You Don't See That Every Day

Where have I been? Lately life has  picked up the pace and I have been working to keep up with it. There was one week where we had 9 basketball games within 6 days. This week held 5 games within 6 days, along with a drama performance (which meant extra practices each night). My girl Stripes, was one of the orphans in her school play "Annie". And what a great orphan she was! She had the opening lines, calling out "momma, momma" and the first night I heard it I nearly cried! Good thing I didn't rush the stage. All the kids in the play did a wonderful job! For a middle school production, there was great stage presence and line delivery. I was very impressed. It brought back memories of my days on the stage, as few as they were, in high school. And the foggy memory of a play in college too. (I need to go hunt down that memory book and look it up.) My middle girl, Dots, had her first game today with the church league. Upward Basketball is such a good program for ...

Five years. A lot can change in five years. January 2006. Five years ago I had a 4 month-old, an almost 3 yr-old, 6 yr-old and 8 yr-old. We figured our baby days were numbered. Our 4 month-old's antics were caught on video so we wouldn't ever forget the adorable sounds and looks of a baby. And then whammo, five years later here we are in the baby stages! Our almost-9 month old has been a challenge and a blessing. We GET to relive the baby days! We get to RELIVE the baby days! We get to relive the BABY days! Five years ago I had 2 children "going" to school at home. Now I have 4 of them "in" school. I had never heard of chronic hives. I had not yet met Kimmy, Craig, Ben, Caleb, Sophia or Hailey or Karly!  We did not know our friends would be moving to Argentina. A lot can change. And five years before that we had a 3 month old and a 2 year old. (2001) S and S, 2001 Five years before that , we weren't even dating. (1996) A lot can change in fi...