Today begins 2 weeks of having the big kids home all day. So far I’m at a loss of what to do with them. If it was summer, then I’d just kick them outside all day. However, the current weather only allows for minutes at a time to be spent outside. Any ideas from all [...]

It’s that time of year again when I put on an extra -cough- pounds. Part of this is due to the fact that we like to bake cookies for the Christmas season. A lot of cookies. Did I mention a lot? To kick off the annual tradition the girls made sugar cookies with their father [...]

I’m trying to catch up again, so this post will be full of random goodness. The week before last was starting to get too cold for the outdoors, so Julie and I decided another trip to Monkey Joe’s with the little ones would be fun. Chloe and Violet were actually playing with each other this [...]

Last week was the longest week in history. I didn’t think it would ever end with activities going on every single day and night. Monday: unpacking from our weekend trip, Annie’s piano lesson and girls’ ice-skating lessons. Tuesday: church young women sewing activity that I was in charge of (errands all day getting ready for [...]

Our annual tradition of going to MN for Thanksgiving continued this year. We got all packed up to go and headed out of town on Tuesday night. The trailer needed to come with us because Mike took his future dental chairs to store at his ma’s house. Lucy and her kennel started out on the [...]