Alex

Sweet Success

January 16, 2012

About two months ago, I made the unfortunate decision to go in the back door of the blog and change some fonts. Yes, I said change some fonts. Because that’s what I do. At the click of a button, the entire text of my blog disappeared into cyberspace. After several hours of work, my technical [...]

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Our Year In Review

December 30, 2011

Reflecting back on 2011, my little band of four was blessed beyond measure. Here’s a look at our year…. in pictures! January You know who had to shovel MORE snow than she’d like to talk about, which is still NOWHERE NEAR the amount that McDaddy shoveled. I attended Becky’s second annual soup swap. February Stevie [...]

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Six

October 31, 2011

This is the story of a sweet little boy, Who gets super excited when he opens a new toy, He laughs, and acts silly and loves to have fun, I feel blessed to be the mama of these sweet sons. A house full of friends to help him celebrate, As he blows out the candle [...]

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A Title Goes Here

October 17, 2011

My fellas and I had a fantastic weekend. We sat on the couch and watched television all weekend. Only not. The sun was bright and hot. Only not. Which is why I froze my patootie off at the ballfield on Saturday. Some other things I didn’t do…. after I decided not to have a big [...]

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Reaction Time

September 27, 2011

Four years ago, during a church Christmas play, Alex ate five mini ritz-bits crackers. Less than an hour later, he was puking his little thirteen month-old guts out. The next dayI called his pediatrician and requested an allergy test. At that time, we were told that our sweet boy was allergic to peanuts, tree-nuts, eggs and soy. [...]

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I’ve Got My Game Face On

August 18, 2011

From the very beginning, you were the type of kid that marched to your own drummer. A loud, independent, stubborn drummer. For that reason, I was surprised to discover that you have apprehension about starting Kindergarten. Believe me sweet boy, there is nothing I’d love more than to keep you home with me a few more years. [...]

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You Capture – Games

June 2, 2011

 My wagon is draggin’. I spent the evening working in the baseball field concession stand which I don’t really mind doing, except for the fact that it was 119 degrees in there. It was so hot, my sweat was sweating. And we won’t even talk about the girls. Just know that they were as uncomfortable as I [...]

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Cry Baby

May 20, 2011

I am sitting on my big, blue, bloggy couch watching American Idol, excited to hear the news that Golden Boy Scotty McCreery will be singing for the title of American Idol. I am thrilled to have something so important to occupy my mind because today was Alex’s very last day of preschool and if I think [...]

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The Rest Of The Story

April 17, 2011

For a number of years, my family has camped with several other families from our church. And by large group, I mean 40 or 50 people. We enjoy five days of fun, fellowship, and laughter. We eat together, sit around the campfire together, play corn-hole together, swim together, and cook together. It is an event we look forward [...]

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Sweet Stuff

April 12, 2011

There are lots of things (and folks) that make me smile, but for the sake of time, I will keep this week’s You Capture (SMILE) challenge short and sweet. Sweet things that make me smile: Sweet smiles… Sweet Memories… McSweetness… Sweet Dreams… What makes you smile? Pin it

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