It was just me and boys this weekend.  Jase took Taryn down to Corpus to go to a wedding.  I’ll confess….I loved it.  That probably sounds horrid, but I did.  It was quiet and peaceful and drama free.  Teagan threw one fit all weekend and it was because he was overtired.  There was next to no whining out of him either, which was awesome.  Taryn brings so many wonderful things to our family….and along with those things come the noise.  I don’t think I fully comprehended the noise level she contributes until this weekend.  I’ve also realized that we really need to address her issues with being so demanding….my eyes were […]

I’m reminded that capturing their everyday moments is so valuable to me.  What they do slowly becomes who they are.  Every night, we eat together as a family at the table.  We talk and eat and duck should food go flying across the table.  We ask Taryn to stop wiggling, we shoe the dog away from Teagan.  After seconds and sometimes thirds, Ty loads the dishwasher and jumps in the shower.  Jase does bath duty with the little ones.  They run out, clean, messy hair, giggling.  Buzz and monkey jammies with wet noggins they […]