This one was nearly impossible to get – I had to ask the kids to throw the wood chips at me just so I could get them somewhat close together in a shot. These days, it’s asking WAY too much to have them stand next to each other for a photo. Yikes! Christmas photos will [...]

Last night and today were horrible for me (probably not as bad as three weeks ago when I had the worst sore throat ever/fever though.) It all started with attending the killer toning class at the Y on Wednesday. We literally did 100 pushups, 200 crunches, 100 lunges, 200 squats – I counted and all [...]

So a long, long time ago (maybe Dec./Jan.), my dear father came to visit and decided that our rotting pumpkins from Halloween were an eyesore to our front door. All 3 small pumpkins had been sitting (rotting) in a nice little row on our porch since mid-October. I’d like to say I was doing some [...]

We spent Labor Day at my parent’s new (but old) place in Missouri. They recently moved to my great-grandmother’s farm from Colorado because my dad got a new job up there. Drastic change!! Going from 5 acres to 400 acres isn’t a small pill to swallow. But beautiful it is! Oh, the land! And you [...]

She absolutely LOVES Kindergarten. She gets up excited everyday and practically runs out the door. However, when I ask her what she likes best it’s always “Playing outside.” Go figure. Although she did blow me away by learning some sign language and a song spelling the word Red. It came out of nowhere. All week [...]

Happy Birthday sweet girl! We love you! Look at the awesome cake that Peter made (I baked it and Peter decorated it!) Don’t tell anyone he has a little talent in cake decorating!!) I just think it’s awesome that my 5 year old GIRL wanted a CARS party! Makes it easy on the toy sharing!