January 2, 2011

The fruit bowl has been filled with leftover Christmas chocolates. Think it's time to head to the grocery store?

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Starting Project 365

I considered doing this last year, but just wasn’t ready to take it on.  For 2011?  Bring it on!

The basic idea is that I will take a photo every day of the year and share them with you.  Nothing too thrilling.  It’s just snapshots of my life.  Wait… that didn’t come out right.  Lol!  Just take a peek and follow along.

Happy New Year!

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Winter Wonderland

We have snow in North Carolina!  It doesn’t happen often, but it’s been snowing for several hours and there are still huge flakes falling.  I think the prediction is about 4 inches and I think we’ll easily hit that mark.  Gavin didn’t appreciate the snow at all, but he is grumpy with a cold to begin with so he was only out for a few minutes. 

Kaitrinn was ecstatic
Shealyn's snow angel
Gavin was unsure

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My, how you’ve changed…

We’re all sitting in front of the TV watching Obama’s inauguration.  I have a notebooking page printed out for Kaitrinn and she’s taking a few notes.  It has a photo of Obama at the top of the page.  Gavin crawled up next to her and started asking about the photo.  “That’s Obama, Gavin.”  Gavin looked a little confused and did a double take looking up at me.  “Mama??”  No no no… OOOOO Bahhhhhhh Ma, not Mama kiddo.

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Our little pickle puss

On our recent vacation, Louie discovered that Gavin likes dill pickles.  Hmm… perhaps I should say he LOVES dill pickles.

This was the scene the other night as I was trying to make dinner while he was scaling the front of our fridge.

Cookie Caper

“Papa, I want to go look at the cookies,” said Shealyn.

“Okay, but do not eat any!” replied Papa.

Well, technically she didn’t EAT any cookies.  However, what she did do was take her finger and scoop out a chunk of chocolate from each cookie on the cooling tray.  Glad I had already set aside the batches I was making for church and a gathering with friends!

Cookie caperThe guilty party

A call for prayers

For any of you who know me, that may seem like an odd request.   My heart is breaking today though as the world has lost a wonderful woman, Karin Faulkner.   She passed away yesterday after struggling with many complications and organ failure after a bout of pneumonia this week.   It was discovered in early September that she had Kidney cancer.  Now, just three short  months later, she is gone.  She was only 34 years old.

I’m asking for you to pray for the family she had to leave behind….

her wonderful husband, Steve

their son, Kevin (4), who absolutely adored his Mommy

their son, Kien (1), who just joined their family this summer

their daughter, Aria (1), who just came home from Vietnam and few short weeks ago

While I am thankful she is no longer suffering, I mourn her passing as she was a truly kind and generous woman.  She will be missed.

You can read her family’s story at http://karinupdates.blogspot.com/