Archive for the 'homelife' Category

I love how everyone I know that lives in Texas and got snow this past week is dedicating a blog post to it.  I mean, if we lived in Colorado or Canada – you probably wouldn’t ever see posts about a snow day.  Ahhh, the life of a Texan.


I have never been a cook.  I have only recently learned how to boil an egg, add seasoning to chicken, and steam vegetables.  The first five years of my marriage were pretty painful for Halim (who grew up with a Korean mom that cooked every single meal.)  I could probably eat a sandwich or two [...]


Full Recovery

02Feb10

Thanks to those of you that were praying for Evie.  RSV seems to have passed and she is healthy now.  We ended up in the ER last Friday night because she wasn’t breathing very well and had a high temperature, but only stayed a few hours before they sent us home.  She’s improved greatly since [...]


Okay 2010.  I’m ready.  I’ve made a lot of resolutions for this year.  If I accomplish them all, my life will look pretty different by the end of this year.  Several of my resolutions revolve around growing as a wife and a mother.  So, I’m going to be taking this pretty seriously this year – [...]


I bought a wooden Advent calendar this year so that we can begin the tradition in our family.  

I got this little gem at Target and then tried to figure out what to fill it with.  I wanted to do the Christmas story and Halim wanted to start from the Old Testament – so here [...]