This blog is the story of life as I went from a world traveling pastors wife to a home-schooling mom of 4.

Like Mother Like Daughter

By Jen | March 1, 2007 | 1 Comment

We are getting her started early on her addiction to Starbucks. Check out more cute Maisie pictures on Justin’s blog HERE!

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more maisie info…

By Jen | February 25, 2007 | 5 Comments

I love Maisie more and more everyday.  She is doing all sorts of fun new things.  She LOVES to lay on her play mat and swat the toys above her.  She squeals and carries on little conversations with them.  It is hilarious!  She also loves to eat her hands.  She tries to stuff her whole fist in her mouth.  Justin swears she rolled over and I sort of believe him because she did hit her head (from rolling over from her tummy to her back), but I sort of think Justin secretly helped her a bit.  She also loves to stand.  She is so alert and wants to be watching the world around her.  When laying on her back she struggles to sit up.  I think she is going to be a busy one and I will definitely have to work hard to keep up with her.  Maisie had an…

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chubby chubbertin

By Jen | February 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

Why do I stuff myself to the point of sickness???  I have these freakin’ twenty pounds to lose from the baby (but I am only aiming for ten as I don’t mind keeping on a few for the baby till I am done nursing) and it is not helping when I go butt crazy eating everything in sight!!!  I was doing so good until I had one little mess up day.  Justin and I decided that because we walked around Paris and back a few times that we deserved a cheeseburger and fries from the little burger stand around the block.  And yes, I told the guy to put the fattening hamburger sauce on it as well.   Yum. I got to chatting with the burger guy while Justin was out buying diapers and we somehow managed to carry on a conversation in our broken French and English.  I was actually…

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Make a Wish

By Jen | February 14, 2007 | 2 Comments

Staring at us in the eye for one and a half months now, has been a wishbone from our turkey on Christmas day.  It began to blend in with the rest of our kitchen items on the windowsill.  I think we pretty much forgot it was there.  But a couple days ago, Justin realized it was there as he was cleaning off the counter.  (on a side note, that is pretty disgusting that we just had a BONE on our windowsill that long…sick!)  "Hey, let’s make a wish!" I agreed, as I had a lot to wish about during this time in my life.  A lot to wish for. As we each grabbed a side, we took a second to make our wish.  When we were good and ready, we then pulled our sides and SNAP!!! The winner of the wish was………no one.  It broke at equal parts and the…

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Skeletons

By Jen | February 8, 2007 | 0 Comments

I normally don’t post two times in one day, let alone two times in one week, but THIS I had to!  I was reading BBC news and found this article.  How beautiful!  Skeletons are supposed to be scary, but this is anything but!  Check it out HERE!

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