Archive for August, 2009

Sunday, the best day

Posted: August 31, 2009 by counselingsolutions in Our Family

Today was such a good day. It was our first day serving in Children’s Ministry. We work in the K-5 class, one of 12 classes on our upstairs hall. Tristen and Haydn get to serve with us. They go to Children’s Ministry the second hour, so our Sunday routine looks like this: We serve as [...]

Urbanites version of being a country girl

Posted: August 24, 2009 by counselingsolutions in Our Family

We gave mom the day off today since it was her birthday yesterday. After eight-years of being a mom, one day off seemed generous. So she took leave early this morning and dad was in charge of the kids. As you can imagine, that can make for an exciting day. However, before mom left, she [...]

Mama! Let Your Boys Be Cowboys

Posted: August 7, 2009 by counselingsolutions in Our Family

Haydn, my 5-year old, asked me the other night if he could sleep with his gun and bullets. Praise God!! I gave him the big thumbs up and an enthusiastic YES. Every man needs to sleep with his gun and bullets. It does a daddy’s heart good to know he wants to do that. I [...]

Ariel has no maple syrup & other extraneous notes

Posted: August 1, 2009 by counselingsolutions in Our Family

Tristen was so excited tonight about Ariel’s bath. Lucia put her (not Tristen) in the washing machine and gave her a good going over. Tristen announced tonight that she was so clean, no maple syrup and other accumulated things that Ariel had acquired over the past year. Ariel was not quite whiter than snow, but [...]