The other day I got an email inviting the family to come swim at a local lake with some friends. The invite was last minute (the way I like them), so I told her we would try. I gathered the children together and made a big announcement that we could go swimming at the lake […]
Since you were all so impressed with Brett’s sewing skills, I thought I’d show off some more of our skills. These are some examples of the hats that we’ve crocheted and sold: Brett has also crocheted some matching hats for the American Girl dolls. I thought I had photos of them, but I can’t […]
Jim and the older children were away selling soap at a Bar-B-Q Festival this weekend. I never sleep well when Jim is away, so last night I went to bed early and fell sound asleep. I woke up to being attacked!! I was kinda disoriented so I just yelled for Jim to help (he was […]
. Any guesses what those words are? Brett (who is reading over my shoulder even though she is supposed to be in bed and I have reminded her 3 times to get to bed) just whispered, “I love you.” Good three words. In fact they’re awesome three words. But they’re not the three words I’m […]
Jim and I have been taking a walk together every day. It’s awesome. We leave the children with some chores to do and a reward if they get them done by the time we return, and then we disappear. For at least 45 minutes. We walk, we talk, we sweat. Good stuff. We actually have […]
I can’t believe it’s been almost 2 months since my last blog post. Where did I disappear to? Well, in the past 2 months, we’ve soaped thousands of bars of soap, fed 8 hungry children daily, cared for 12 goats and shoveled all their manure, visited the Emergency Room, washed over 100 loads of laundry, […]
Well, it has been an exhausting week. Thursday morning the last of the April goat kids were finally born (I’ll get photos up later). Twins – 1 buckling and 1 doeling, both adorable and healthy. But the best part about Thursday morning kids is that Jim and I got to enjoy our Thursday evening date […]
Grandma flew me and Brett and Indigo to Florida a few weekends ago to sell soap at her community craft fair. Since she got the tickets she got us a “nice” early flight so we could spend as much time with her as possible. Of course, that meant we had to get out of bed […]
In a former life (that means before children), I used to be a Systems Engineer. I was fairly up to date on the latest technology. But in this lifetime, the newest technology has left me in the dust. I’m completely clueless about most stuff that the average teenager takes for granted. But that is completely […]
Friends of ours have 4 children. Their youngest is named Paul after his father. They often call him PJ (Paul Junior). Well, apparently there was much confusion in their family because when Emily (the mom) said “PJ”, her children didn’t know whether she was referring to me or to their PJ. So the children came […]
Two nights ago, I had a very bad headache. I was lying on my stomach and I asked Cole to rub my shoulders. Emery came over to help as well. I told him to pound on my neck as it was very tense. They were hard at work and it felt wonderful! A few minutes […]
I am so glad I started writing this blog. I started it to capture some of my memories – but it has turned into a family affair. When things happen, somebody is sure to remind me, “You have to blog about that.” And off they run to get the camera. Even Jim is a part […]