MORNING:  –Jump out of bed  –Dress  –Brush teeth  –Wash face  –Make coffee  –Make daughter’s breakfast  –Wake baby  –Change diaper  –Feed bottle  –Make lunch  –Feed baby breakfast  –Pack daughter’s back pack  –Make bed  –Wash dishes and bottles  –Clean kitchen  –Load kids into car  –Drive to school  –Drop off daughter  –Shop for groceries  –Drive home  –Put baby Continue reading

My friend Annie and I have this habit (or is it tradition?) when we talk on the phone. Actually, there’s more than one, who am I kidding? The first is that it’s guaranteed that at some point in the conversation, Annie will say the word “walkin’.” (Where does the period go when the word and Continue reading

Other working titles for this post included: “random with a splash of nostalgic” “i’ll take ‘my brother’s keeper’ for $200, alex” and “girl with the hat who stinks from the gym say what??” In other words, BE. WARE. The picture above is of my little brother. (His name is Mike, but now that he’s all Continue reading

Well, I can find my baby…he’s asleep in his crib. But I digress (so soon? You just got started!) (And unless you remember this Lisa Stansfield song from the 90s, this entire reference is lost on you.) Our church kicked off it’s first annual Missions Festival this past Sunday. (Yes, I know “first annual” is Continue reading

And by she, I mean me. Seven-and-a-half years ago, Greg and I got married. Immediately we got into ministry and all that goes with it. Three months after the wedding, I got pregnant. Jaana was born two weeks after our first anniversary. I had a hard time adjusting to being a newlywed, a pseudo-pastor’s wife Continue reading