Hi friends. I need some new music recommendations. I love music, but have been listening to the same stuff over and over….I’m craving new! So please, send along your favorite songs, albums and bands. And if I can bust a move to it, even better! photo here and here
Armed with reader suggestions I jumped into San Antonio explorations with both feet. Thursday found us at the charmingly old school Kiddie Park, established in 1925 still with all the original rides! This was a perfect little place where the toddler and big girl could enjoy rides together. Filled to the brim with charm, we’ll...
I was expecting a little weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth because of the bunny, but I didn't really notice any, and I was surprised. So sorry about your friends' daughter. Praying the Lord blesses them with comfort and peace. Saw this post today and thought you might like to read it
http://segullah.org/daily-special/beautiful-baby/ReplyCancel
Could those tinted glasses just be the "photo gray" kind that are clear but change when he goes outside? My son has that kind.
Oh boy, that Easter bunny IS a leetle scary.
Oh, I am so terribly sorry for your friends' loss of their daughter. That makes me so sad. How great that they donated her organs. I pray that this act of unselfishness will give them some peace.ReplyCancel
We are a family blessed with twelve children. Joshua is the sixth of our seven biological children. When he was a few weeks old, the pediatrician said something did not look right with his eyes. We took him to a specialist, and he told us that both of Joshua’s retinas were detached. After DNA testing,...
Allison, I thank you and Miggy so much for sharing with us about your Joshua. When you said Joshua is perfect the way God made him, that really spoke to me!
My son has special needs, and I, too, am left to wonder what all is going on in his head. I understand the feeling of wishing my child could express himself fully.
That really touched me when he said that "today is such a blessing," and it turned out he was speaking to God! Wow! Heartwarming!
You are a special mom to mother 12 kids, and I wish the best for your Joshua and all of you!ReplyCancel
Do you see what she’s doing in this picture? She’s holding a block with both arms (and trying to stack it on top of the other block). This seemingly small accomplishment has taken more than a year to achieve. When she got her prosthetic arm at 8 months old, I thought it would be a...
Oh my! How awesome. I can't imagine how hard it has to be for Lamp. I think that the hardest thing would be the depth aspect of it all. To judge how far you need to be from the object if you can not bend your arm. And definitely the strength to hold the arm out and the object.
Also, I just hoped over to see Andrew. What a blessing for Andrew's parents to have you advise. Have somebody you have been there and have done that. All the blessings to them!
I just happened upon your site looking for potato stamp stuff and am so touched to find your section on Lamp! My daughter was born with amniotic bad syndrome, leaving her with a little foot and it can be such a hectic scene just doing normal things like shoe shopping. While we've always felt blessed that she's almost completely unincumbered by her limb difference, as she gets older and her peers are doing more and more, the difference is starting to feel more and more highlighted. Didn't see that coming. So I love this post about the little, seemingly simple things that become triumphant acts when someone super special like our girls do them. Thanks!ReplyCancel
picnicking in the blue bonnets It’s been in the 80’s for the past 2 weeks. So this is spring, Texas? This is how it’s gonna be? OK. Well I’m gonna work with it. Texas, I am determined to be friends with you. At the very least cordial acquaintances. Knowing that...
We started FNL this week and love it! For reals that's how big Texas football is. Though I can't say I can vouch for the truthfulness of the rest (15 year olds drinking in a small town and never getting caught etc) but then again my friends didn't do that, at least not with me around. Anyway I wish it were still airing! Hope you guys love it too.ReplyCancel
The zoo! My daughter has a zoo membership and takes her little ones (age 2 and 4 mos.) often. Even last summer when the temps were AWFUL and she was pregnant, early mornings there were doable. In the sping, it's wonderful.
Texas wants to be your friend, too. It's just hard to get past its over the top summers. Its peace offering is the spring and beautiful wildflowers.
