The Write Life

Monday, April 13, 2009

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Love Finds You in Snowball, Arkansas

I LOVED this book by Sandra D. Brickner. The humor made me laugh-out-loud, while the depth of Lucy’s spiritual journey made me analyze being true to God’s plan for my life. Sandie has a real gift for weaving humor with spiritual growth, and writes a very strong story. Anyone questioning God’s purpose in their life, and wondering if they might try to “help” Him with His job will benefit from reading it. I was reading late at night and laughing about certain scenes until my daughter asked what was so funny. I read a few scenes to her and had her laughing, too. I’m surprised we didn’t wake up the whole house. It was a great moment. We really laughed over the horse scene. You just have to read it. I loved the recipes included in the book, could visualize being in the story with the characters, and, because I’m originally from that area, I LOVED the descriptions and setting. I miss the Ozarks so much! Thanks, Sandie, for a fantastic, fun read.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Smiling (and teething) and swimming through the storm

Apparently, running up and down the boardwalk at the beach wasn't enough to quell Jetty's energy, so between squalls, he went out to swim.

Hurricane Jetty leaves a swath of destruction in the pool.

During Hurricane Gustav

We only had Tropical Storm conditions, but the outer bands are still awesome to see. We've had almost continuous tornado warnings, but we ran over to the beach earlier this morning to take some pictures. The waves were pretty big, though you can't really tell from the photos. "Good" surfing waves around here are usually around 4-6 feet...but today they were at least 12 feet or more.

Before Hurricane Gustav...August 31, 2008

Lena Ella...L.E....Ellie

Baby foot.

You took a picture of my foot? While I was sleeping?

I'm not sure I approve.

Lovin' her new blanket.

Between storms...

We headed out for breakfast on the harbor.

Pretty view.

This seagull decided to join us. I finally threw him part of a biscuit and he was a happy camper. Of course about twenty other seagulls then vied for a spot near us.

Fish?

Or piranas? Our waitress gave Troy a couple biscuits off someone else's plate to toss into the water.

After Fay...

Nope...not much change! We did get outer bands two days later...AFTER we thought it was past us.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Waiting for Tropical Storm Fay

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Princess Lena

Dalton's birthday

Dalton loves to putter on his cars and the yard. For his birthday, he received tools, an engine lift, and an area to work on his car.

Dalton and Dad

Dalton

Jett and his new haircut

Jett and Kiki exploring the back forty.

Lena - three weeks old

Papa and Lena nap on Easter.

Heather's purchase of a new collar for Jynxie (which he immediately went outside and lost!) brings envy to all animals in the household. They watch with rapt attention.

Cassidy and Lena

Lena holds Jett's finger.

Jetty and Lena

Lena - two weeks old and an Easter picture

Saturday, March 15, 2008

I didn't dig the holes!

Just because I'm sitting by the hole, doesn't mean I dug it. I'm just trying to get a flea. It was probably those cats...or the BABY.

What? Why are you all looking at me like that?

Mud? On the carpet? Why does that have to be MY fault?

Oh, yeah. Just because a dog gets a little dirt on their legs, EVERYTHING is suddenly the DOG'S fault.

The muddy water doesn't prove anything either. It's a set-up I tell ya. And I don't know how it got on the wall, either.

Lena - one week old

Lena is now up to 4lbs 14 1/2oz. Preemie clothes still look huge on her, but trust me, that 5 ounces can be felt when holding her.

This is what we all do all day. We watch her sleep.

We ohh and ahh over her stretches. (Is that not the cutest little stretch you've ever seen?!!)

We ohh and ahh over her yawns. Precious!

And...we watch her sleep. Only usually, she's in someone's arms.

Life with Kiki

Kiki, our new puppy baby of about a month, is acting out a bit with the newer baby, Lena, now one week old.

Did it snow overnight? In FLORIDA???

Nope, that's just the stuffing from a baby mattress that had been stored, supposedly out of Kiki's reach.

This used to be our backwash hose for the pool. Kiki loved playing in the water that came out the end. Unfortunately, when she went back for more, she couldn't find the water, and tore the hose off, and dragged it all over.

Beach ball remnants.

If you enlarge the picture, you can see the confetti color remnants of two swim noodles from the pool, along with a shoe, another beach ball, and some clothing items.