Recently a friend of mine wrote me an e-mail that lit up my soul. I wanted to share parts of it because it is an aspect of mine and Jake’s life that we are very proud of. People are continually commenting on how well behaved our kids are. I usually pass it off with a...
Category Archives: The Carlisle's
Talent Show
Oh yeah…it’s what you have all been waiting for…or at least Jalena has:) We missed her talent show this year and our compromise was that I told her that I would put her on my blog. I’m pretty sure that she thinks she is going to famous from this now. I am so proud of...
Jump!
“We flood our minds with words! They mesmerize and manipulate us, masking the truth even when its set down squarely in front of us. To discover the underlying reality, I’ve learned to listen only to the action.” (Judith M. Knowlton)
The other day we went to Ft. Vancouver with Jamie’s preschool class and it was a...
RUN!
Have you ever walked into a baby’s room right after their nap or in the morning to get them out of bed? Well, anyone that has experienced this knows that 9 times out of 10 that baby will smile first thing when he or she sees you. I mean, one of those ear to ear,...
More Tulips
I have heard through the grapevine that many of my posts tend to make my loved ones cry. Because I don’t want to make you look like fools, crying your makeup off, I will make you laugh at your screen today. I was doing some reading on the tulip farm before we took off to...
Words of Wisdom
So much to tell, so little time. I just got back from an amazing trip to Alaska that I can’t wait to share. But first, last weekend we went to the Tulip Farm in Woodburn, WA. My brother had come to visit and he loves tulips. I told him about the fields here and he...
Humbly Yours
Speaking of kisses of grace…
A beautiful friend of mine wrote a poem FOR little ol’ me:) I don’t know that I have ever been gifted a poem such as this. I balled when I read it with HUGE tears of JOY streaming down my face. I feel like I wrote...
Protest
I recently broke out of a label that no longer suited me….”that I would never take part in a protest because that would make it official….I would be that much closer to being a “tree-hugger”. Well, many of you know that I was honored to be a part of my friend, Heidi’s book called Beyond...
LuLu
How many times to we go to describe our children to someone and fill the air with a list of labels?
…she’s independent…stubborn…loves animals…hates broccoli…snippy…free spirit
What’s the danger in this? Why would I ever bring the word danger into this harmless act?
Well, let’s say that Laney comes to me 20 years from now and says, “Mom,...
Words
Again with the books. But this one is over the top amazing as well.
Let’s see if I can give a quick summary for those of you who havent heard about this author’s incredible work. Masaru Emoto had an idea back in 1994 to start freezing water and photographing the crystals it formed. He believes that...