Meet-and-Greet Monday (Part One of SEVERAL (Or at Least Two))

Meet Olivia’s Christmas cookies. She frosted them herself: Meet our family Christmas photo! It took a half a dozen attempts, but we finally got one where The Daddy wasn’t blinking. My hair looks a bit crazy. And I wasn’t wearing a stitch of makeup....

Brrr, It’s Cold In Here

It’s the chill of stone-cold neglect. But don’t you even assume I’ve been using my non-blogging time to simply sit back and relax.  No, we succeeded in visiting every single known relative in Illinois over the past eight days.  And even squeezed in a...

And You Thought Christ Was Born On The 25th…

Merry Belated Christmas! Having just returned from Tennessee on Sunday night, and anticipating our departure to Illinois this Friday, we voted the official birth of Christ to be moved to the 18th. Didn’t you get the memo? No? It’s alright. The date...