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Today was confirmation and first communion for the youth of our church. Kate, who has attended a year of catechism instruction, took her first communion today.
She wore Gianna’s confirmation dress and looked lovely, if a tiny bit nervous.
We snuck in a few family photos before the service.
This Monday-Wednesday, Derek and I left the kids in the safe and capable hands of Grandpa and Grandma and went to Fall Creek Falls State Park for the spring pastor’s conference.
First thing we did was drop our bags, lace up our shoes, and go out for a hike to Fall Creek Falls. With all [...]
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It poured rain Saturday and Sunday, so much so that everyone who came to church Sunday joked about needing an ark. Sunday afternoon, when I’d just gotten Sophia and Jonathan tucked in for naps, we saw a bolt of lightning so close and an instant, deafening clap of thunder so loud and strong that even [...]
Anyone who complains this bitterly and blindly about a vocation God has given her should, in no particular order, join the military, read this post, read this book, and watch Ratatouille, particularly this scene about perspective (which, by the way, goes nicely with a bottle of [...]
You know what’s cute? When Jonathan picks up his toy phone, adopts his most serious tone, and says into the phone, “This is Pastor Roberts…Uh huh….Uh huh…Ok bye.”
These moments, when the lighting and the three kids magically come together for a gorgeous Easter photo, are great.
But even better? This.
Today was my first day of Working From Home, Redux. After six months away I am supposed to have learned sage lessons and understood everything I was missing. And I did. But I’ll be honest: I was a little lonely. Derek didn’t come home for lunch and it gets a little crazy in my own [...]
Last night, Derek took me out on a date. It was our Valentine’s date, a few days early, partly to avoid the crowds, partly because Valentine’s Day is the day after Ash Wednesday, and partly because we enjoy spending that day with our kids. We went to Bistro by the Tracks in Knoxville, where we [...]
At dinner last night, Derek and I were discussing Jonathan’s going to kindergarten. Sure, it’s 2 1/2 years away, but he’s absolutely obsessed with the school bus and talks about it constantly, so I tell him “when you’re five.”
After the bus conversation last night, I turned to Derek and said, “I hope he’s ready [...]
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