As the hours went by, and the time continued to tick away, the much anticipated call never came. Then I had a “YOU’VE GOT MAIL” moment. There it was – an email from my Indiana (#1 Son). So, I thought I’d share his first email home to us with you: hey mom & dad. sorry [...]
Okay, Okay. Here are the pictures you have requested after my blog post story of my wonderful hubby giving my boys mohawk haircuts while I was away. If you missed the story/post “When Mom Is Away”, besure to click herehttp://247moms.com/2008/08/when-mom-is-away.html, read the story/post and watch the You Tube video created with my new Casio Exilim [...]
I went online and flight NW 106 has officially arrived in London, which means Indiana (Stephen, Jr.) has now survived his first solo flight across the world without Mom and Dad. And, I survived my first night of sleep knowing my son was thousands of miles away from us. WHEW! Now we await the first [...]
Today’s the day. My #1 Son, Stephen, will board a plane tonight at 10:15pm and fly across the world to Europe to begin his 29 day adventure of traveling throughout Europe alone. Yes, I said alone. My 19 year old #1 son has traveled twice before to Europe with Dad and decided he was ready [...]
Where do I even begin…….I was only trying to take the day and spend it with my two teen daughters, you know some bonding shopping time. So off we went for the day and left behind Dad #1 Son and the two little boys. How much trouble could they get in right? After a fun [...]
Sophie has arrived! I know, I know… Wasn’t 5 kids enough? Many of you know of my desire to adopt since I was 12 years old and went on my fist missions trip to Mexico. So, who is Sophie? She is our new little girl – 4 months old, sooooo adorable, and sooooo loveable. She [...]
Are you tired, exhausted, overwhelmed, and ready for a nap? I remember the days when I would lay my little ones down for their 3 hour nap (yes, my kiddos took 3 hour naps). I often dreamt of joining them or taking the 3 hours to relax and take some Me time. Then reality would [...]
Turning the “Mommy, I’m bored” syndrome into a Kid Auction – Summer has just begun, and I am waiting for those famous words, “Mommy, I’m bored!” because I have a new plan of action this summer. I was recently reading about Ian Usher http://www.alife4sale.com/, who decided to auction off his life on EBay because he [...]
Anita Renfroe’s MOM Sense song brought laughter across the world, many of us sat at our computers clicking the play button over and over again Laughing Out Loud – Then we forwarded this hilarious email video to EVERY mom who we felt needed a Laughing Out Loud moment in her day. Which resulted in Anita [...]
It’s Friday and I have some GREAT Mom favorites to share with you – My Favorite FOOD of the week: Have you tried the The new Wild Animal Crunch cereal by Kellogg’s ? WOW – is the best way to describe it, my youngest child Nate just can not get enough of this new yummy [...]
