The Chair in its place, getting ready for the 2012 Smith Family Photo.…

  This is the picture I meant to post yesterday on Christmas Day but I guess the day after Christmas will work just as well. I didn’t mean to drop off the grid for such a long time but we spent a couple full days on the road and when we reached our destination, our Internet was down.  (Thanks, Cece, for being concerned about us!)…

Since Christmas decorating is not my forte, I am thankful  for the small army of women in our church who transform our space into a landscape of lit up loveliness.…

Sunday evening I had to run to the grocery store to pick up a couple of things. As I left, Sarah and Summer were sitting peacefully on the couch and Steve was lounging around the house in his relaxing clothes saying that he would get our Christmas tree out of the garage, out of the box, and set up “at some point tonight.”…