As I pushed my loaded cart around Kroger this afternoon, the soothing Muzak tunes were interrupted periodically by "inter-office" calls between Kroger employees. For example, "Karla, call for the meat department - 4689", "Greg, report to the deli" etc. What really made me laugh out loud (yes, I know, it seems I laugh out loud a lot, and I really do...) is when...Read More

As August is 6 weeks old today and he STILL has Thrush, I placed a call to his pediatrician to have them call in more medicine for him. He doesn't seem to be bothered by it, and it doesn't appear to be affecting me in any negative way, it didn't seem urgent. But still, I am ready for his little tongue to be...Read More

I am posting this recipe in response to a blog entry posted by my friend Liz (Mabels House). She is an incredibly talented writer and blogger and I love seeing inside her truly creative and wonderful head through her entries. The other day, she discussed her attempt to make some chocolate pumpkin muffins. I believe her final product was less than what she...Read More

I love to cook. And Bake with a capital B. I can literally get full reading a cookbook. It's as though I absorb the foods as I read the recipes! I read cookbooks cover to cover like they are regular books. In fact, I can't begin to use a cookbook until I have explored every recipe. I don't mind spending some time at...Read More

I need to give my beloved husband a PUBLIC thanks for his wonderful blog sabotage. I was totally shocked and delighted when I read his unexpected entry! Now everyone else can see why I love him as much as I do! He's just amazing! He stole my heart the first moment I laid eyes on him, and continues to make me fall more...Read More

Kyle and I just returned from a weekend at our Farm. It was so relaxing, as it always is. The weather was so UN-Summery for Arkansas. Almost cool! Very windy, overcast and very conducive to swinging on the porch swings with a good book. I read the latest Patricia Cornwell book while Kyle and Brooklyn played in her kiddie pool. August slept and...Read More

This blog has been sabotaged. That's right folks, unbeknownst to the usual author of this page, Brooklyn, August and The Husband have snuck onto the computer and covertly added an entry of our own. I fear you underestimate the sneakiness.....Why, you ask? Is it because we think we can do better? Heavens, no, that's preposterous. This is only a temporary diversion, Ashley will...Read More

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We took advantage of an unseasonably cool day to introduce some tennis basics to our daughter. We had just bought her a new racquet, after all! She was enthusiastic, if nothing else. She refused to wear anything other than her jellies and upon dripping some water from the water bottle onto her pink shorts, promptly stripped them off. So begins her tennis career....Read More

I have this winter hat that Brooklyn discovered this past winter, and she has claimed it. She wears it perched loosely on her head and it dips over her face, casting this big shadow over where her eyes should be. She also loves to pull the whole thing down over her face, very much resembling the bad blue guy from Pac-Man. She has...Read More

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Brooklyn went with me the other day for her second official haircut. This time, we had a camera on hand! She was so excited to have a real hair cut and get to wear the special Robots haircut bib! ...Read More

The other day, Kyle and Brooklyn were upstairs and I was downstairs with August. Kyle said to Brooklyn, "Let's go downstairs to see our family." Well, in Brooklyn's mind, that meant, let's go see Mommy! So, unbeknownst to me or Kyle, she connected the dots on her own to mean Family=Mommy. She has begun to refer to me as "Family" as though that...Read More

As I write this entry, my husband and daughter are in the kitchen, warming up some frozen peas and leftovers from lunch (poppy seed chicken) and singing, "NEEEWWW YOOORRK!" I can't begin to describe how delightful it is. August is asleep on my left leg which is bent with my foot crossed over my other leg. And the Olympics are chattering away behind...Read More

This is a very busy month for our family - the Dennis family, that is - birthdaywise. Rachel turned 18 on the 2nd, Josh turned 27 on the 13th, Zach turns 25 today!!, and my birthday is the 24th (I'll be 31) and Lauren turns 25 on the 26th. As I said, a very busy month of birthdays! So, to all who find...Read More

