May 2008

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A Tough Week

Last week was a tough one for our community.  A freshman at the local public school committed suicide in her home on Wednesday morning.  I didn’t know her or her parents but I am good friends with some of her extended family.  I was asked to help create some scrapbooks of her life to have [...]

A lesson on lions

This conversation took place this morning while the girls were getting dressed for school:
Lydia:  Mommy, you know what my favorite part of Daniel in the Lion’s Den is [referring to the Veggie Tales version]?  I love the part where Larry gets out of the den and says “Thanks for the pizza!”
Bryn:  Lydia, lions don’t know [...]

A Glimpse at the Last Week

A Glimpse at the Last Week

It’s been another busy week in the Esh Household, starting with Mother’s day, then Ellie’s birthday, then a visit from Conrad’s parents:
The girls created a “Mommy Store” for me for Mother’s Day complete with homemade money they gave me to purchase my gifts. . .very creative:

These are the flowers in homemade flower vases they did [...]

Big News

Big News

Exciting stuff around our house today!  Bryn is the first one to lose a tooth, she is ecstatic and Lydia is bummed out:

Here’s a picture of Ellie from this past Sunday. Pay no attention to her hair; I tried 4 times to pull it back but she threw such a horrible fit each time [...]

Finally a Real Post

I decided it’s time to actually update this instead of just posting a link leading you to other stuff.  Here in random order are a few events from the last 2 weeks or so:
1.  Our car is in the shop with a so far undiagnosed problem.  It’s a real pain having to share a vehicle [...]