While Mom Was Gone

While I was on that trip I mentioned to Colorado Springs, my husband took a week off work and stayed home with the kids. Here’s a text conversation we had near the end of that week: I think he might have learned to appreciate me a little bit.

Overheard in the backseat

I was driving the twins to the dentist and they both had their iPads to play with while they waited. This meant that they were blissfully silent in the back seat and I was enjoying listening to the radio in peace. The guy on K-Love was reading Bible verses. I sighed happily. Suddenly the quiet

Why don’t I look cool?

Over the weekend I went to a Christian ladies conference in Colorado Springs. (It was wonderful of course.) One of the things they had there was a representative from the company 3 Seams, which is one of those fair trade type things where they help women in third world countries make a living wages sewing