Date Night

Momma and Dadda and Bubba. Filling buckets one burger a time. 

Friday Night Lights

Under the lights of the stadium - on the parade route - at the tailgate - we breathed in all things Homecoming. It was a rough week that ended well. The sun was out. I wore my Captain-of-the-Football-Team-Husband's letter sweater. KK got to cheer on the actual sidelines of the big-kids game. We had a great time.

Just what the family needed!

Joy

I really do love being his mom!

Just Like That

And just like that, he is 11. How did over a decade go by? How did I wait and count and pray and promise for 40 straight weeks to cook him and then watch as we now share the same shoe size, I have to lift my chin to reach the top of his head and we talk about preteen things?

He is a wonderful young man. He loves Jesus. He loves his family. He wears his heart on his sleeve. He has a few solid, true, fabulous friends. He likes to be an introvert with a few of his mother's extroverted tendencies. 

He's about 5'1", he weighs about 100 pounds. He's got eyelashes that go for miles. He still loves to cuddle, hold my hand, and tell me I'm the best mother in the world. I could not have been blessed with a more fantastic son.

Part 2

When you get to share your lawn, life and birthday week with your neighbor, you play it up big!

And then you head to Culver's with your grandparents, aunt, uncle and cousins to enjoy a treat or three.

Birthday Prep

Birthday prep in full effect - and Bubs got to take his buddies to Craig's Cruisers for Go Karts and Laser Tag - plus all the non-healthy snacks a boy could want. What a way to begin to ring in your birthday!

It's When She Doesn't See Me

Please, Lord, when it gets harder, and I know it will - please don't let me forget this.

When her joy is contagious.

When she laughs like no one is watching.

When she smiles with reckless abandon.

Because in those moments, I'm just in awe.

And enormously proud to be her mother.