Adventure Downtown

We adventured today! 3 downtown art gallieries, 2 famous restaurants, and even the Mogamma with three children! 💪🏻 It was a really fun day. We live in a really cool city. And also I really love my people. Really.

She's 9

The loveliest 9 year old I know. It’s gonna be a good year with her. She is nothing less than a treasure. 💕

Smokin' a Candy Cane

Can you see what he’s got perched between his two fingers? It’s a candy cane. Every time he gets a piece, he holds it like this and ‘smokes’ it like a cigarette. (Growing up in Egypt problems). He says “I’m blowing it Mama, see!” Oh my...

Merry Christmas

Read-Aloud Time

Bible Buddy

Most mornings lately, when I sit and read my Bible... my little sidekick finds his Bible and climbs up next to me. It’s the best.

Cooooookkkkiiieeesss

Cooooookkkiieesss. Cardamom Seed Cookies. This is a quarter of the recipe, cause, well... family of 15 and all. My Great-Grandma was the youngest of 13 German siblings that came to America. The tradition of this recipe lives on and I’ve taught my kids well because they love as much as I do.