Empty Inkwell

First things first: slacker-of-the-year award goes to me. And the sad­dest part: the year just started. (Happy New Year, by the way.) I’ve taken pro­cras­ti­na­tion to a new level; I can’t believe it has been almost a month since I’ve typed a sin­gle word. That’s not to say I haven’t thought about it. I’ve had a ton of things I’ve intended […]

It is Thanks­giv­ing, and I am so excited to begin a new tra­di­tion with my grow­ing lit­tle fam­ily… a grat­i­tude jour­nal. A friend of mine, Jess, who blogs at Brix­ton Lane, shared the idea about a week ago on her blog, and I absolutely loved it. I didn’t have much time to throw one together (espe­cially since it’s not pos­si­ble for me […]

Last week­end, Matt, Cora and I went camp­ing with some friends of ours, Chris and Car­rie. We spent one night at a camp­site at Sil­ver­wood Lake (located in the San Bernardino Moun­tains, about forty miles west of Big Bear Lake—I didn’t know where it was either). As a kid—a Girl Scout, and the daugh­ter of a Cub Scout mom—I […]

So I know my plan for this blog was, and still is: write about what­ever… start with the day’s hap­pen­ings and see where it takes you. But there is a fine line some­where in there… I want to write about “what­ever”, but I also want to write about things peo­ple will actu­ally want to read. Feel­ing less than inspired […]

Noth­ing beats it. I can’t think of any way I’d rather spend my time than laugh­ing and hav­ing a good time with peo­ple that I love… espe­cially fam­ily. My trip to Wash­ing­ton was full of those per­fect moments, not only for me, but for Cora and her cousins, too! Cora is devel­op­ing such a per­son­al­ity, and is now laughing […]

Today was an amaz­ing day! After church, Matt, Cora and I met up with my brother, Jonathan, and his fam­ily, and brother, Jamin, and his girl­friend. We ate lunch at Pan­era Bread (so yummy!) and then wan­dered into a toy store that was just across the walk­way from the restau­rant… Geppetto’s. Geppetto’s is a small toy store, but is […]

I woke up this morn­ing to a hazy light peek­ing through the blinds in my bed­room win­dow; the gray­ish light made me think it was much ear­lier than it really was (thank you Cora for let­ting me sleep ‘til 8:30). I picked Cora up and made my way to the liv­ing room. I looked out the slid­ing glass […]

My sister-in-law, Tina, gave birth to a baby boy on June 30th. She and my brother, Jonathan, named him Wyatt Allen. Wyatt weighed 7lbs. and 10 oz, and was 21 inches long. Isn’t he absolutely adorable?! It was such a bless­ing to be at the hos­pi­tal with Jonathan and Tina and share in the mir­a­cle of baby […]

Yes­ter­day was a good day, filled with a few fun “firsts” for Cora. After a lazy morn­ing of soc­cer, cof­fee and clean­ing, Matt, Cora and I went to the mall to buy Cora her first pair of (wear­able) shoes. She has a few pairs that she received as gifts, and though they say six to nine months, they are still […]

It is my husband’s first Father’s Day! Because I was preg­nant last year, Matt and I semi-celebrated Mother and Father’s Day with soon-to-be mom and dad cards. But this year, offi­cially being par­ents and being able to snug­gle up and squeeze lit­tle Cora, has been noth­ing less than amaz­ing. It’s been a lazy Sun­day, just as Matt wanted […]