We usually always join our friends from church for the homecoming parade but this year it was too chilly for Kate to get out that early in the morning AND Aunt Erin was here!! So, she and Aunt Meagan took the kids up to see the parade as it passed in front of our road. […]

FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 20, 2008 Outside My Window…the fall sun is shining and the day is beautiful.I am thinking…that I love this weather and I am ready to decorate for fall. I am thankful for…a day to stay home all day and the opportunity to bless my family with a clean house. From the kitchen…it […]

Here is the finished product. All ready for my family to enjoy throughout the winter months. I am hoping to make several more batches this fall. My kids LOVE applesauce.

I started with a batch of apples from the produce stand. All I did was wash them and quarter them. Then I threw them in a pot with just about a cup of water in the bottom. I started them cooking on medium heat and stirred them occasionally. I let them cook for about an […]

Katherine also got her first bath this weekend. She didn’t like it much, as was expected.

The kids got the plessure of baking cookies with Aunt Erin while she is here on leave. It is something that the girls have loved doing for years now and Josiah is learning how much fun it is. They choose to do M&M cookies this time. There was a mess to clean up but the […]

The kids had so much fun at the hayride this year. They all got to play the water balloon toss with Grandma. And Josiah got to drive the BIG tractor that was pulling the wagon. We got a picture of my grandma with some of her great-grandchildren. I didn’t get a copy of the picture […]

We got out today and went to the airport to pick up Aunt Erin. It has been 11 LONG months since she left and we are so happy to have her home. She will be home most of this month and then will have to return to Iraq to finish her 15 month deployment. Then […]