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For those fans of Arrested Development (and clearly there were not enough...although I will refrain from ranting about Fox), that header was for you. ...Read More

When left alone with the kids and a camera, Kyle tends to get snap-happy! I am not complaining, though, because he usually gives me great blogging material and plenty of fodder for my photo albums (how's that for alliteration?) ...Read More

We rarely turn our tv on, unless it's to watch movies. For several reasons: 1) our tv is a piece of dogdoo. The reception is like watching images through a sandstorm, plus we don't have cable, so there is very little ON at any given moment; 2) we don't get into most sitcoms or if we do, we just wait until the full...Read More

I had my worries the first two weeks, but I think August is coming into his own. Definitely getting cuter. And looking more and more like his big sister - which is NOT a bad thing. :) ...Read More

Our hopes are high...and her racquet is brand new, pink and ready for action! ...Read More

Already time seems to be going by so fast! Today, my little boy is one month old. How is that possible??? He's already SO much bigger than Brooklyn was. I pulled out my Brooklyn photo albums and compared August to pictures of his big sister. Bearing in mind that he started out a little over a pound larger than Brooklyn and over an...Read More

Just a little hi there and hello from Ingrid. Every cat needs a voice. ...Read More

Brooklyn has accumulated several bathing suits this year, and remarkably, I've had to purchase NONE of them! Thank you, God! Anyway, Kyle threw this tasty number on Brooklyn the other day, and she thought it was wonderful. I didn't QUITE agree, but she refused to part with it. She got a little confused and kept saying that "Poop" was on her swimsuit, instead...Read More

August and Brooklyn got to spend some time with their Floyd grandparents a few weekends ago, and being the busy mom that I now am, I am just now getting around to posting pictures of it! ...Read More

It is from this sweet scene that I snuck away to fold laundry this afternoon. A wiser woman with a shorter to do list might have joined the two on the comfy bed and slept some, too. Lord knows I needed the sleep! But I opted to tackle some items on my list...I'll join in on the nap tomorrow. ...Read More

A midnight check upon our little Brooklyn in her big girl bed seemed to indicate that she had, in fact, DISAPPEARED! As her Daddy's heart stopped momentarily in terror, it started once again as he caught a glimpse of baby skin. Seems she'd turned herself sideways in the bed and managed to hide under the duvet cover. A few moments later, she had...Read More

At his 2 week visit to the doctor, our little August weighed in a 9 pounds, 3 ounces. A whole pound larger than at birth. Momma was congratulated by the doctor as having "super milk." Alas, it is true. At his 2 week visit to the doctor, our little August weighed in a 9 pounds, 3 ounces. A whole pound larger than at...Read More

Smoochy smooch, little brother. ...Read More

What do babies dream about? Angels? The memory of being in the womb? The sound of their mommy's heartbeat resonating through their heads as it did for the 39 plus weeks they grew in the womb? The face of Jesus? Or perhaps, just jamming out on an air guitar... ...Read More

Oh sweet baby...would that time would be kind and slow down just for us. To linger over these moments instead of feeling them swoosh by like a rushing wind. Trying to savor every sensation once again, yet knowing I will blink and you'll be two. Time is truly a bandit, cruel and greedy. If only we could play Robin Hood and steal it...Read More

Does it get any better than this? Holding my newest little baby with my other precious baby snuggling into my shoulder? Life is just about as sweet as it can be during moments like these. ...Read More

Thank you, Jason & Jennifer, for our new awesome shirt!!!! Brooklyn wears it with pride! ...Read More

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Doesn't this picture look like something for Ralph Lauren? ...Read More

I made a crucial mistake several months ago when I fell behind in updating my photo albums. For starters, I have Brooklyn's baby book to maintain, her photo albums (of which there are several!), our family photo albums (for which my mom keeps giving me pictures and I keep stacking up with the intent to place them in their spots, but have yet...Read More

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