One never knows

Along my early morning run today with my buddy Krista, we stumbled upon an art show.  Someone, or maybe some people, with time and talent got very creative.  I enjoyed these chalk drawings so much that I told Krista I wanted to take pictures on our loop back.  I’m glad I was in the right […]


A Great (birth)Day!

I knew my birthday was off to a great start when my family surprised me with breakfast in bed. Being as caught up in the culinary cosmos as we are, they prepared for me a beautiful omelet with fresh spinach and feta, topped with two slices of heirloom tomatoes. On the side were two slices […]


Camp Snap Shots :: Mason Edition

Inspection at Camp It’s been a joy of watching Mason pop up in this week’s camp photos on Bunk 1.  He and the Amantacha unit survived the first night of inspection. Mason absolutely loves gaga ball.  As soon as we get to camp, he makes his way to the gaga pit.  He’s watching this game […]


Camp Only Child :: Walker Edition

At the Soul Challenge, Walker won a raffle prize to the new indoor party zone that just recently here called Xtreme Party Zone.  With Mason away, I thought Walker might like to explore it with his friend, Joseph.  The giant pole barn is divided into different areas.  The ninja zone involves various physical challenges.  Here […]


Kicking Off Camp :: Mason Edition

Summer is officially here now that Mason is headed to his first week of summer camp at Ondessonk.  He was so eager to get there and get started that we left our house before 8 am. It’s a two hour drive and the gates open at 1 pm promptly.  That meant that we had a […]


HaughnStrong Benefit

In a labor of love and friendship, our community came together to celebrate life with Chris and his family.  The lines of connection cross multiple times but Chris and his wife, Millie, have four kiddos.  We know them from school, church and our 4-H club. In his honor, our 4-H club sponsored a benefit dinner […]


Double the Fun

We adopted some friends to join us for swim practice but first we stopped for lunch at Chick Fil-A. And while they swam, I knit.


Will Travel for Hugs

Taking a trip to Mississippi over Memorial Weekend was a sudden but splendid decision.  The timing was right and the opportunity just presented itself so naturally that we couldn’t pass it up.  You see, my aunt and Spencer live due south of us on a big piece of land outside of Tupelo in a small […]


Swim Practice

The boys dove into the pool to get some practice before camp starts.  Since Mason heads to Ondessonk in less than two weeks, it is time to brush off the water wings and test the waters.  Swim tests are right around the corner. I spent my time there knitting a little sweater vest called Milo […]


Here Comes Summer!

We made it to the last day of school! We had our final mass of the year. The 8th graders graduate tonight so they passed the flame of leadership to the current 7th graders.  I got a little teary.  How is it we have an almost 8th grader and an almost 5th grader? We didn’t […]