Merry Christmas To Me!

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 […]

By |December 15th, 2011|Christmas, Ervin, Essie, Henry, ivy|Comments Off on Merry Christmas To Me!

The Kids (In Daddy’s Eyes)

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 […]

Autumn Eye Candy

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 […]

By |October 21st, 2011|Ervin, Essie, fall is coming, Halloween, Henry, ivy|Comments Off on Autumn Eye Candy

Birthday Goofiness #iPPP

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 […]

Epic. Birthday. Party.

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 […]

Week In Review

***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 […]

By |September 9th, 2011|Ervin, Essie, fall is coming, Henry, ivy|Comments Off on Week In Review

Labor Day Shenanigans 2011 (Part 2)

So, after we finished at the museum, we went to a place called Sports Center (also in Topeka), that has mini-golf, go-karts, batting cages, a driving range, and arcade-type stuff. We did the first three, and also had a pizza picnic in the breezy sunshine (did I mention the weather […]

By |September 8th, 2011|Ervin, Essie, fall is coming, Henry, ivy, Labor Day|Comments Off on Labor Day Shenanigans 2011 (Part 2)

Labor Day Shenanigans 2011 (Part 1)

Every year, my family does something for Labor Day. It’s been a tradition for the last, I don’t know…8 years or more. Ever since our family started growing and it became harder to get everybody together for the more “traditional” family holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas).This year, we went to the Mulvane […]

By |September 6th, 2011|Ervin, Essie, fall is coming, Henry, ivy, Labor Day|Comments Off on Labor Day Shenanigans 2011 (Part 1)

School Daze

I complain about how early I have to get up, now that I’m part of the School Kids’ Mom Club. It’s exhausting getting up at 6:11 am every day, and staying up until after the kids go to bed and I can’t be awake any longer.(Why 6:11, you ask? It’s […]

By |September 5th, 2011|giveaway, Henry, ivy, school|Comments Off on School Daze

iPhone Photo Phun: Little Ballerina

Ivy has now had three ballet classes.Since the first one, she’s warmed up a bit. I still have to sit in the studio and watch, but she doesn’t really pay attention to me anymore.She’s far too busy twirling.

How stinking cute is she?

Learning to Plie (is that a verb?)

Ribbon Time!
Of course, […]

By |August 31st, 2011|ivy|Comments Off on iPhone Photo Phun: Little Ballerina