Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Fun Pile on Oct 25th, 2011 No Comments »
I love that Bryan balances out my Control Freakishness by having the kids design their own pumpkins. They had some awesome drawings that involved teeth and scars, and I kept hearing Bryan say, “I’ll see what I can do.” He did great, of course. Carving six pumpkins made for a bit of a crazy Saturday [...]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Aug 2nd, 2010 3 Comments »
I’ve been married to this guy nine years as of last week, and I’m pretty excited about that. He’s a great dad and pastor of our home, and the hardest worker I know. I think this year has been the best year we’ve ever had, despite job loss, start-up life, and stressful money situations, and [...]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Jul 19th, 2010 2 Comments »
Bryan likes it when I wear two pigtails in my hair – he says it makes me look spunky. After nine years of marriage he still gets a come-hither twinkle in his eye when I wear them, so pigtails is how I wear my hair whenever he takes me out.
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Dec 13th, 2009 3 Comments »
Bryan turned The Big 40 on December 10th, so I threw him a big party in Seattle this weekend for all his friends to celebrate with us. I want to give a big shout out to our friends, Nate & Beth Grigg for hosting the party in their lovely home! Apparently it was a practice [...]
Posted in Bryan, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Nov 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
I was looking back through my archives for something and came across this post. It made me laugh that two years later he’s still fighting the Sock Battle. The original post can be found here, in December 2007. — Every year when the weather turns, Bryan goes into Paranoid Sock Police Mode. It’s not uncommon [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Living In Community, Startup Mom on Aug 26th, 2009 2 Comments »
I think we were all stretched a little tight last week when Bryan was out every night at events, bookended by working both weekends. It was one of those occasions where it did no good for me to complain about it – whether out loud or in my heart – so I simply embraced the [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Thomas on Aug 6th, 2009 No Comments »
Last night I fell asleep folding the laundry. (Yes, that’s right, my life is that exciting). Around 1:30 in the morning I woke up to the distant cry, “I POOPED!” and strained against grogginess to make sense of the context. It felt like the middle of the night, yet I was hearing my son hollering [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Startup Mom on Aug 3rd, 2009 1 Comment »
Setup, upset, reset. This is how I’ve come to define our life together – enjoying the moment, but not getting too comfortable in it; being thankful for what we have, knowing we may not have it tomorrow. This is how I define it, even if I don’t always practice it. Sometimes I get greedy and [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday on Jun 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Bryan left the house FIVE HOURS AGO with the kids. What a treat to be left in my own house ALONE! I deep cleaned, I organized, I returned long-winded emails that required me to think, I stared at the blinking cursor of writer’s block, and I tackled unfinished projects. I feel so refreshed that – [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Picture Book, Ruthie on Apr 27th, 2009 2 Comments »
Me: So Ruthie, your homework tonight is to write three words in the “air” family. Ruthie: CHAIR! Me: Awesome. What’s another one? Ruthie: STAIR! Me: Yup. One more! Ruthie: PAIR! Me: Close! I know it sounds the same, but that’s actually spelled P-E-A-R. Ruthie: [blank stair stare] Me: Um, yeah. Actually, PAIR is right. Good [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Fun Pile, Thomas on Mar 26th, 2009 4 Comments »
Thomas, today you are four years old. I can hardly believe we’re here already! You inspire me every day with your generosity. When you experience something amazing – a taste, a view, an object – your first reaction is to want to share it with someone. “THIS IS SO GOOD, MOM, YOU HAVE TO TASTE [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 15th, 2009 2 Comments »
Bryan: “Can you drive?” Jen: “I hate driving.” Bryan: “I thought you loved driving?” “I do in general, but when I drive you read a book. When you drive, we TALK to each other.” “I don’t think you fully understand the man God gave you to marry.” “No, I think you stole me from someone [...]
Posted in Bryan, Everyday on Jan 27th, 2009 3 Comments »
Bryan: “Hey, I got a new iPhone app called iSteam.” (he blows on his phone, it steams, he wipes it off). Jen: “What does it do?” “That. What it just did.” “It steams up and you wipe it off?” “Yeah.” “And that’s it?” [pause] “It was free.”
Posted in Bryan, On Writing on Nov 5th, 2008 No Comments »
One of our goals as a family is to spend more time creating and less time consuming. We’ve recently backed that up by prioritizing our schedules to allow more time for us to create – Bryan, in particular, since I always seem to be able to squeeze a little in here and there. Bryan’s newest [...]
Posted in Bryan, Fun Pile, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Sep 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
I said, “Let’s go hiking tomorrow.” He said with wild eyes, “I know, LET’S GO GEOCHACHING!” I rolled my eyes to the heavens and sat back in my chair. Deflated, offended, he was all, “What?” “Why can’t we just be like normal people and go hiking?” I said bitterly. “It IS hiking – but with [...]
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