Our children are a gift. We’ve always believed that. (even in the difficult times). Children seem to bring out the best in a person — and occasionally– the worst. (We’ve experienced both those extremes in our family). Last night we took a “surprise party” to Danae’s house. She didn’t know we were coming – or … Read More
A New Era !
Happy Birthday Baby Girl! …always the charmer – and lover of the shades! and now . . . …our baby girl is ushering us out of the teen years! Happy 20th Birthday Danae Joy!
In the garden
Martha, move over ‘cuz Cheri’s “in the house garden!” I’ve made salsa, tomato sandwiches, more salsa, open-face cheese/tomato/onion sandwiches, tomato omelets, salsa and we’ve eaten our fair share of plain tomatoes too. Don’t get me wrong, we love tomatoes. The problem is there is a lot, yet not enough. That is, not enough to can. So … Read More
Baby Girl Visit
Today I got an instant message from our baby girl. It went something like this: Baby girl: You remember that I’m coming home this evening right? Me: Yeah, now I do. Baby girl: Yeah, I’m getting my hair done. Me: What time? Baby girl: 6:00. I thought maybe we could get appetizers or dinner or … Read More
Spaaaaaahhhhhh
Saturday was amazing. Like, we woke up, and got ready to go. Then we like, drove to Dave and JoLynn’s house where they had like, this amazing breakfast of HUGE cinnamon rolls, scrambled eggs, fresh fruit and COFFEE waiting for us. and then……we like, drove to Edina where the spa was, and we all got ready for … Read More
A Windy City
This afternoon Cara called from Cincy. She was outside – and it sounded like she was in the middle of Hurricane Ike! Today Cincinnati has experienced their own mini-hurricane (like a category 1). Over 500,000 people are without power. Including Cara. They say it might be 3-4 days before the power is back on! Here’s … Read More
Where You Go, I Will Go
“I, Cheri, take you, Kirk; to be my wedded husband; and I do promise and covenant; before God and these witnesses; to be thy loving and faithful wife. In plenty and in want; in joy and in sorrow; in sickness and in health. Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will … Read More
So Far Away
An old Carole King song has been playing in my mind all day today. There’s a reason for that. All three of my kids are away. All exactly where they should be at this time in their life. But it doesn’t always make it easy for us, and today was one of those difficult days. … Read More
Books and Seven
It’s a blog of 7’s on Pastor Ryan’s blog today. I spent a good part of today (on and off) trying to decide if I wanted to join in. Because, well, I’m shy. No, really, I am! Take a look at my list, then page down to see my bookshelves! Here’s a list of the last seven books … Read More
Whatsinmybag?
It’s been said that you can tell a lot about a person by how clean their car is (on the inside), or what books are on their bookshelves, or CDs in their collection. I wonder if that applies to purses? In a moment of “can’t find it” panic the other day, I dumped the … Read More