I hosted Thanksgiving again this year only this time in a different location and with different family, and with NO oven fire. I considered it a success. My sister's family came to visit from Omaha, NE. I'm so glad to have had family with us this...

Halloween is always a crazy weekend, but this one seemed especially crazy. For one, we were buried in snow. School was canceled for 3 days last week just after getting back to school from a 2 week fall break. Nice. The snow was crazy, we survived, it...

Austin was quite busy last week. Here is his week in pictures. We'll start with the end. He turned 5 on Oct. 28th. Poor Austin waits patiently all year long for his birthday so when it comes its a big deal. We didn't have a party this year do to...

Yesterday I had the following conversation with Austin. I asked him to give me a kiss I puckered up and then... Austin: I want to give you a kiss on your lips because then I can have a baby. Me: (it took me a second to decide what to do) Well...

Today we woke up to a nice thick blanket of snow and it has continued to snow all day. The boys were asking to play in the snow at 8:00 am. (Tanner is in his 2nd week of fall break) I told them we could play at 10:30 hoping it would warm up a...