It has been freezing freezing lately.  But it makes it so the radiators keep steaming away and my bedroom gets so hot!  It's positiv...

Happy 7th birthday to my bright shining beam of light  🌟 🌟 🌟

Busy day today with both boys basketball games and then hours of standing at Ibby's track meet.  She ran in three events, but they were ...

::getting those gingerbread houses in right under the wire ::Final creation -- blurry ::two cuddle bugs

My baby lost his first tooth!

Happy happy Birthday to this little bub today! "I'm the happiest boy alive, I've had a birthday and now I'm five!" Thi...

A terribly ripe four year old likes to ride his bike until sundown, play the piano in the early morning quiet, and ask important questio...

4 year old climbed into my bed this morning at the crack of dawn. He was quiet for a while, then said, "I am really excited for birthda...

Another fun hike with our homeschool friends.  We walked quite a ways so I was glad I thought to bring my Lula toddler carrier so that Archi...

Charles got a job!  We are so happy that he can earn some money... and be away from the house sometimes... They serve Thai style rolled ice ...

I am quite sure that most people don't even celebrate May Day, but our neighbor happens to own a maypole, and if I was the proud owner o...

Sitting in a church meeting and not understanding anything can be quite painful.  The time passes so so slowly and the kids (and I) get very...

Today's math joke from the four year old: What is penny + nickle?  :: :: :: Pickle!

We went to Nauvoo on Saturday and Ibby was able to do baptisms in the temple for the first time.  No pics of her on her special day, but I ...

The weather has been so beautiful so we spent some time cleaning up the yard and then headed out to the soccer fields for a great, ...

Abe is chillin' on the couch playing with Sophie the giraffe, but who knows how long that will last?  I'm trying to think if anyt...