Birthday Party Crashers

Me – But you promised me that you’d stay 5 forever! E – I’m really sorry dad, I’m growing up and I can’t stop it. Me – But you promised. E – Don’t cry daddy, it’ll be ok. Me – I’m not crying, I just want you to stay little. E – I’m still […]

5 years ago today…well…tomorrow.

On this day 5 years ago, after what seemed like an eternity on bed rest in the hospital, Tracey felt a “kick” that was actually the jumpstart to an evening, that seemed to go by in a flash and leave us with two of the most amazing gifts we’ve ever gotten in our lives. While […]

Who’s birthday is it?

Me-Say happy birthday America! H– Happy Birthday America! … Who’s America? Me-It’s our country. H-Like Kentucky? Me– A little bigger. Just say happy birthday and enjoy the day off school. H– OK. This was a pretty big birthday weekend, not only for out country, but for my nephew Read. He turned six on Thursday and […]

Rekindling old friendships.

H-I love my Raine-y E-I love my Jaeger and my Raine. Me-Well, just give them hugs when you see them and tell them. H&E– We WILL! Do you have those friends that you don’t get to see all that often, but no matter how long it’s been between seeing or talking to each other, it […]

Picking a favorite.

Two days after the girls’ birthday is my dad’s birthday. Exactly two weeks after his birthday is mine. They’re all so close it would be impossible to forget one of them right? Wrong. I forgot to call my dad on his birthday this year, even though I’d seen him the day before for Easter. This […]

Their new Crib

When I was a kid, my dad built my brother and I a “tree house” in a huge sycamore out behind our house. I use the term tree house loosely because it was more of a giant platform set about 30 feet up in the air. Ok it was probably only about 10 feet off […]

Now that…was a party.

My babies are officially 4 years old. This party has been in the works since Christmas ended and the girls realized that their next opportunity to get presents would be on April 23rd, but I think it was worth the wait. I will be the first to say that the Princess Birthday Party was a […]

Just like riding a bike.

Well I guess technically a tricycle isn’t a bike, but now that the weather is nice, the girls are trying their hat at riding a bit more. We were walking by the neighbor’s house the other night when their little twins (Kate and Rhett) came running out and wanting to play with the girls. At […]

While they were out.

You can’t put a price on 4 days of peace and quiet. Well, I guess if we total it up, we really can. With the girls out of the house at Grandma’s for 4 days, Tracey and I took it upon ourselves to do a little shopping. We got the girls their big birthday present. […]

Growing up too fast.

I guess with their 4th birthday quickly approaching I’m starting to think about how fast they’re growing up. Yesterday presented one of those scary glimpses into the future of what I’ll be dealing with as these two get older. We were picking up their toys and putting them in the garage before dinner and somewhere […]