We were all counting down the days to celebrate Sophia’s fifth birthday. She was quite the birthday girl, bringing treats to school and contributing a very special book to the library. The other super exciting news on this otherwise mundane Friday was the arrival of Mason’s new PlayStation 5. The new console was announced in […]
Today would have been my grandma’s 100th birthday had she not passed away last August. The text chain among my extended family went wild with memories and photos. This one of her and Sophia was particularly endearing. (That afghan on the chair was a church project but sadly went to Goodwill when the house was […]
It all started with an innocent little question: “Would you like to get together for a sisters weekend?” The next thing we knew the plans were made. My sisters and I were meeting in Las Vegas to hang out and visit with my dear 97 year old grandma and our aunt. Well, where Laynie travels […]
Laynie picked out yarn for Sophia when she was here visiting and requested a little cowl for Sophia to wear for her Christmas program. I crocheted these by holding two strands doubled. Basically, I unrolled the entire skein of yarn, found the midpoint and cut. Then I stretched each strand open to make crocheting […]
This little munchkin arrived with her mommy on our doorstep on Sunday night. Just like last time, we got to host her while Laynie went to her meeting in St. Louis. Monday morning Laynie headed off bright and early. It was a good thing, too, because we had a full agenda. First, she had lunch […]
No sooner did they walk through the security gates did the stream of comments flow about how sad we all were to see Laynie and Sophia go home. We surely hope Laynie has more work in Saint Louis soon. We really enjoyed hosting them here and spending time together.
It was a wonderfully lazy day today with Laynie. I do declare we all needed it after the busy week we had. Mason introduced Laynie to the VR. She played like a champ and was a good sport at the games. That afternoon the boys went off for a while. Laynie, Sophia and I went […]
Mason sat Sophia down for a story before he headed off to school. Then as I got everything ready for our day, Sophia sat and played with her toys. It was another unseasonably warm day so I took Sophia back to the river for a walk for about an hour before we left for Mount […]
I’m sure it was not easy for Laynie to be away from Sophia so we kept her posted today with lots of photos of our escapades. Sophia slept well and when she woke up, Mason gave her a bottle. The boys were not too excited to leave her but they knew they were going to […]
Last night while the speech tournament was going on, our family was eagerly awaiting the arrival of Sophia and Laynie to Evansville. Sophia charmed us from the start. This morning Laynie left us to go to Saint Louis for a business trip until Friday. Yes, we are getting the privilege of having this baby all […]