wrapped up too