Happy Mardi Gras!

Or Shrove Tuesday. Did you enjoy your pancakes, we did! We went to the annual pancake dinner hosted by the Men's Group at our church tonight. It were yummy!

Soooo. . . Lent starts tomorrow. I have decided to take on some disciplines, rather than giving anything up. Our church is doing a church-wide study, so Rob, Kat & I will be reading those together. And I am currently downloading a copy of the new testament. If I listen to it for 28 minutes a day, I can finish it in 40 days. Which is how long Lent is, less Sundays. That works out well.

So what are you giving up? Or taking on? If you're doing anything at all, it is after all a personal choice.

Paradigm shift

I was having a bit of a pity party this weekend. I had plans. They didn't happen. Nothing too spectacular, but they were MY plans. Kat was out of school on Friday so I took the day off. We were going to send Elena off to day care and then Kat & I were going to the mall for shopping, lunch & seeing a movie.

Yeah, right. Elena started breathing too heavy on Wednesday night. Didn't get any better with on Thursday with OTC medicine so our Friday turned into a day at the doctor's office. Whoot! Elena's better with treatment, although I have to say it is a bit creepy to see your 2 year old with a nebulizer mask strapped to her face. The doctor is also relatively optimistic that this will be a one time thing. Oh, and I discovered a new game that will entertain a two year old who has been in the doctor's office for 2 hours - it involves the doctor's rolling stool and pushing off the wall with your feet.

We spent the weekend inside, not doing much of anything. Telling Laney she couldn't go outside to play. Watching Muppets & Mickey Mouse. Not napping for some reason! I'm not sure what I wanted to do on Saturday, but that wasn't it.

I've started reading a couple of new blogs recently. One is Kelly's Korner - she recently brought her daughter home after a long stay in NICU. One of the things I love is that despite what she has been through & is going through, she's still praying for others. From her blog I made it over to Dirty Knees the other night. My paradigm shifted. I am extremely thankful for my relatively healthy 2 year old who is quickly on the road to recovery. I think I had a pretty good weekend after all.

Just for fun

First, this is what we have come to call Laney's "Hermione Hair". It's the result of wearing braids all day. It makes us giggle.
Here's Laney making my aunt's dog, Emma's day.

Here's Laney with Great Grandma.

Miss him already

My Granddaddy passed away on Sunday, January 25. One of many reasons that I haven't blogged this week. It was one of those weeks where any little thing could remind me of him -
pancake syrup (he loved it on ice cream), a trip to the hardware store (one of my favorite places to go with him when I was little) . . . Pardon me as I wax nostalgic.
My high school graduation

In Corpus Christi

Meeting Laney for the first time (she's 6 weeks old)
Laney's first ThanksgivingHere's Laney's first A&M v. UT game

This is the most recent picture I have - it's from Ronny's wedding.

Kathryn called him "Great" and he was. I called him "Granddaddy" (which means so did Laney). And we miss him . . .