Bedtime

Good night.

Sleep tight.

 

Holy Spirit

J:  I asked God to put the Holy Spirit in my heart.

E:  Did he hafta poke it to get it in there?

VBS

It's vacation bible school (VBS) week around here!

On the very first night, J volunteered to recite the verse he had already committed to memory...in front of the entire group...with a microphone.

Nice work, J!  You nailed it!

It's Been a Long Week Already

...as evidenced by my dietary intake this evening:

three chicken nuggets leftover on my child's plate 

and

a handful of gummy Life Savers for supper

followed by a nighttime snack of

 Funyuns

and a

raspberry flavored Mike's Hard Lemonade.

It's only Tuesday.

This has me wondering (and fearing) what in the heck Friday's menu is going to look like.

A Girl Can Dream

E:  Can I have my own car?

Me:  No.  You have to be sixteen.

E:  Oh.

Me:  What kind of car do you want?

E:  A pink one.  With purple on it.  And fireworks.  But not the loud ones.

All Good Things Must Come to an End

I’ve experienced many family vacations at this familiar place, so I had a fun, somewhat nostalgic feeling watching our kids exploring the condo in much of the same way I did the first time many, many years ago. 

We seem to leave a trail everywhere we go, but I do believe that all of our belongings that made it to the condo in Colorado actually arrived home with us as well.  That might be a first.  That doesn’t mean we didn’t leave our mark though. 

(The note we found in the cabinet above the dryer.)

(The note we left behind.)

 

Then we packed up, cleaned, hit the road, and made one last vacation stop.

I don't think I've ever made a road trip to Colorado without stopping here.

And then it was time to reluctantly call it quits on our...

Snow Much Fun

 Playing in the snow...

 on a clear, sunny, and quite warm summer day...

in a noticeably outgrown shirt... 

 instead of traditional snow gear...

is all fun and games until...

it's your turn...

to be the target.