Category Archives: Life

My second son turned 15 today. Easy-going and adventurous, he has been an added blessing in my life. I wanted to share just a few of my favorite photos. My how he has grown (and that is an understatement because he is 6 foot 5 the last time we measured). The week he was born we had a terrible ice storm. I had been having contractions off and on all week. Luckily the roads were … Continue reading →

We woke up this morning to something rare in South Carolina. We called off school on account of snow. I know we have no school buses to ride or car pools to drive, but it snows so rarely here that we just had to call a holiday. The kids bundled up and went outside to enjoy the white stuff. They weren’t able to have a snowball fight because they fell apart in their hands. And … Continue reading →

Need I say more?

I mentioned that my sister came down to visit from Massachusetts during the Christmas break.  I was so excited to have the opportunity to spend sister time with her.  She spent a day or so with our parents and then stayed a day with us.  She and I went out to lunch and then shopping for my daughter’s birthday, which was New Year’s Day. We had a blast. With so many miles between us we … Continue reading →

The holidays were wonderful. We went over my parents’ house Christmas Eve for traditional meat pie and had a feast. We brought another tradition along with us and the kids opened their pajamas there instead of home.  We included my oldest’s girlfriend in our family tradition as he has indicated to us that she will be soon part of our family.  Christmas morning we waited for my son and his girlfriend to arrive before we … Continue reading →