Boatload of Doodles

02/09/2025

Sophie hosted sweet friends for a Galentine’s brunch this morning. Love this bunch! Thanks Chef for the cheesy rolls and sausage balls!

01/19/2025

“I see the boy I knew in the man before me.”
-a quote I love from the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
When I look at Rafe, I still see a boy, but according to the world, he’s a man today. It’s such a paradox to me, that the baby who needed me so much, barely needs me at all anymore. But I’m thankful that he still likes spend time with us. That he still comes to tell me about his day. And that he makes time to spend with his grandparents. He’s becoming a man, and I see him becoming a kind man, a considerate man, a generous man. A man who prioritizes his faith in God, not loudly, but in his consistent walk, in his steadfast attendance of worship and service to our church.
Our time with him under our roof as a kid is rapidly dwindling. And I know he’ll come home again - for weekends, for holidays - but in that heartbreaking way you know things, I know it will never be the same.
The images and memories fly through my mind, and the pictures shown here represent a sliver of the pictures in my head: the day he was born, raising his head off my shoulder to look when he heard his daddy’s voice; the toddler in the striped engineer’s cap, full of imagination at his train table, singing “Thomas and his ‘fends’”; the first day of preschool, of kindergarten; his first bike ride; the winner of the spelling bee; driving away to school on his own for the first time. And a thousand in between.
But even though his angular face is maturing, and his life is moving forward at warp speed, I’ll always see the boy I knew in the man before me.
Thank you God for him. Happy 18th birthday to our Rafe.

01/10/2025

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01/08/2025

The baby nephew in that inset picture is now 22 years old!! Happy birthday Sage! We love you so much!

12/02/2024

Happy birthday to our girl! We love you so much and cannot imagine our lives without the joy you bring. 💗

11/01/2024

Kiddos in all different directions tonight! I’m thankful to friends for hosting and taking them and sending pictures! And we sure loved having friends and the MOST PRECIOUS trick or treaters at our house tonight. It’s the first Halloween we’ve been home in 17 years.
And finally happy birthday the Mac Daddy of Halloween.

10/21/2024

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10/16/2024

I miss skate days! I miss Kiddie Kollege days! 💗

10/03/2024

Happy happy birthday Angie! I’m grateful we’re family and even more grateful we’re friends. Thank you for the hours you spent with me: floors you helped me rip up; walls you painted; tile you cut and installed; the fun trips; and the moments you sat beside me when I was afraid to sit alone. It means so much.
I love you sister!

07/24/2024

It’s really hitting me today, y’all. I couldn’t be more thankful for these precious photos. Thank you Bentley Gray/Bentley Gray Photography for capturing these treasures.

07/23/2024

Happy birthday to our SQR!! One of my very FAVORITE people in the world! I hope your day has been the best. No one deserves it more. We love you so much!

07/20/2024

What a fantastic performance of Newsies Jr. at The Whole Backstage Theatre tonight! So proud of all of this bunch!

07/19/2024

06/29/2024

What a WONDERFUL performance of SpongeBob the Musical Youth Edition at The Lighthouse Theatre Company tonight. These kids starting learning lines, music and choreography on Monday (OF THIS WEEK) and performed it tonight. I am so incredibly proud of this bunch. I confess being a bit partial to the cutie pie that played SpongeBob.
Thank you to the dream team AvaRose Brown, Griffin Simmons, Ajia Jones, and Lisa Jones for giving Bryce this opportunity to shine. He has LOVED this week with you all. And thank you Kelleybrooke Brown for creating this amazing place, watching over him and making this so much fun.
We were particularly excited to have Becca , Mina, Justin, and Jack in the audience! 💗 Thank you to everyone who came to support our boy and this bunch.

06/09/2024

Heathers Teen Edition at was AMAZING. So deliciously dark and funny, but man did it hit the issues - the cliques, the exclusion, the despair. The music and choreography, on point - the crescendo at the very end was chill-inducing in the very best way. The characters were so believable and mirrored my memories of the movie so well.
Bravo cast, crew, director, and choreographer!! We were so impressed.
And LOVED LOVED LOVED sitting with our dear friends!

06/01/2024

Beautiful produce from
It’s almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

02/03/2024

Winter formal 💙