Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord for friends who are like family. For friends who love this crazy Hergenrader clan, even though we’re loud and silly and do things like sing guitar songs that sound like “SChk, SChk, SChk.” (A favorite of Sam’s) Praise the Lord for friends who move in for WEEKS at a...Continue Reading
Today was the day. About two years ago, CPH contracted me to write their VBS. For months I struggled with how to make bagels snacks relate to baby Moses. How to make basketball connect with him in a …basket. How to make Jesus HIGH ENERGY! enough for hundreds of kids who are used to spending...Continue Reading
Just shy of a year and Nate is not too shy. He flashes his cheesy grin at strangers…even though he doesn’t like anyone but a select few to hold him. Oh, and not his sisters. Who love to heft him up and hug on him. He has seven teeth. Right now he’s biting anything with...Continue Reading
I hate to sing the It’s-So-Hot tune here everyday, but it’s SO hot here. Record temps. And no rain. And four kids. And no kids. So, we have taken refuge in the pool. Not for a random afternoon here or there. We have been swimming EVERY SINGLE DAY for almost a month. I’m not kidding....Continue Reading
Summer baths happen in mom and dad’s bathtub around here. With lots of bubbles. And much giggling. No better reason to get over these chronic viruses than to fully enjoy the bubbles and giggles and kids in the midst of it all. Today my doctor added vitamin b12 and b6 shots to my regimen. Along...Continue Reading
Of all Nate’s words (mama, dada, ball, hi, a *weak* bubba), “Dog” is his favorite. Okay, let’s be honest, the actual dog is his very favorite thing compared to everything else. Even better than balls, which he is still chasing around the house. Here is my best parenting advice: If you have a baby, you...Continue Reading
We’re still in heavy recuperating mode here in Hergenrader Land. In spite of the resting/eating SO healthy/drinking more Vitamin C than any bowels would like/vitamin therapy/sleeping 10 hours a night, we did a family fun run. Truth in advertising? Did our Family really have Fun and Run? Well, mostly. Family? Our family tried to stay...Continue Reading
Bottles and beer and heat and swimming pool and sweat and air conditioning and record heat and bathing suits and ponytails and sunscreen and swimming pool and sunshine and beach and sand and sea and sweat and heat and swimming pool… …and did I mention the heat? Happy Summer Monday.Continue Reading
As a teaser for Sam and Ellie’s birthday party, here’s Sam digging into a Hergenrader family favorite… Orange Leaf Yogurt! Open up and taste the summer (and 100 degree heat in Houston)!Continue Reading
I don’t know if it’s a credit or discredit to our family that so much of our inaugural year at the BIG, PUBLIC school for our firstborn centered around the bus. A credit? In Catie’s past years of school (Pre-school and Kindergarten), I was at the school and in her classroom nearly every day. Granted,...Continue Reading