I am moving over to wordpress - I enjoy typepad, but sometimes it's about saving some money :) Looks like wordpress will work plenty fine for what I want. Come visit soon! Here is my new home Taking Time Let... Continue reading

A minute of my day This was right after he was trying to start a fire with old sunflower stalks from last year...just like Man Vs. Wild he told me - Thanks discovery channel! Continue reading

I'm so excited - last year I actually grew some food and hopefully this year we will have more food from our garden and less from the store / farmer's market! I have flipped through and read from The Square... Continue reading

Savoring the view of our grapes growing! Continue reading

MONTHS ago, Jennifer at Cozy as Spring had a give away for fabric scraps and I WON! I was so excited! When I received the fabric in the mail I was even more excited...it wasn't small scraps, there was some... Continue reading

Just taking a minute to remember a minute from my days...why the little one loves lemon juice I will never understand. Have a blessed Tuesday! Continue reading

3 Corn beef briskets cooked in the pressure cooker 2 heads of cabbage 3 bags new potatoes Never ending green beer House full of family and friends One uninvited but very stylishly dressed donkey showing up to the party Leprechaun... Continue reading

My daughter heads to "state" next month with her school for her awesome job at regionals! We are so proud of her! I have yet to hear her speech...I don't know how speaking in front of family could be different... Continue reading

My husband doesn't like sweets much - or so he says cookies always get made on the first snow I think cookies are a hassle to make, I don't know why - maybe all the measuring cups and spoons yet... Continue reading

With the younger boys moving upstairs, there has been an adjustment period...we are still in in and it has been over a month. A big sister decided it was time to plot out a plan to keep the 4 year... Continue reading

Last night began our Lenten Friday nights. I believe it is one of my favorite times of the year. So much talk of preparing, praying, fasting, almsgiving. Our evening began at 6 at our church, an evening of a Lenten... Continue reading

I don't know who gets more out of the Catholic goodies that I find, the kids or me! For the kids, hopefully the way that we live our life solidifies the Catholic faith so that they know no other way... Continue reading

Good - hours of conversations with my sister, visiting with family I don't see often enough, laughing with grandma, digging through fabric at Grandma and Grandpa's house, seeing my Grandpa eat and keep it all down, listening to stories that... Continue reading

best smoothie - spinach, blueberries, strawberries, agave nectar, flax seed, oj, and some grape juice - will have your 4 year old asking for more as long as you keep the spinach hidden why have underwear on the table?? -... Continue reading

Found some great things to use to make Saint Valentine's day cards this week as I was searching some awesome Catholic blogs. I did these with my religious education kindergarten class and they really enjoyed it...throw in some tissue paper... Continue reading

Our 4 year old son LOVES Jason Aldeen...he's even on the "favorites" CD. I thought it was just him, but we had my niece over to stay the night, she's a new 6 and her request as I went up... Continue reading

This is day 3 of getting up at 5:30 in the morning to walk on the treadmill...it's early! Motivation from a friend is keeping me going and I love seeing how many calories are burned - in my case I... Continue reading

I posted about pin curls...they were a disaster...they did really make me laugh though. When you do a google search, my pin curl post comes up...people come most likely hoping for some good info on pin curls and they get... Continue reading

We made homemade applesauce this morning while the babies where napping. We have made it before, and the kids have been wanting to make some again. Whole foods had apples .99 lb this week! I warmed the applesauce up to go with our lunch of chicken nuggets, carrots and celery with ranch dressing. Lots of fun playing in the wagon while we were outside today...good thing we always have a kiddo who is willing to go along for the ride. Listened to a book on cd - it's the sequel to "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs". The book is... Continue reading

Finally a day when we can see the sun and play outside with the babies! We spent the majority of the day out back where there was lots of running and playing going on. We filled the bird feeders which then brought back our cardinal - Tanner loves cardinals! After he tired of listening to the cardinals song he scared him off with a duck call...what fun is a duck call if you can't use it to scare someone right? In the evening time we made a run to the library and came back with a stack of books and... Continue reading

It's funny how some toss something aside when it is rusted and worn. The wagon that sits in our backyard is rusted, worn, and even has some little holes starting. It sat on the side of the house worn out... Continue reading