Meet Shannon…
Hello! My name is Shannon and I’m happy you stopped by! Twenty years ago I left my family and “city-life” in the South to come to a small town in the midwest with my husband. Three kids and a couple of dogs later I find my life full to the brim… and often overflowing onto my running shoes! I spend my time trying to remember which child to pick up when, gulping coffee, eating icing and working hard to find and follow the path that God has set out before me.
So Many Signs
I have a saying for you--actually, I have a couple of them: Good moms have sticky floors, dirty counters and happy kids. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Get on your knees and pray, then get on your feet and work. Life doesn't always go the way we expect it to.....Thank...
read moreToday at Church
Today we walked into church. Let me rephrase: Today, after being yanked out of bed at 6:29 by a super excited 9-year old and some sleepy and slightly grumpy older boys to do a mad egg-finding dash and eat as much of the chocolate rabbit as possible before shoving...
read moreGardenias and Matzo Balls
Last week it was almost 80 degrees. The skies were robin's egg blue, the daffodils and pear trees had bloomed, the spring peepers were belting out a beautiful symphony...it was hard to believe it was the middle of March! Today it is stinkin' cold. Overcast. The frost...
read moreBreaking Busy
So it's less than a week until Spring Break and my family still isn't sure what it's doing. We've talked about jumping in the car and heading west to hit the slopes. We've discussed going to visit family in Dallas for a few days. We've thought about doing a couple...
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The (seriously) Best Beef Sandwich Ever
This title is not an exaggeration. At all. These are the best sandwiches EVER for three reasons: They taste totally amazing. Totally. Amazing. They are super super super easy. THREE INGREDIENTS!!! Leave it all day and come back to dinner. And did I mention, 3...
read moreBroken Battery…
My friend was going through some old pictures the other day and came across a huge bunch of them featuring us and our kids doing all kinds of super amazing things. Apparently we used to be fun and full of energy! We would load our combination of six small humans...
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