The remainder of the Snow Ball continues without incident. Eventually, Jon returns to find Harmony. He apologizes for disappearing but is quite honest with her about her obvious feelings for Jimmy.“Harmony, can…
I’m all ready for the kids to arrive when the Snow Ball begins. I watch the door in anticipation of their arrival. At two minutes until seven, Kookie and Emmie,…
At a quarter to five, Lyric arrives to pick up Janna, Emmie, and Kookie. They’ve all decided to ride together in his parents’ minivan. Melody, Yoon, Harmony, and her date all…
Of course, Emmie and Noel return home with us. So it is that Janna and her best friend both awake the next morning to greet the arrival of this auspicious…
Who else could use a dose of Christmas in July? Even though the little kids’ pageant is over, the next week flies by in a mad rush. I visit the…
As Sunday dawns, I do a mental inventory of all the things we still need to do. Even with our best intentions, we missed our deadline. We failed to take…
After dinner, as the kids are returning from watching a movie in the basement, I realize we’ve run out of milk in our upstairs fridge. I head down the stairs…
As promised, Kookie helps me all day long. He and Emmie peel, core, and slice apples for the crisp. Janna makes the topping. They assemble the sweet dessert and bake…
I decide to have that little party at our house the Saturday after the pageant for all the older kids who helped to make it run smoothly. This group is fairly…
We do sleep in the next morning. Then we enjoy a leisurely day. We’ve all been running for weeks. We definitely needed the break with which the snow provided us. …