Day For Daddy

I know, I know. This is a day late. But better late than never, right?Yesterday was Father’s Day, and part of a crazy busy few days. Thursday was spent at Bible School, helping with the dinner. Friday was the Bible School picnic. Saturday was a jewelry show AND a super […]

Our Day Out

There is an awesome park that my parents discovered about 30 minutes from us, so my mom, the kids, and myself all loaded up to go last week. It was H-O-T, but we got there in the late morning and played until lunch, so it wasn’t too bad. Ervin…well, Ervin hung […]

The Last Time My Heart Melted

The life of a stay-at-home mom with a practically new infant is boring. B-O-R-I-N-G. Even in the summer. Especially in the summer? It’s the same thing every day….feed, change, and soothe the baby. Try to keep the older kids from fighting. Squeeze in meal cooking for the rest of the […]

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Pawsitively Exciting!

I am so excited to be part of Max’s Pawsitively Exciting Children’s Book Blog Tour! Maximus (known as Max) is an English Labrador that is working hard to raise money for Leader Dogs for the Blind through his book “Dogs Work Too!”. You can purchase a copy here.The book is fun and educational; Max […]

Stylish Blogger Award: Twitter Edition

I was thrilled to see that Diane over at Functioning Dysfunctional graced me with a Stylish Blogger Award!First of all, go to her blog and see her ADORABLE dog. Then, read her stuff. She’s a fellow Mom Pledger, a single mom to two teenagers and incredibly candid…check out “And That’s Why […]

Growing Up.

Where in the world has the time gone? I can remember when my oldest looked like this.And this. This.And this. Oh my word.But today, the little squirt in the diaper and thigh high boots all of the sudden grew up and went to Kindergarten Round-Up. He’s going to real, live, big […]

The Second Day

The second night in the hospital with Baby Ervin was not a good night. And THAT is an understatement. It’s the day that I found out that my oldest brother had died. I was a MESS.My good friend and sister-in-jewelry, Kari, came to see us (before the news was broken). […]

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the first of many conversations

So, we’ve been home with the baby for about an hour and a half.He was hungry when we got home (of course) so I sat down in the living room to feed him.He then started to fill his pants.I said to the big two “you guys, your baby brother can […]

Day One With Ervin

This is A Pictorial Of March 24, 2011. The Day of Ervin’s Birth (Cont. From Previous Post)Aka: Back In The Hospital Room On Day OneMeeting Grandma and Grandpa FunkPlotting How To Continue Stealing Hearts….Mr. Ned Getting AcquaintedMeeting Big Brother, Big Sisters and Grandma and Grandpa ForsbergCaptain Henry And his “First Mate” […]

I wasn’t going to do this, but with everything posted on facebook and the people who don’t live around here, I didn’t want there to be confusion or misunderstanding. My oldest brother, Luke, was killed yesterday afternoon in an accident at work. I don’t have words. Just please keep his […]