Mom, Laura, Emily and Benjamin visited with us last week. This is a picture of the only quiet moment that occurred during the visit:

No one is arguing. No one is screaming. Everyone is playing quietly….
We had a great visit with them. Two older kids argued about everything that could be argued about, but that is [...]

Such a beautiful family…

We went to Middle-O-Nowhere Texas last weekend for a family reunion that was held at a ranch owned by a member of the family. A great time was had by all, and we especially enjoyed all the animals.
Lots of old picturesque equipment sitting around the ranch:

Mom shared her drink with the VERY pregnant donkey, [...]

I’ve started a new blog. Actually I started it a couple of months ago, but haven’t mentioned it until now because I wasn’t totally sure what I was going to do with it. “Lumps of Clay” is a blog for friends and family for the most part. It’s never gotten much traffic (not that I [...]

We’re visiting Mom & Dad, along with other family south of San Antonio at what has become their winter home, and the house comes complete with some toys for Jack to play with. Among the toys are some Bible action figures which I find to be rather odd.  The Jesus figure is particularly disturbing. Should [...]

David learned to roll both ways this month, allowing him to roll across the floor, rarely staying where we put him. Not that we put him down much, because our sweet boy wants to be held most of the time. He will play a little while in the exersaucer or in one of his seats [...]

I didn’t mail any Christmas cards this year, and we didn’t even put up a tree as there is just nowhere for it to go in our little house, and it’s been rather warm at times here, so it’s difficult to even believe that it’s going to be Christmas in just a few days. Thankfully [...]

What happened to my little boy? I’m finally beginning to get a taste of what other people feel about the toddler years, feeling sad that their kids have grown up.  (I used to think they were insane to miss such a challenging time) Jack’s a long way from grown up, but he’s changing into a [...]