Today is a happy day!
Sixteen years ago today, my eldest daughter Michelle attended a children’s outreach service at our church and at the end she walked the aisle and gave her heart to the Lord Jesus as her Savior & Lord. I can clearly remember sitting with her in the back of a dimly lit sanctuary [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Family Traditions’
November 1, 2009
Oh Happy Day!
October 31, 2009
All Hallows Eve
Ok, so we don’t “do” Halloween…
Now before you get all stressed out that I am depriving my kids of fun (or candy) I am just a “stick in the mud” or that I am somehow condemning or judging those who do choose to observe Halloween…take a deep breath & RELAX.
I really have no opinion [...]
August 25, 2009
Where there is a will…there is a way!
I grew up in a family who ate dinner together….
at the table…
with the TV turned OFF…
every night…
at 6pm.
My Mom and Dad raised four children who were active, healthy, drug, alcohol & tobacco free, high academic achievers, student leaders with solid moral standards and a strong Christian faith. Now while I don’t think that eating dinner together regularly [...]
April 5, 2009
Palm Sunday – Holy Week Begins
Today is Palm Sunday….the day set aside to remember the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. It marks the beginning of Holy Week for Christians around the world. Holy Week that culminates in the observance of Christ’s death on the cross (Good Friday) and His amazing resurrection (Easter Sunday) is truly the foundation of Christianity [...]
April 2, 2009
Amy’s Rite of Passage
This past weekend we celebrated a Rite of Passage with my second wonderful daughter Amy. We held a special Mentor Dinner on Friday night and a ceremony on Saturday. It was another amazing and momentous milestone in all of our lives. This process began 18 months ago at a luncheon for Amy and her eleven [...]
January 5, 2009
2009 Epiphany Celebration
Just a reminder on this 12th Night of Christmas that January 6th is the Epiphany – the celebration of when the Wisemen came. Even if you don’t have the time, energy or motivation to celebrate with a big Epiphany party at least take a moment to read the account in the book of Matthew 2:1-12 [...]
October 31, 2008
We the people….
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
The Preamble to The [...]
October 27, 2008
Sweet Sixteen
Happy 16th Birthday my dear Amy Girl!
You’re all ribbons and curls,
Oh, what a girl!
Eyes that twinkle and shine,
You’re sixteen,
You’re beautiful and you’re mine.
How quickly those 16 birthdays come and go –
1st birthday – pretty & pink baby girl
2nd Birthday at the Pumpkin Patch
3rd Birthday – you began your love of horses!
4th Birthday – at Chuck [...]
October 25, 2008
Pumpkin Patch Day
Yesterday was our annual trip to the pumpkin patch - love it!
The day was beautiful (although a bit warm for the end of October) and we enjoyed all of our family traditions – dressing in fall colors, taking lots of beautiful photos, walking through the patch, taking a hay ride, petting the animals, picking wild flowers and [...]
October 13, 2008
The tale of two “practically perfect” days
This is a tale of two practically perfect days.
A week ago last Friday was our traditional family fall outing to Apple Hill and when I came home that evening I posted my status on my face book account that it was the end of a “practically perfect” day!
We got up early on the first cool [...]
September 24, 2008
The baby becomes a little boy
I can’t stand that headline!
After posting some photos on my facebook account of my baby boy – I realized how much he really did need a haircut. With his bangs hanging down into his eyes (do you call them bangs on boys?) , his hair flowing down well over his ears and the wisps of [...]
September 22, 2008
Teens – Terrible or Terrific?
We had a “milestone” birthday in our home this past week as my fourth daughter, Rebekah turned thirteen.
It is official! We now have four teenage girls in our family…at the same time.
When Rebekah was born her three older sisters were 18 months(Kristen), 3 years(Amy) and 6 years old (Michelle).
I remember many times during their childhood well meaning friends, acquaintances and [...]
August 4, 2008
Living Life “Outside of the Box”
No I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth – we just arrived home from two weeks away. After running the program staff for a youth summer camp, we spent the following week enjoying our annual Lambdin family & friends camping trip to Lake Tahoe. I have lots to share with you all about our [...]
June 29, 2008
The One Year Old Portrait
We are a picture taking, album making, photo loving family!
However we take precious few professional portraits. In fact we have yet to pay for a professional family portrait and other than the occasional church directory family picture all our family photos have been taken by a friend or family member with our personal cameras. We do “splurge” for [...]
June 26, 2008
Choose Well
Sunday June 15 was the “perfect Father’s Day”.
First let me say that anyone who feels “sorry” for my dear darling hubby because he has six daughters needs to think again. This man is one very pampered Dad! For weeks the girls have been planning and scheming and continuing to come up with more ideas to [...]
