Julie Lyles Carr

Multi-tasking. Motherhood. It’s an expected duet. Stirring the soup while going over spelling words. Fielding car pool phone calls while ironing. Imparting life knowledge and wisdom…while scrubbing the interior of a toilet. Multi-tasking. I’ve always been something of a natural multi-tasker. Scientists have asserted that humans cannot cogently think on two subjects at the same time. I’m pretty sure were…
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We are incredibly blessed to be part of a youth group for our kids that is just amazing. This past weekend, the youth group held an awards celebration. The kids got to walk the red carpet. There were ‘paparazzi’ to snap their pictures. And they received encouragement and recognition for those areas of spiritual development where they are striving to…
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Boys. Toy weaponry. What’s a mom to do? In my early years of parenting, I held to an ideal that we would not be having toy guns, swords, guillotines, what have you, in the house. And that ideal held for several years. And then, after two girls, I had my first son. And so began what I call the Butter…
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They love to laugh. They love really dorky, bad movies. And then love to laugh some more. And they also love to dance. While dressed in fashion from a more elegant time. …which is pretty much the cutest thing ever. And that look on The Boy’s face? Okay, that’s the cutest thing ever. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:59:00 +0000julielylescarr

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.” John 4:38 Mike and I are generally behind on our movie-watching. It happens when you’re running that big household thing. Not that there’s some sort of character quality mandate in keeping your cinema viewing…
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