When it comes to gifts, I might be a little spoiled by my husband.And by a “little”, I mean a lot.He got me #1 on my wish list, and I got to open it early.I have yet to figure out how to do much with it, besides point and shoot […]
Yesterday, I shared with you my personal “Captured Memories”, and a little bit about what our four kids are like right this minute.Well, my husband had a couple of things to say about those pictures.So? I asked him to make his own. And he did.I guess you could say this is almost […]
I just had to share this. Our son, Henry, turned six years old in October, and he LOVES to draw. He definitely takes after his artist dad.He’s been drawing pirates and ships for what feels like forever, and he’s improved a lot. He adds details like crazy now, and makes […]
Don’t I look handsome? Everybody’s going to love my style.He tells me this and asks me to take his picture with the pumpkin.He’s got his ‘fancy shirt with the long arm sleeves’ on today, and it makes him so proud to get all dressed up for school.He doesn’t argue too […]
Before I show pictures of our morning at the pumpkin patch, I want to let you know about some other pumpkin stuff…I’m featured over on MOMables™ again, this time sharing my pumpkin chili recipe!The air was crisp and cool this morning, as we ventured out on an autumn “field trip”. The […]
Friday was Henry’s 6th birthday, and we went to the local pizza place for dinner. My parents came along, and brought a Halloween sack full of Dollar Store Halloween goodies.They were a hit.Especially these glasses…Me and my camera were MUCH too slow to capture the glasses on Erv.Henry and his […]
Since the past few days have been all about birthdays, I’ll continue in that vein for my weekly take on Julie’s 52 Weeks of Pinterest Challenge!(If you haven’t been following along, we’re doing a project/cooking a recipe/visiting a place/etc that we have pinned on Pinterest.com, a HIGHLY addictive virtual bulletin […]
Today, you’re six.Another year has come and gone, much too fast. But you’re the oldest of FOUR (!) and we treat you as such. Sometimes you resent it, and sometimes you soak it up.You light up a room with your excitement and huge, friendly smile (and let’s not forget those […]
This weekend was big.I saw my good friend from college get married on Friday and we spent the rest of it with family and friends in Arkansas.The big three kids had a BLAST. Here’s part of the reason:Do YOU know anybody else that has a PIRATE SHIP in their YARD?!How […]
***Before I tell you all about our week, don’t forget that tomorrow (Saturday) is the LAST day to enter my Mabel’s Labels Giveaway. Get on it, folks!***Well, because of Labor Day on Monday, this was a short week. But it felt very, very LONG.This is what went down:Monday was a […]