A Growing Violet

This Easter weekend has been one of the busiest weekends we have had in the longest time. The blessing of Gregg being let off work early on ...

I love Saint Patrick's Day! It is the one holiday where you can be as silly as you want. And I enjoy being silly! I love doing fun littl...

Today has been a very interesting Valentine's Day. My beloved husband, Gregg, was called out of town on business on Monday and will be o...

It is unreal to me that we have ushered in a new year. 2011 sped by at an alarming pace. So many things happened with us in 2011 - Violet tu...

In the stillness of the night, while enjoying a hot cup of tea, this is what my eyes behold as I think of thee.

It is entirely too easy to get swept up in the rush of the holidays. As we prepare to go into our first day of December, I thought it would ...

Earlier this year we had the opportunity to go to an Astro's baseball game. This was Violet's first baseball game and she had a wond...

We found the perfect spot to take in a local fireworks show last year. And, I DO mean perfect!!! The show this year was a little shorter tha...

Nothing speaks childhood fun to me as much as fireworks on the 4th of July! I love hearing the oohs and ahhs and giggles of delight brought ...

"We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies....

St. Patrick's Day is a great day to have a little fun. Violet had high hopes that we'd have a repeat of last year's activity and...

Monday is a blur to me. Valentine's Day officially kicked my tail. Seriously. The day started abruptly at 5 a.m. when Violet decided to ...

Wow, is Christmas really only ten days away? Where is time flying off too? Are you ready? I'm not but I'm trying to get there. I kno...

How on earth did we get here? And by "here" I mean in the month of December? This year has gone by incredibly too fast. Heck, I...

or treating on Halloween here. No, we're not making a statement. Unless if that statement were It SUX to be sick on Halloween! Viole...

"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free" ~ Ronald Reagan To those ...

Look at how much my baby has grown over the past five years. We're missing a photo from the year 2007 and I'm on the hunt for it. I...

I can't take credit for this idea as I stole it from a fellow blogger friend, Kimberly over at Altering Life . In celebration of Saint P...