Because I can only think about cold things since the lo temp in these parts has been past years’ average high, this seemed like a great time to catch up on some sharing some photos from February. Can you say all you can taste samples?!?!
Tag: Pictures
And then there were 7!
Our agency called at 8:30 this morning and announced that our son passed court! They’d been telling us “definitely tomorrow” for almost 3 weeks so this was a pretty big deal. The kids all started jumping around and chanting, “John passed court! John passed court!” John (his chosen American name) is legally a Corkum which...
Making Room
In preparation for welcoming 2 additional kiddos into the house, we needed to do a little re-organizing and re-arranging. Phase I: The Front Hallway Regardless of the big kids coming, this was a problem. BEFORE We used to have wall-to-wall white carpet which made it a necessity for the kids to drop their shoes on...
Look who’s 7!
Ironically, during one of the busiest weeks of the summer (VBS week), I have a couple major writing deadlines and only mush for a brain. While the more heady writing assignments may have to wait, I want to a minute to publicly wish our dancing princess a fabulous 7th birthday. Seven years ago, she made a...
View from the Kitchen Window
With all the sunshine today, we took the opportunity to build 2 more raised beds, prune the grapes, thin the garlic (it came back from last year), transplant the everbearing strawberries, and plant a bed of onions.
The Leaf Jumping Pictures
With so many warm days this fall, it would almost be a sin not to do some leaf jumping. Did you jump this fall?
Meet Our Newest Family Member
If you follow us on Facebook, you might have seen Patrick post this photo on our way to camping last weekend. That’s our 2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette reaching 200,000 miles. Old Faithful didn’t owe us anything. We actually put another 684 miles on her last week. Knowing that we were taking two long trips in September,...
Weekend on a Whim
One of the things I love about our family is that they’re always up for an adventure. When I found out Historic St. Mary’s City was having a special where the whole family could get in for $15 and Patrick realized how good the crabbing could be, it was hard to resist. We packed up...