Some Sunday Fun

Our family likes sports and we actually really enjoy a good football game –  especially college games. Yes, we do. We play it in the yard {now that we have one} and if we don’t have a yard, we often find some grass to play a little football.   We cheer for certain teams –…

It’s Isaiah’s Turn

Yup, it’s true. Elijah, Isaiah and Graham all have birthdays in just a little over two weeks. Today we celebrate Isaiah’s birthday. This little guy is the one who stole our hearts when we first saw his picture on the internet.   In fact I remember gasping when I saw his expression which seemed to…

The Hunt

This year Dw and I will have celebrated  35 Christmas’ married. Every year {with only 2 exceptions – for medical reasons} we have gone to cut down our Christmas trees. The tradition is one that we can’t miss. It’s just too stinkin’ fun. This year we wandered up to Flagstaff… we’d tried to get a…

Therapy

Love having so many treasures….big, little and those in between….and love spending time with them…. Recently Autumn and Savannah came for a visit {Karl joined them by air a couple days after they arrived – what a blast – 12 kids, 3 dogs and a mom and a dad}…. And it was soon an official…

Saturday

All your comments were really fun to read.  Thank you for taking the time to speak!  It was kind of comical, I would read one and say in my head, “Ohhh, good point.”  And then the very next comment would say the opposite and I would say, “Ohh ya, you’re right.”   I was clearly…

Taunting Mommy

Friday night was an especially sweet all around memory-making night. After dinner, the little ones were being exceptionally rowdy.  There is a long hall, with a tile floor, leading off the kitchen to the three kids bedrooms.   They have enjoyed racing down that hallway quite a few times. Sliding.  Racing.  Screaming.  Giggling. This particular…

His Name??

Last year, on May 7th, I wrote a post entitled, “Once Upon a Time”. …telling the funny story of how Dw came to find out my  name after he invited me on our first date.  Since guessing names has been in our family history for over 36 years, we were talkin’ and gigglin’ that it…