All posts tagged: life

Summer Milestones

We’ve been away from home for a month and a half now but I feel so much has changed with the kids! I don’t know maybe there’s something in the water or the salt in the air but our kiddos seem to be in fast forward here.  Here’s a mental list I’ve been keeping that […]

What’s going on?

Hi friends! I am typing this from my iPhone. Brian has been out of town the past 2 days and took the computer with him. This why there hasn’t been recent posts. And also we are learning how to share 1 computer:) Not any easy thing. But we have all summer to practice it! Update: […]

A new routine…kinda hard.

We are slowly figuring out what life looks like for our family here in Ocean City. We are trying to keep some consistency to our normal lives and schedules but inevitably there are always changes. I’ve realized our kids are hesitant to change like their parents are. New people, new places, new food, new bed, […]

Summer plans

Our family has a very fun summer ahead of us and believe it or not it starts in just about 5 weeks! Yikes! Our summer assignment for our job with Campus Crusade is staffing the Ocean City Summer Project. We have the privilege of being a part of the leadership team that will over see […]

Still laughing

Yesterday the little mister (TLM) made a classic comment that I am still laughing about and had to share with you. Here’s how it went: TLM: Mom what are those on your legs? (lots of pointing and touching and very concerned) Me: Those are goose bumps buddy. You get them when you are cold. TLM: […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Monday with friends of ours Tutu Girly. We had a great time! Wore green clothes, ate lots of green food, made some special crafts, decorated and ate yummy cut out shamrock cookies and even went on a treasure hunt for 4 leaf clovers around the house. The kids loved […]

Time Change of Goodness

It has been a week since the time change and let me tell you it has been great! Wonderful changes have occurred in our family schedule due to just one hour difference. Mr. Barela and I are getting a extra 1-1 1/2 hours of sleep because the kiddos are sleeping in. We haven’t been meandering […]

A Big Surprise Revealed!

I have been waiting to blog about this for awhile but because it was a surprise and certain people read my blog I could not disclose any information. But now that the surprise is over and was a big hit I can tell you all about how my dad and I pulled off a very […]