The Glamorous Life of a Housewife

The parent/child relationship can't help but reflect that of our relationship with the Lord. Nearly every day, God gives me glimpses of how He feels for me, through my little Levi. I've always known that He loves me and that I could never fathom that type of love, but having chi…

His name is ... Ezra Ray. We are so excited to have and name another little boy! When I found out I was pregnant and sat and dreamed about this little life, the only name that ever crossed my mind was Ezra. I tried to come up with girl names just in case, but this little name always ran…

Levi is so funny. When he was 7 months old, he loved Santa's lap. At 19 months, HE DESPISED HIM. And now, at two and a half, he loves him again. When we took him to see Santa this weekend, he was mesmerized. He walked slowly up to him with a sly smile and Santa scooped him up on h…

We spent Thanksgiving at my grandma's house and that evening at my other grandparents house. I had three Thanksgiving dinners in 24 hours. Aye yi yi! I'm sure the scales will reflect that at my doctor's appointment this week. :) It was a great time and filled with special fa…

Well, folks. I did it. I hosted my very first Thanksgiving and I am happy to say, it was a great success!! I got a little carried away and doubled every recipe, so we were certainly not lacking in the food department. (I inherited my Mom's paranoia of running out of food.) Everyone …

Each morning on Facebook, I began each day this month stating something I'm thankful for. I wanted to blog them so I could go back and read them later and remember what I was thankful for in November 2011. *** Going to take the month of November to give thanks every day on my Faceboo…

This year I began a new tradition with Levi called the Wreath of Thanksgiving. We cut out a wreath and some leaves from construction paper and every morning I would ask him what he was thankful for and I wrote it down and glued it to the wreath. I got the idea from a Christian children&…