What are your priorities in life? Are they set by your job? Family? God? Society?I am beginning to wonder more and more where my priorities are in relation to everything else in my life.Work has been extremely busy. We rush to accomplish things that only matter to the bottom line of the company. Does the … Continue reading Priorities

Our son is now four months old. He had a doctor's appointment yesterday and yes, everything is fine. He is in the 50% of both height and weight. According to Dr. D, he is AVERAGE.OH, but he is so wrong. Our baby is so much more than average. He gazes at us with his big, … Continue reading Growing up

I cannot believe that it has been so long since I have had a chance to post some thoughts. If I try to put everything into words, this entry will be pages and pages long, so I will keep it brief for today.- The job is crazy busy! Since starting on January 3, it has … Continue reading Were does the time go?

I still have not caught up on my sleep even though I am not the primary care giver for our son. He is sleeping through the night but he sometimes wakes up around 4 or 4:30 am a little fussy. Joe will go in and put a pacifier in his mouth and he will go … Continue reading Long days, short nights

Ok, so this is a week or so late. Here are the updates, short and sweet for now.- Right after Christmas, we traveled to WV and PA to visit our family and friends. We stayed through New Year's day and due to delays, arrived back in DFW around 1:15 in the morning. We were all … Continue reading Happy New Year

The year has gone by so quickly and all of a sudden the day to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior is upon us. I love what our pastor said at our Christmas Eve service."We know that Jesus was probably not born exactly on December 25, but it is important to set aside … Continue reading Merry Christmas 2006

There is so much going on this time of year that I noticed all my blogger friends are also late in postings. A few quick updates.- Baby K tricked us. He slept though the night for 2 nights in a row and is back to his normal 4-5 hour sleeping. We are working on this … Continue reading Busy season of the year

I haven't been posting much lately due to a general busyness and the fact that there is so many things on my mind right now.First, my grandfather died right after Thanksgiving. I had to make a quick trip with Baby K back to WV for the funeral. Thankfully he died the day before my dad's … Continue reading Sunny, sad day

There is a need of mine to write a little more on grandpa. I guess I just need to release some of what I am feeling.I am really going to miss pap. Not many grandpa's would take their granddaughters hunting and fishing, but mine did. Not just me, but my sisters and girl cousins (and … Continue reading Pap

My grandfather, Reverend William Harvey Hoover, went to be with God on Wednesday, November 29, 2006.My grandfather was only about five and half feet tall (he had shrunk over the years because of blown disks in his back and other ailments), but his presence made him seem more than 7 feet tall. He was a … Continue reading Remembering Greatness