Month: June 2014

We try to have family prayer every night.  Sometimes, for fun, I declare that it is a night for only expressing gratitude.  We call it a “thankful prayer.” One night when this was declared, it was Ricky’s turn to pray. He was thankful for typical things … family, home, cats … carpet, kendamas … dragons, […]

After my uncle’s graveside service in January, my family was treated to a nice luncheon by some friends.  While there, my sister was playing with Bobby. She was clapping his hands and having him do cheers.  She sang with him, “Lean to the left Lean to the right Stand up, Sit down Fight, fight, fight! […]

Bobby is lots of fun and the people at our church just dote on him. One Sunday, some friends were holding Bobby in the pew in front of us.  Tommy had been down our row drawing.  He came to ask us something, saw the baby in front of us, and looked very concerned and confused. […]

Tommy is a hoot.  He cracks me up. During dinner one day, I was telling the boys that we were going to have a party for Grandmama because she got married 50 years ago. Tommy said, “Wow!  How old is he?” I answered that Grandmama is 71. His eyes got big and he said, “Wow! […]

I keep a file on my phone with various notes of things the boys have done or said that I might want to blog.  Here’s a few that I’ve neglected over the last few months. #1.  A few months ago, I gave Ricky the Percy Jackson book series to read.  I adored them because they […]