I'll be heading to that bakery asap! Thanks for the tip.ReplyCancel
The best time of the year in San Antonio is right now. Some things we love to do: eat! Favorite places with outdoor dining include La Hacienda de los Barrios. It's way out on 1604 and Redland, but their patio is incredible. It's wonderful to sit under the oaks. The Cove downtown has very good and trendy food and it's a really cool Austin-type of place. If you haven't been to La Fogata-it's wonderful too. For days before it gets hot, it's really fun to go to the San Antonio Missions National Park. It's a great place to see missions (more impressive than the Alamo really-esp. Mission San Jose), and it's free and great parking. They have a wonderful visitor center. It would work well for a stroller too. We've taken the kids there a lot. If you are in the mood for a road trip, head to Greune (pronounced Green here, even though it shouldn't be).The Gristmill is a wonderful place to eat and watch the river. Government Canyon has a lot of nice walking trails, and I'm sure that at least some are stroller friendly as we used to go there when my daughter was little. The botanical garden is nice too! Have you ridden the train at the zoo?
In the summer it gets so stinking hot that we stay in a lot, I admit. But, this is the time to be outdoors! Some of the Fiesta stuff may be fun. We're going to try to go to the parade in the King William district this year. I've heard it's kid friendly.
BTW, I can't help wondering if you go to the same church that one of my best friends does. What part of town are you in (you can be really general-I'm not trying to stalk you:)
Anon with the Design Sponge link–thank you! Why didn't I think of that?
Sarah–Uh, that's perfect. I'll save the inside activities for those hellacious temps I mentioned earlier.
Heidi–I know, we've heard a lot of good things and since we're here it was time. Might I suggest Gilmore Girls as a new prospect? It's not on Netflix though, and I know many a guy who likes that show as well…your husband might need to give it a few episodes though.
Laura and Arlene–Thanks! I'll check 'em out. And Laura….what's your friends name?
Heather–ha! That's awesome. He's a good guy that coach.
Rian–Yes I do remember…and the wildflowers are nice. Any more recommendations feel free to send them our way.
Jazzy and Sarah–I challenge you to love where you live. Not always easy…Jazzy, def. steer clear of Jersy Shore, but I LOVE NJ. You've got some great stuff there. Sarah–AZ frightens me. But a lot of good people are there, so it must be good right?
Alisia–You have not been yet but plan on it soon. I'll do a full report when we go…definitely some bonus points for SA.
Super lame name-dropping comment: I was totally in acting class with armie hammer for a year (5+ years ago). He booked his first big indie film when we were in class together and then I'm sitting in a movie theater 5 years later watching him be a Winklevoss, and now you are eating at his bakery. Who needs Kevin Bacon, right?ReplyCancel
It was Conference weekend for us. General Conference is where millions of Mormons world wide listen to talks given by Prophets, Apostles and other church leaders. In the olden’ days we had to actually go to our local church and watch from a TV, the church buildings were the only place where you could watch...
We do cinnamon rolls every conference! How fun to see these cute weekend pics! Our funny conference story was it was about time for the prayer and so I was preparing Presley for it and told her to fold her arms, close her eyes….but it was silent…I look up and Mike is Fast Forwarding the prayer……I was like, oh geez, DVR'ing conference may not allow us to feel the spirit as much. He was like, "What? They are like 4 minutes long…." Then they start talking about the auditing thing and he would not fast forward through that! He was interested in all that! Ha! Anyways, so grateful we can get it in our homes! They were incredible talks! And you are right, LDS or not, they are Incredibly useful and inspiring!!! Definitely a feel-good experience!ReplyCancel
Haha, I love the GC mess shot– our house was a complete *disaster* after the two Sunday sessions. I should have taken a picture too. (And then, of course, someone had to show up at our door. Come on!)
But the real thing I wanted to say was that I think you are so cool for spreading the word. And for other reasons.ReplyCancel
I am blessed to be the wife of a wonderful man and the mother to 5 beautiful children. Our youngest child, Daylon, was born with a rare genetic disease called, Epidermolysis Bullosa, or EB for short. According to his doctors, EB is the worst disease you’ve never heard of. Daylon has a misspelling in his...
