Julie Lyles Carr

What follows is a series of images depicting what happens when you let the twin toddlers and their toddler cousin share a snack while you innocently chat with your brother and your sister-in-law, just trying to have a little conversation. (Warning: images are graphic and may be disturbing to pretzel lovers, clean floor aficionados and germaphobes.) May this be a…
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She’s 91 years old now, my little Mississippi grandmother. My mom made the trek a few states over and picked up my grandmother so she could see the twins and me while we spend this week in Oklahoma. The bigger kids got to spend an evening with her before they took off for the lake. 91. Ninety-one. Nine years short…
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First, my apologies. I’ve been an abysmal blog pen pal over the last few days. Abysmal. But I have a good reason. I have been driving hundreds of miles with small children. By myself. See, I’m not a blogging slacker. I’ve brought seven of the kids up to Oklahoma to visit family. Five of the seven have peeled off to…
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Let’s see. I’ve told you about fake vomit and cheating girl friends, blue eyes and the future Tony winner. What? What was that collective yell? Oh, yeah, I guess I didn’t reveal the future Tony winner’s identity, now did I? For those of you who guessed Kristin Chenoweth, you get a thousand points. And you really know your Broadway. So…
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Our words adventures continue. At the beginning of this year, four precious blog friends and I all shared our word for the year and have posted a little something about that word at the end of each month. This month, we each developed a collage of words and images conveying what is speaking to us. Some of us (read here,…
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