Raising Hands

This week we traveled back up North to the A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children to follow up with Dr Connor, the Orthopedic  surgeon caring for Jacob's broken collarbone. Jacob fell out of bed in the middle of the night (no horse play involved;-) and broke his collar bone almost four weeks ago. We learned on Tuesday that Jacob is healed and free to resume all of his regularly scheduled activities. Jacob was devistated at his first visit when he was told he had to stay out of the pool for three whole weeks! It's been tough for him to watch his brother and sister at their lessons. It's been difficult for me to keep a six year old boy in a shoulder sling with his two feet on the ground:-)  In the car on our way home and not yet off the hospital grounds Jacob asked if he could write a thank you note to Dr. Connor. He said he wanted to thank him for taking such good care of his bone.  Steve reached over and grabbed my hand because he knew I'd just burst into tears behind my sun

Thanks to Kellee and   The Country Chic Cottage my bacon is saved! I never know what to do for teachers at Christmas or the end of the year. I don't know how our mothers did it without Pinterest! Anyhoo, I was procrastinating housework (likely) and on Instagram looking to see what my friends were looking at. I saw this picture and I heard angels sing. I just so happen to own four or five dozen mason jars as a result of a little party I helped throw . A quick trip to the local garden center over the weekend and I'm SO ready for the school year to be finished! If you find yourself in the same gift giving rut. Head over here and print these cute tags throw something in a cute mason jar and wow your friends. 

The last few weeks have been busier than usual. Stephen has been traveling, my in-laws have been traveling, my parents came to stay for a week, and I stayed right here. I had a nice visit with my folks. We stayed very busy doing all the fun beach things around here. Even with all the fun we were having we missed Dad. Lucky for us Steve is home to stay for a while and his folks rolled back into town a couple days ago too. Steve was more than a little jealous when he learned I made both of these dishes for other people while he was away. To make amends I got busy in the kitchen and invited his parents over this morning for a big Welcome Home breakfast.  On the menu were Cinnamon Rolls ( Thank you Jan, for this awesome recipe ) and Egg Cassarole. The best part about this menu is that the prep all happens the day before so all I had to do this morning was turn the oven on.  The Egg Cassarole is a breakfast staple in all the Hand houses. It's another one of those reci