Category: Family

  • The Stowaway

    As Hannah dressed to sing at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, she found a small animal hiding in one of her performance shoes. She showed it to her chaperon, who (not recognizing what kind of animal it was) assumed it was Hannah’s pet from home. “What’s its name?” she asked. Hannah, not quite understanding why her…

  • Weekend Recap

    Computer problemsI am going to have to make this post (and possibly tomorrow’s) really quick. The power cord to my laptop is giving me fits. Well, it’s actually falling apart. It has to be in just the right position to give my computer its juice and there’s no way I can keep it in the…

  • Trying for a little face time

    Karl and I sat down to talk about our days. Abbey hasn’t quite caught on that we don’t really want to be interrupted, so she sat with her hand in the air until one of us recognized her presence and asked her what she wanted. “I have a knock knock joke!” she smiled. Without waiting…

  • I found this in my kitchen

    Here’s the story: Around 4:15 Monday afternoon, as we were waiting for Hannah to finish getting ready to go to choir (by 4:30 — we were pushing it!), I sat down to check my Facebook page. Abbey started screaming from the kitchen. Normally, her screaming doesn’t phase me: she rarely speaks at a low volume…

  • Well, we did it…

    We went camping. We only stayed one night because Karl and I just wanted to see if we could do it, if we could survive. We arrived around noon on Thursday and left around 2 on Friday. We set up camp, explored the park, and watched the kids play. Karl and the kids built our…