This was my first exposure to EB and my heart literally broke as I read this. It hurts to know that little ones have to suffer such a hard thing and that their families have to navigate such pain. I think that this family is incredible and I think that Daylon is a hero.
I send them all love and prayers! Thank you so much for sharing your story with us.ReplyCancel
I love your strength and perspective. This was just the start to my day that I needed. Thank you for sharing your story. I think your idea of little business cards is brilliant! One day we were followed through the grocery store by some teenagers who wanted to gawk at our special needs daughter. I didn't know how to handle it. My daughter wasn't aware of it so I didn't want to draw attention to their behavior, but I wanted to make a point and educate them all the same. In the end I just left the store. The business cards would have been perfect! Thank you! God Bless!ReplyCancel
Wow. Thanks for sharing this story with us! We might all be members of the "Special Needs Mom club" and on some levels we can all relate to each other, but there are some things that are unique to our situations. I pray for this sweet boy and his courageous mama! Thanks again for sharing!ReplyCancel
I love your special needs spotlights, this one especially as my daughter also suffers from EB, hers is a milder form called EB simplex but there is rarely a time that she doesn't have at least one or more blisters on her feet or hands and simple things like the monkey bars can cause terrible damage to her hands. She's 8 now and often wishes she didn't have to have EB. Thanks for spreading awareness.ReplyCancel
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Florence + The Machine, Vampire Weekend, Adele, Lenka, Mindy Gledhill, Fun., Ingrid Michaelson and Brooke Fraser are all favorites of mine right now. I don't know what your music style is, but these are all pretty chill and laid back artists. Good luck!
My mom sent the BBC animated "Peter Rabbit" to my kids for Easter, and I fell in love with Miriam Stockley's "Perfect Day" (used as the theme song for the show). I don't know who she is, but I am checking her out! (someday.sometime.when I don't have 8 million other things to do…)
I think you'd dig Class Actress, Geographer, Black Keys, The Kills, Pollyn, David E. Sugar, Matthew Dear, Psychic Twin, Canyons, the new Racphael Saadiq album, Blood Orange, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out, Team vs. Star Slinger, Little Dragon and Phantogram. To name a few…
oh! i wanted to blog about this very thing. for the last several days, i have been obsessed with Alabama Shakes, which you can listen to here: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/01/148918546/first-listen-alabama-shakes-boys-and-girls
Young Blood by Naked and Famous, loving lots from Of Monsters and Men, Radical Face album called Family Tree: the Roots, You the Rain by Omar Velasco. Those are a few.
Um, you are totally in luck. For the first few weeks of April, I'm slowly revealing my "turning 30" playlist. 🙂 We are currently on track #11 of 20. Hop on over.
(Ok, I know I just "plugged" my own blog, and now I feel awkward….but I really AM writing about new music so I guess the comment's fitting…?) :/
http://yourstrulyh.blogspot.com/
Without knowing your style this is pretty difficult. That said, a few days ago I found a band called Local Natives that I can't stop listening to.
I found them on Spotify. I recommend getting a free account and exploring there. These free providers make it easy to search for new tunes without spending a lot of money.
new old music- i'm LOVING phil collin's album-"hits"
it's incredible. and all old stuff that doesn't age.
and i really like the civil wars.
my husband loves the black keys.
and as far as country since you live in texas now- sugarland(her voice will blow you away, especially the most recent album) and jason aldean.
I'm currently loving Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zero's!
Matt Nathanson. Especially "Run" featuring Jennifer Nettles. So so good. Also I was wondering if in 20 years my twin boys (almost 2 now) could go out with Ms. Lamp. I pretty much think she's amazing and adorable to boot. They already have a lot in common…torturing their older sibling…daddy a dentist…almost edible some days with their cuteness… 🙂
Jack and White!