Guest Post: 10 Years Editors note: setting up this blog is a 10th anniversary gift (along with a new computer) from Trey to Julie. This post is written by Trey as the starting point
Both Hands Video Here is the video from our Both Hands work day this past Saturday! It was such a wonderful day full of hard work, dear friends, and sweet-,...
Both Hands Wide Open Almost 10 years ago exactly, I was stepping off a plane in South Africa for the first time. I knew that trip would change my life. I did. I think
Adoption Update: Next Steps It has been a whirlwind of a month in the Reynolds house. We received our official referral on April 7th. This means that the South African government has official matched
Adoption Bringherhome Just as He Said. It is Holy Week. Several weeks back I read something that sucked all of the air out of my lungs. God isn’t in the business of breaking promises. That’
Wild About You If you are my friend on Facebook, you know I have big feels about the ridiculous nature of holiday parties for infants and toddlers. Is it really necessary to pump
Oh, the places she'll go! Oh, the places she’ll go! Oh the things that she’ll do! Thanks for celebrating with us. Clementine is two! Our Clementine turned two this past Saturday.
Adoption Update I posted this photo instagram and facebook this weekend with this caption: We’ve been in a holding pattern for the adoption for what seems like forever. This week we got great news that we can move forward with the next step–
Let Me Tell You About My Best Friend Six years ago tonight I attended an election watch party**slash** birthday party for my new bestie in my new town. To be fair, he had already made it pretty clear (“I already have enough friends” were his exact words) that he
Momma Theology Motherhood is weird. Yes, it is weird in the best sort of way. But, it is also just weird in a weird sort of way. Like, when you flash back to this regular occurrence during your pre-teen years circa mid-nineties–triggered, by all
Please and No Clementine has a new favorite game. Momma: Clementine, can Momma have kisses? Clementine: No! Momma: Pleeeaaase. <pretend crying. pretend crying> I neeeed kisses! Clementine: Noooooo!! (while imitating my pretend pouty face) Eventually, she gives in and says “Momma! (pretend pouty face)
Parenting Dear Daughters (I AM HIS) Dear Daughters, Being your Mama stretches me everyday. It is a Joy. It is a Trip. It is hysterical, gut wrenching, surprising, and incredibly predictable all at once. It is at times the worst, most often the best, and I’
Lolablue Get Our Girl Home with a Great Bag! Last Sunday, we realized that it had been exactly a year since we told my parents about the adoption. There are valid reasons that our journey has gone slower than I would like up until this point, and we trust God’s timing&
We are up to our elbows in laundry and baths (sick baby) over here. I'm working on an exciting and fun opportunity though, and you...
The Son Will Rise We had a wonderful weekend of Easter celebration: lots of good cousin time, Grandee and Grandad were here, and a wonderful morning of worship at church!
FUMC’s Easter Egg Hunt Outreach at Bayless Elementary FUMC’s Easter Egg Hunt Outreach at Bayless Elementary
Discipline 2014 is going to be a year of discipline for me. Sometime in the last year “easier” and “just do the best you can” became my personal life mottos. In the midst of major transitions (hello parenthood, new job, and
2013: A Review 1. What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before? Gave birth and kept a tiny human alive. 2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Last year I was very pregnant. Very.
Good News I have a confession, and you may like me a lot less after you read this: For most of my life I’ve hated Christmas music. Quick! Here is a cute picture of Clementine so you forgive me. The Christmas music thing started
“The Many Faces of Clementine” or “The Cutest Little Hoot Owl You Ever Did See” Several weeks ago we took Clementine... “The Many Faces of Clementine” or “The Cutest Little Hoot Owl You Ever Did See” Several weeks ago we took Clementine to the Pumpkin Patch with Gogo and Pop. Despite the somewhat cold and windy day, lots of allergies, and
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts When Clementine was a newbie human, and I was calling it a win for the day if I left the house to get Sonic Happy Hour, Trey and I started watching Friday Night Lights on Netflix. We were obsessed. We may or may not
