In my girlhood days, I liked to read and as I read, I was always intrigued with traditions and special moments that families would hold dear. Eating apples and popcorn by the fire. Coming in from sledding and drinking hot cider. Wading through snow to cut down a Christmas tree and dragging it home and […]
Planting Trees
A story in pictures! We had a few trees planted! We had the kiddos each choose a tree. Tucker’s is an ornamental flowering pear tree. I’m already imagining how much my son and his tree are going to change in the next five years! ‘Cause we all now how fast five years will go […]
Memoir Monday {No. 19}
Planting a bit… Pushing down trees and ripping out roots… Small Lego farm… Birthday present for our baby niece! I discovered I had the flower decoration and it went perfectly with this wrapping paper that we also had. It didn’t work out for us to travel to Matthew’s brother’s for our niece’s birthday party. Kind […]
Marshmallow Peeps Spring Cake
I saw the idea for a cake topped with marshmallow Peeps in a magazine and thought it looked like fun. I am far from blue ribbon category or magazine photo worthy or Pinterest Perfect when it comes to culinary creations. I just enjoy baking and trying out new recipes now and then. When I get […]
Memoir Monday {No. 17}
Time for some daily details and weekly remembrances! I know, I know. I say it over and over and over and over and over and over, but time really does wing away so quickly. I want to savor each moment as much as is humanly possible and as much as I can, even though […]
Detailed Nativity
When we pulled out our Christmas decorations and nativities and set them up throughout our house, back in December, Renae took one of the nativities we have and detailed it and set it up in the basement. Then she had fun posing it and taking pictures of it. I loved what she did with it […]
Lego Themes Birthday
Legos are pretty much Tucker’s main thing. He builds and builds and builds some more. He kept rolling around ideas and debating what he wanted to do for his birthday cake this year. He finally settled on “Lego Themes”. He simply set up a board with figures from a variety of themes that Lego […]
Seven and Fourteen
At seven, we celebrated with ponies and pigtails. Friends came to share cake and play games. Jenna, {a doll, but a true and well loved friend} was often with my girlie. Seven years old. Seven years ago. The next seven will bring us to twenty-one. When I was twenty-one, my girlie who was seven, who […]
Oh, the Weather Outside Was Frightful…
Oh the weather outside was snowy and frightful… {not to mention cold} To the young and brave at heart it sounded delightful…. {but not to those who are old} So mittens and coats and boots and some scarves, Socks and layers to go out in the yard… Bundling and layering and a cry of, “I’m […]
Memoir Monday {No 12}
A bit of this….A bit of that….a few of our endeavors and work and life in January! Work in the garage! Tearing out comes first! Basking in the sun or any warm spot during the cold spells we keep having! Outside work on the porch during the warmer days and nicer weather! Fun Lego boat! […]
Locks of Love
Renae decided back in the fall that she wanted to cut her hair for Locks of Love sometime. My sister had taken her youngest daughter to a hair salon where they cut Becca’s hair and sent it in for them. I decided it sounded nice and easy to just go have it done at the […]
Christmas Joy
All the bells, all the balls, All the pretty colored walls, White, green, red and blue, Joyful colors for me and you! Christmastime is finally here, Such an awesome time of year! We play in snow that’s sparkly white, Sit by the fire when it’s night. Laughs and jokes and cookies too, There’s […]
The Baby in the Manger
GAZING AT THE BABY IN THE MANGER I want to see the baby in the manger, yes, I do, I want to gaze upon him with a child’s eyes and view, I want to see him all wrapped up in his swaddling clothes, I want to gaze upon his little fingers and his toes, I want […]
We Haul Wood
Cold Weather. Six degrees cold. Hungry Wood Furnace. Keeping House Cozy. Eating up wood. Quickly. Leaving Woodbox Empty. Time to Fill it Up. Wheelbarrows at the Ready. We Haul Wood. Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2013
We Ice Cupcakes
The baby and toddler days have gone by at our house. Now that only happens when little friends or baby nieces visit. But one of the many fun and helpful handy things about older kids is all the help that they are and all the things they can easily do themselves. My little people used […]
Playing Popcorn on the Trampoline
I’m not sure when or how this game got started, but my kiddos have played it for quite a while now. They came up with it and gave it the name. Popcorn on the Trampoline. My mother took some really fun pictures of the kiddos playing this game while she was here. You will need: […]