Jason and I were recently asked to give the reflection at our church’s annual Marian Lessons and Carols service. Our task: talk about what we expected pre-baby versus what we got one year later. [HA!] We doubt they expected us to be so blunt and irreverent toward parenthood, but we believe retrospective truth is better… Read More ONE and carrot cupcakes
Did you know that only 1 in about 455,000 people reach their centennial? That’s a staggering statistic, and one that really put last weekend into perspective for us. You see, Jason’s Nanny celebrated this very milestone at the first of the month, and there was simply no way we were going to let a flight to Texas… Read More centennials and bbq sauce
Jason and I made a deal a long time ago that our birthdays would be about experiences. No more buying yet another material good neither one of us needs… we’d make each other’s birthdays about tangible memories we could cherish beyond any piece of jewelry or power tool. What type of experiences do we give, you… Read More christmas trees and croissants
I’ve been thinking a lot about birthdays. Maybe it’s because some of my favorite people in the world had October birthdays. Maybe it’s because I’m really into baking cakes of the bundt variety at the moment. Or maybe it’s because I just friggin’ love birthdays. Though as an adult, I find that birthdays keep losing their steam… Read More birthdays and spent grain cake
