elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: A Real Conversation
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2015/02/a-real-conversation.html
Saturday, February 14, 2015. Me: OH MY GOSH! This is my jam! Singing into imaginary mic while swaying) What started out as friendship has grown stroooonger. Me: But it's REO Speedwagon. Grace: This is my room! You can wip sync. I begin to hand her clothes to put away whilst lip syncing into a roll of socks. I am amazing. I am Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the late show. I grab Mollie and pretend she is my guitar. She is cackling. I can't hold it in so I must whisper-sing. Me: And even as I wander. My 5 yr old,...
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: April 2013
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2013_04_01_archive.html
Monday, April 29, 2013. Life has been a whirlwind this past month. We filed for immigration for the kids. We had a fundraising auction that raised over 2k. I've been shipping tshirt orders right and left and plan to get a new printing order in soon as we are sold out of many sizes and colors. To order, check the sidebar over there. It was question box full of coins and other trinkets. And we had one up cupcakes. I did, however, learn a few lessons. Like if you have a big back yard with a trampoline, ...
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: May 2013
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2013_05_01_archive.html
Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The past few weeks have found me in a place I never thought I’d be—chatting with Senator’s aides, writing letters to Congress people, planning a trip to DC to march for a cause. But this is the fate of a waiting adoptive parent. You find yourself doing all you can to shorten the distance between you and your kids. Oh, and I’ve been on some conference calls. Major props to working folks like my husband who have to endure large conference calls everyday. This is a good thing. It...
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: February 2015
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2015_02_01_archive.html
Saturday, February 14, 2015. Me: OH MY GOSH! This is my jam! Singing into imaginary mic while swaying) What started out as friendship has grown stroooonger. Me: But it's REO Speedwagon. Grace: This is my room! You can wip sync. I begin to hand her clothes to put away whilst lip syncing into a roll of socks. I am amazing. I am Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the late show. I grab Mollie and pretend she is my guitar. She is cackling. I can't hold it in so I must whisper-sing. Me: And even as I wander. My 5 yr old,...
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: January 2014
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2014_01_01_archive.html
Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Every night we have our sweet little bedtime rituals. I lather everyone in coconut oil and we put on Jammies, then either a dance party, story, or show (depending on Mommy's energy level). Then we brush teeth and set out for each kid's individual routine. Then I head to Grace's room to snuggle, sing 3 songs (typically Twinkle, Twinkle, La La Lu, and Jesus Loves Me), tuck in her 4 million stuffed animals, and say the Lord's Prayer. Then she waves her sweet hand and I cradle her ...
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: Slumber Parties and Sleep Stalkers
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2015/02/slumber-parties-and-sleep-stalkers.html
Thursday, February 12, 2015. Slumber Parties and Sleep Stalkers. So when Sloan travels, I typically let one of the kids sleep with me on one of the nights. We rotate weekly and everyone gets even turns. They all know this. However, one child in particular gets bent out of shape on weeks it is not this child's turn. Mostly this means extra books read at bedtime and the promise of morning snuggles. I mean, my dress was fabulous and I could run in heels. Posted by EJ Phillips. View my complete profile.
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: When Glory feels like Death
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2015/01/when-glory-feels-like-death.html
Sunday, January 25, 2015. When Glory feels like Death. This morning at church, when I was skipping laps with a restless child, a friend told me she was encouraged by seeing me pursue my kids. That she saw Jesus in me. I chuckled and said, "Thanks. I drink a lot." She laughed, "Well you gotta do what you gotta do.". Then again at lunch, a woman told us that our family warmed her heart and that we as parents were doing a good job. Posted by EJ Phillips. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Love on a Mission.
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: February 2013
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2013_02_01_archive.html
Thursday, February 28, 2013. Mmmm, it does go well with the chicken. Delicious again, Peter*. Yes, yes. I wrote about how I hate cooking. And that's true. But the new house is changing things. And the fact that soon there will be six of us making eating out super expensive. So here we are: in my kitchen, with me cooking. I'm not a fan of the 4pm "oh my gosh what are we going to eat? Panic Apparently, I'm not alone. Gracie preferred hers with ketchup. All in all it was about 20 minutes prep time of cuttin...
elizabethtown-blog.com
Elizabethtown: June 2013
http://www.elizabethtown-blog.com/2013_06_01_archive.html
Saturday, June 22, 2013. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! And the chicken goes to. First off, let me take a beat again to thank the Mercer family for providing the prize for this week's giveaway. What a blessing. Secondly, I want to thank everyone who donated. I went into this giveaway thinking we would raise $500 or so. Secretly hoping for about $900 (approximately the cost of one child's one way plane ticket home). But God had other plans. At one point, Sloan saw me writing a name on a big stack of tickets.
