I tried to think of food that  I like, that others don't like, that was easy to fix, and came up empty. So when I went shoppi...

Tyler has been wanting to take the kids camping since May. He either couldn't manage the time away from work, we already had plan...

Fifty-three. That's how many minutes I spent looking for my keys this morning. I do believe that's a record. ~sigh~ T...

Now, you may be wondering how it is that we even eat spaghetti, seeing that we don't eat wheat. My friend asked me that very q...

Okay. So where were we? Ah, yes ~ I was hatin' on spaghetti and Tyler was determined to change my mind. In order to come up w...

I sent Tyler a text that said, "I just took a bite from the pot and said, 'mmmm'."  "It was spaghetti sauce !...

Saturday found us waking up before the crack of dawn again, off to the races. (Well, technically not a race , just a run...) Brandon...

I love, truly love , going through the gift catalogs and choosing what to give. Honestly, if we did nothing else to celebrate Christ...

I certainly did not anticipate, when I posted pictures of myself on Wednesday, that it'd be almost a week before I got back here! ...

I mean, besides the fact that I despise seeing myself... Tyler  is not very good behind the camera and I a...

When Tyler gave me the day off (was that only 1 1/2 weeks ago?!) I sewed pretty much all day. I knew I wanted a skirt from one of the ...

So, my sister called me when I was driving to A-Z for the 3rd time in less than a week buying stuff for the reception. ...

at what's starting to arrive in our mailbox :-) catalogs!!!

I second guess myself as a mother all the time. I feel like I fail more often than I get things right. Yesterday, though, when I used...

I have this friend, Robbie , who has a huge gorgeous smile, so when she sends me messages with :-)))  I see her big beautiful smile. ...

One of the benefits of aiming to drink a gallon of water a day is even when I fail, I still drink at least 8 cups.

Tyler gave me the day off on Friday. Originally the plan was for him to take the kids camping, so I would really have been off, b...

Can I just share a little something? I try, really, I try, to be a positive person.  It doesn't come naturally for me. I kno...

Seriously. This is a for-the-record post; for my records, and will be of little interest to pretty much everyone especially the ...

~ squeal ~

Lily and Lexi were playing 'friends'. 'Kayla' (Lily) knocked on the door and when 'Allah' (Lex') opened the...

I couldn't care less if my preschoolers learn to read while they are still 'preschoolers'. Tiger momma, I am not. But. ...

As soon as I got Lily's quilt  pin basted (I am considering spray basting in the future - any thoughts??) I made a doll size...