When I was in elementary school Sunday evenings made me sick to my stomach. Because Sunday evenings meant school was around the corner. And that worried me. The homework, the schedule, the big responsibilities I placed on myself (I was a pretty conscientious, worried, painfully shy child). It was like I was gearing up to…
I have a question. When you go on vacation and you don’t bring your “real camera” what camera do you bring? I have a little Canon PowerShot SD 750 Digital Elph that I always have in my purse. When I go on a trip without the kids I just bring that one. I don’t mind…
For FHE this week we did our traditional home-heart-attack.We took the job very seriously.(Lucy claims she works better with her shirt off.)Yes, very serious.We had to add in a little Just Dance 2 on the side, because hey, we gotta have some fun in with all that seriousness.These kids were cracking Dave and I up…have…
Don’t ask me why I let the pictures on my walls bug me when I was running around frantically trying to get stuff done before the school bell rang at noon yesterday signaling two-weeks of school freedom. But I did. They just weren’t very Christmas-y. So when I stopped at Home Depot to grab something…
As anyone who sends me questions is well aware, I’m not a top-notch question-answer-er. And I really do feel bad that I can’t get it together enough to reply on a regular basis. So I’m trying to answer a few questions today (mostly those that have been asked quite a few times). Here you go:…
So, when we went into the big city for our Labor Day get-away, I never told about our adventures on the light rail. And since it further illustrates my desire to make sure our kids see life from a different perspective (see this post), here you go: I was pleased as punch to get our…
I went through a lot of old e-mails last month. Anyone who knows me knows I am HORRIBLE with e-mails. But I’m changing my ways. Really, I am. But for now I want to write a little note about my temple prints (the ones I wrote about clear back here.) Because when I was going…
One of our summer projects was to paint Grace’s room. She wanted a little change from the yellow walls Lucy had for so long. And I discovered that when you mention the possibility of painting a room to 6, 8 and 11-year-0ld girls their eyes pop open in incredibly eager anticipation envisioning themselves painting real…
I posted pictures of our kitchen “spruce-up” back here, but the family room and dining nook weren’t done yet. So here they are. Our family room/kitchen went from this: to this:…and the view coming from the other direction went from this:to this: The dining nook went from this: to this:(For more about that map, click…