Buddy

Caught with his hand in the cookie jar!

Holding my kids tighter

<p>I have been terribly saddened by the news of the events in Newtown CT yesterday.&nbsp; If I sit and think about it too long I am thrown into a fit of tears.  Although events like this in the past such as the theatre have been very sad this event has hit me hard. 
Thinking about those parents standing outside the school waiting for their kids to come out and they never do.  Hearing the story of a teacher hiding her kids in a bathroom and being sure to tell each of them that

that she loves them because she was sure they were going to die is unbearable to hear! I hate all the news coverage but it so hard to pull myself away from it as I try to wrap my head around it all. Newtown CT seems so far away but this tragic situation seems so close and so personal at the same time. I can't imagine what those little kids that came out alive are feeling and what that town is going through but I am feeling the grief along with them.

My baby girl

Is getting too big!  I just bought her a size 14 pants!  Crazy to think from here she could b moving into juniors clothing soon, crazy!

Owenism's

This morning was the kids Christmas program at church. Owen took a shower in our bathroom today since grace was getting ready in the other bathroom.  He asked dad what kind of soap he had, Aaron told him it was man soap.  Owen replied with "ooh , I will smell like a man!" 
He got all dressed up with his dress shirt and angry birds tie and said to me he looked like a man going to work!
After church we went out for breakfast and as we were leaving I hear him say "whew, all that singing wore me right out!"