Travel Reel: Palo Duro Canyon State Park

We recently took a trip to Amarillo and Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Did you know this is the 2nd largest canyon in the US? Only the Grand Canyon is bigger!  We made a weekend out of it with a few fun activities.  Here’s the travel highlight reel: Saturday – flight out to Amarillo, maybe…

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Home for the Holidays: Halloween 2022

This year I decided I wanted to add some Halloween specific decorations to the fall/pumpkins I’ve had traditionally.  While I’m not a fan of skeletons, or skulls, or witches, I do love jack-o-lanterns and friendly ghosts, which are harder than you think to find!  After looking around in stores and online, I found Target’s Hyde…

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Noise

(Originally written for Women’s Newsletter at our church) This summer I was on an evening walk in my neighborhood with my dog, Auggie. As I often do on a walk, this was a walk to process and think/pray through some things. We were on a back street and I heard a lawnmower, a familiar sound in…

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What I’m Wearing: “Pre-Fall”

“Pre-fall” seems to be a fashion industry term, however if you’re in Texas, or the south, it might really feel like “second summer”!  After a few days recently of lower temps, and most notably – lower humidity, the heat returned with a vengeance, but the promise of lower temps and humidity looms just a few…

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The only thing that stays the same…

…is things change!  If you’ve been here a while, you might remember this graphic when I left the classroom into public education administration, where I’ve been the last 7+ years.  I’ve always believed the road to be winding, never intended to be straight, and to lead where God calls in every season.  This has led…

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House Projects: Exterior

We’ve done a few projects on the exterior of our house over the last 2.5 years…a new front door, new back door, new fence, new trim paint, redone flowerbeds and extended our patio. Here’s a little recap from then until now…  Where we started:  First Spring of 2020 trimming up the flower beds – and…

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Date Reel: College Station Day Date

We took advantage of a summer Friday and spent the day in College Station after dropping Auggie off for a day at the 4G and Mom’s breakfast before we went on our way.  On the agenda:  George Bush Presidential Library, lunch at Blue Baker, Catalena Hatters, and Golf at Texas A&M Course.  I had never…

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Holiday Memories: Christmas 2021

The Christmas season has been full of lots of fun activities and memories with our families and friends. Here’s a look back at the season this year….  We “payed up” on our Astros vs Braves World Series bet with sweet friends for a date night out early in December.  I had a couple of parties…

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2021: Discipline

Like many of you, I have a word of the year, however I never share my word until the end of the year.   2021: Discipline. A word I wasn’t too thrilled with at the beginning of the year.  One I didn’t know how it would impact my year, but here’s a few reflections on this…

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Holidate: Christmas 2021

With a wedding on the calendar and plan to see family in the same weekend, we decided to make it a little getaway date together in between.  I think it’s important to take time away together, and it’s been fun to do that in the midst of the holidays two years in a row, maybe…

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