LOVE. IT.

Thanks to Tanya for sharing.

The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for August

The Unemployed and Homeless
General: That those who are without work or homes or who are otherwise in serious need may find understanding and welcome, as well as concrete help in overcoming their difficulties.

Victims of Discrimination, Hunger and Forced Emigration
Missionary: That the Church may be a "home" for all people, ready to open its doors to any who are suffering from racial or religious discrimination, hunger, or wars forcing them to emigrate to other countries.

I would be blogging...

...but there is a serious dance party going on! The star of the show...1 year old Maire!

Mommy Joy

I cannot contain my pride. My. kids. are. AMAZING! Please don't be jealous. Not everyone's children can be so talented.

What has me so overjoyed?



Synchronized pooping!



Motherhood ROCKS!

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

~Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1917)

Canadian Army

Making a Comeback

It is quite possible that the enormous headache I am dealing with today could be from the number of potential blog posts I have floating around in my brain. With the end of the school year, dance, volleyball and only one more trip on the horizon, I may actually have time to put thoughts to paper, or keyboard, sometime in the near future. Until then...

My New Favorite Picture

Check out more "sweet" pictures of Pope Benedict XVI at Anna Arco's Diary. A special thanks to Faith and Family Live for sharing the link!

Lenten Motivation

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me,

then no sacrifice can be

too great for me to make for Him."

-C T Studd

Not Getting A Lot of Sleep

Why am I on my blog at 1:15 in the morning?

My brain will not stop, which means I can't sleep.

We found out yesterday that we will be in a new house next week. So I'm constantly thinking about furniture arrangements, new curtains, how to pack all of this stuff...

I have a 3 day volleyball tournament this weekend that is out-of-town, which requires extra planning since now I will have the baby while Tom stays home with the big girls to pack. Plus, there are the 12 middle school girls that I will be worrying about all weekend.

Family is coming in 3 weeks for Tom's promotion.

I'm falling behind on everything else and I can't stop thinking about it. Did I mention that February was turning out to be way too busy even before we found out about the move?

Oh, and Maire still doesn't want to sleep longer than 2 hours at any one time so I'm exhausted through all of this. Needless to say, I need to scale back on anything that does not immediately benefit my family. Simplify, simplify, simplify.

If you don't hear from me until after Easter, you know why.

Praying for Donuts

SECONDS after telling the 2 year old that she was not behaving and would not be getting a donut after Mass, this is what we saw...