All the Things That Matter Blog

1. When a Pepsi can freezes solid inside a hotel refrigerator and explodes at 2 a.m., it sounds like a gun shot and has enough force to actually blow the fridge door open. (Scared me to death, too.) 2. If you tire out your kids enough, they can actually sleep through a pop can...

So I am pretty much a scaredy cat. I have been since I was a little kid. Before I was 7, I learned the song “Found a Peanut.” It was rotten, you know, and the person dies and goes to heaven. And I remember lying awake at night fretting over how I would know...

So…here’s a quick update of all the things we are currently done with or close to done with… 1. VBS We finished VBS a couple of weeks ago. I’m finally starting to recover completely. But it was a good week, and I’m always grateful for the impact on my kids. Obviously, I love to...

The kids are sick. I’m tired. Makes for a fun combination, as I’m sure you can guess. We are down with Hand Foot & Mouth this week. Megan got it first. She’s still covered in the little sores, but her fever broke last night and she’s starting on the upswing. Erin got a fever...

We are definitely loving VBX (that’s what Erin calls it). The kids…seriously…are having a blast! I so appreciate the ladies who are working in the rooms with my kids – they are doing more good than they will ever know.  Megan was moved to the 2-year VBS class because of space issues (she’s 20...