Intelligence

It's only the beginning there's more than meets the eye.
An infinite of stars in that never ending sky.
The beginning of me, my soul, my mind, uniquely created to exist with mankind.
The veil that blocks the past, the immortal time describing who I am.
What did I do to pass the time? Was it fun, did I laugh, did I cry?
Be still and listen, the answers are there, as a whisper enters my mind.
For it's only the beginning and there's more than meets the eye.
We have an infinite of stars in that never ending sky.

Kristen L Davis
Do you ever just sit there and think about the bigger picture? I often think, how glad I am that there is more to life than depositing checks in the bank and paying the bills. There's more to me than cooking dinner and cleaning the house. It's the lessons that I learn along the way about self control, charity and refining all my imperfections, that help me remember the real reason I am here. The question always is. "Am I making the best of my time?"

Pocahontas?

I bought this today for Halloween and now I'm beginning to think it's a girls costume. This was the only time I could get Braden to put the braids on so we decided to be Spiderman instead.

Swollen Parotid Gland

Braden with a swollen parotid gland. He had a fever for most of July and was feeling very lethargic just wanting to put his head on my lap. The pediatrician said it is a virus and will likely go away on it's own but we need to watch his fever. We're glad to be past that month for sure.

Bye Bye Daddy

After watching daddy drive off for work one morning Braden decided he wanted to get in his car and go too. With a very sad face he would tell me "bye bye, mama" "work" and then put his cell phone in the holder and close his car door. Then he would grab his cell phone, open his car door and say "home" and run over to me and give me a big hug. He did this so many times that I had time enough to go and grab my camera to take a few pictures.

2010 Garden

One of the lessons that I learned from my garden this year is, don't put corn next to vines. I could see right away that was going to be a disaster as the vine quickly took the corn in a strangle hold. Once again I say, good thing we don't have to live off our crop. Another lesson learned is pick harvest right away, don't let the veggies get too ripe or too big.

Birthday Boy

It's all about Thomas the Train this year. I made Braden a Thomas blanket, his friend Nathan got him a Thomas book and Nanny and Julie got him a few trains. Let's see how long this will last.

Healthy Cold Cereal

My first attempt at making homemade cold cereal. Braden took a bite and to my surprise he went for a second one, I thought maybe we have something here. I eagerly watched for him to swallow and take a third bite. After several seconds in his mouth I realized that he wasn't chewing anymore. It was just sitting there and then, plop out of the mouth. It was very hard and crunchy, I even had difficulty chewing it. I'll be trying it again as soon as I get my shipment of coconut oil and this time not so long in the oven. UPDATE -- Recipe is posted on Healthy Cold Cereal Second Attempt dated 10/28/2010 -- and turned out MUCH better. It's worth trying, we love it.

California Aug 2010

One hot muggy day, as they all were this summer in Georgia, I decided I've got to get out of here. So we went, and I'm so glad we did. We had so much fun visiting our family and friends in California and Braden still talks about his cousins, Aunt Julie and Nanny and Papa.... oh and the fish.