Cutest Cousins Conference

He may be a man of few words...

But he is a man of a million faces.

Little ol' Evan stole my heart on his last visit.

He is happy, energetic, and just a real ham.

 And his precious big brother, Connor, is sweet, very smart, and well on his way to becoming

A superhero!

Ready to fly through the air or

conquer a wild beast.

As always, we had a blast with our cousins!

And this guy just worked hard at melting my heart...with each adorable smile.

House Divided by Three

Around our house, we take Gameday seriously.

Depending on the season (I'm talking football or basketball not Fall or Spring),

we are decked out in red for Alabama or blue for Kentucky.

I have been buying cute and stylish shirts, skirts, and dresses in red and blue for years now.

The girls have cheerleading outfits for both teams

 and have been know to wear both in one day on a few Saturdays.

Never did I dream that we'd be adding a new color to our Gameday rainbow.

Go UC Tornados!

Love that small town school spirit!

Flowers and Frogs

Whatif

What if...

by Shel Silverstein

Last night, while I lay thinking here,

some Whatifs crawled inside my ear

and pranced and partied all night long

and sang their same old Whatif song:

Whatif I'm dumb in school?

Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?

Whatif I get beat up?

Whatif there's poison in my cup?

Whatif I start to cry?

Whatif I get sick and die?

Whatif I flunk that test?

Whatif green hair grows on my chest?

Whatif nobody likes me?

Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?

Whatif I don't grow tall?

Whatif my head starts getting smaller?

Whatif the fish won't bite?

Whatif the wind tears up my kite?

Whatif they start a war?

Whatif my parents get divorced?

Whatif the bus is late?

Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?

Whatif I tear my pants?

Whatif I never learn to dance?

Everything seems well, and then

the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

What if?!

As the girls get older, I find this question filling my brain more often.

Some parents seems to ask this more when their children are babies...

Whatif they don't wake up?  Whatif they choke on that grape?  Whatif they fall down?

Those just didn't pop into my head as much.

But now...

Whatif someone is mean to her at school?  Whatif she doesn't believe in herself?

Whatif she isn't happy?  Whatif?

Luckily, they are fleeting, momentary questions that are followed by a peace.

A peace that our God is good and knows the answers to all these questions before I ask them.

And no matter the answer to each one, God will be there to walk with her through each one.

So I have a peace for my questions.

  I just hope and pray I will be able to pass along that peace

when the girls start asking me their Whatif's.

Fairweather

One day we are hanging on to every last bit of Summer...

and the next day, we are anxiously sliding into Fall.

I really love Fall and can't wait for it to be here. 

 But these days, I'm not wishing away one minute.

Not one adorable minute.

Members of the Tea Party

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. ~C.S. Lewis

Or a sock monkey ginormous enough...

Or a table wet enough...

Or a smile fake enough....

to suit me.