The Suits Sisters

May your taco salad lunch be leftover and your tissues nearby

ya know, the post that's halfway finished on Friday morning and gets posted on Sunday 1. Kent's back from his three day Redneck Church Planting Retreat in TN.  Tough life. winkyface This morning he took the big girls to the park and while Audrey naps, I'm walking around in circles in a quiet house. PRAISE HANDS. 2. Kent is convinced that I don't like listening to music. That's a pretty general statement and I don't like to make a quick correction:: I like listening to music in the right setting.  Right time: When I'm alone and it's quiet. Ben Rector and I are jamming right now Wrong time: When our entire family is getting ready for the day and he & Deitrick decide to remind us that HE IS ABLE ! Don't give up on God, LEMME IRON THAT SHIRT REAL QUICK 'cause he won't give up on you GIRLS, BRUSH YOUR TEETH AND HAIR He's able.  3. AuddyAnna is 8 months (WHAT??) and it seems like, to the older girls, that she's r

With both of our spouses out of town, I invited my dad over for Taco Tuesday. My not-so-hidden agenda was to talk to another adult and have a distraction (distractor?) during our bedtime routine.  Tacos included in the visit. The tiara was an added accessory

Happy Monday   May all of the shoes in your house actually make it into the basket that's conveniently located inside your coat closet 

Making: A handful of Sunday School lesson plans for our church  Cooking: Y'all...I made spaghetti noodles with scrambled eggs and green beans for lunch  Drinking: Diet Sodas over the weekend at my in-laws  Reading:  Wonder Wanting: All the sweets, but buttons don't lie.  Looking: At home school curriculum for next year  Eating: Swedish fish  Wishing: My new sandals would arrive soon  Enjoying: Watching the girls play with their cousins over the weekend  Thinking: It felt great to donate four large trash bags full of clothes  Celebrating: Movie night + popcorn tonight (A favorite for the girls) Loving: This rainy Sunday afternoon    Hoping: To order some fun, big back yard things soon Needing: A meal plan (see Cooking above)  Listening: To Caris and Liza play hide-and-seek  Feeling: Relieved that Kent is parenting during the Whiney Stage of rest time  Wearing: 10 year old Clemson sweatpants and a striped t-shirt  Watching: The Greatest Showman

5 things I love about today 1. Waking up before my family 2. Hearing my three year old say "y'all"  2. My husband+family, willing to drive 1.5 hours to look at a van sold by two twenty-year old CarMax workers, that I decided not to buy (And my poor family never complained once) 3. Chasing my five year old with the hand-held vacuum, sucking up her hair and clothes & listening to her squeal.  5. Meeting up with my mom and sister for an evening of shopping! (this happens never) Okay,  just one more picture Easter...

We went from this...  to this (and back again) in about fourteen seconds. A big thanks to Kent for channeling his inner-Wes and acting goofy behind me while I snapped away. A picture like this makes my heart burst at the seams with thankfulness. 11x14 CANVAS PRINT, PLEASE. 

1. Confession: Holy Week had me all like, SIMMA'DOWN NOW. Maybe it's because the patriarch in our little family has a job in ministry/church planting and I'm the Poster Child for Introvertedness, but WOW, next year I'm going on a Solitude Trek through the Andes Mountains during the two weeks leading up to Easter to let Jesus' death and resurrection soak into my soul. 2. We had two families visit in the last few weeks and it was so much fun. Visit #1 was a two night sleepover extravaganza in which we housed 7 kids ages 7 and under(!!). Visit #2 was a day-visit with 5 kids ages 5 and under(!!) Yowzas! Tis the life stage. Both families came to hang out & see the parsonage/church. Their kindness in driving super far with kids to express an interest in our adventure was not lost on us. GROUP HUG. 3. FIST PUMP for Spring::hanging up the kiddie jackets (and the whining that comes with putting them on), buying waffle ice cream cones, longer days, bright green folia