The day after Christmas was a very fun, beautiful sunny day! We decided to head to the mall in the morning, just to grab a few holiday sales. Alana LOVES to play in the yard, especially since my parents cat, “Tigger” (called “Tiger” by Alana), wanders the yard and actually lets Alana pet her occasionally....
Christmas Day was fun in a whole new way this year. Alana was now able to participate and understand so much more than last year when she was only 13 months old. We laughed A LOT, enjoyed each other immensely, and, as usual, had a blast giving gifts! Since today is our last day in...
For Christmas Eve, we went to the Calvary Chapel Christmas Eve Service. A few years back we used to have the service at our local NFL Miami Dolphins Stadium and it was a huge, very amazing church production. But for the past two years things have been pared down for various reasons. Now the services...
One of the first things that we got to do once we arrived in Fort Lauderdale was to watch my little BIG brother play an away varsity basketball game for Calvary Christian Academy against my high school alma mater, Highlands Christian Academy. I am fairly certain that I have not stepped foot on the campus since...
Okay, so these images are actually from a few days before we left to our Fort Lauderdale Christmas Vacation two weeks ago (which I will be blogging tomorrow!), so for the sake of chronology, I will blog these first! But come back tomorrow for a ton of Christmas photos! Alana LOVES to be outside even...
Okay, so Alana has had two haircuts in the past, but those have been kinda boring because they are what I call mullet-cuts. Basically we’ve just just trimmed the back of her hair so that the front can catch up…thus eliminating the mullet. But last weekend (before all of us spent the entire week sick)...
It’s been a challenging week around here, with a sick baby and lots of crying, nose blowing, semi-napping, night-waking, and cancelled plansSo, there is absolutely nothing new from this pitiful week, but I have an overdue blog to post! I’m a bit ashamed that Alana’s already two and we are just now taking her to...
Ah, it would be impossible to explain just how excited I get about snow. Now, I am well aware that the reason I get so giddy is because I’ve never lived anywhere that gets regular (much less heavy) snowfall. Between East Texas, Southern California, South Florida, and Southeast Tennessee, snow has been intermittent and often-desired...
I came across some photos tonight – while organizing – that I’d forgotten to blog in November. So, I thought I’d go ahead and post them a bit late rather than not at all. Alana has developed some funny expressions and characteristics that I don’t want to forget. Here are a few photos of Alana...
Okay, so let me start this post by saying how proud we are of Leslie. Rich and Leslie met at Leslie’s sister’s wedding over a year ago, and since that time Leslie has come in town from Knoxville for one-on-one workshops with Rich. We have enjoyed our time with her, and are blown away by...