I love being a mother.  I love that we have a day to celebrate motherhood.  I love that I have a great husband and 3 boys who enjoy spoiling me.  My Caleb even prayed for a week before Mother's Day that they would be able to make me feel special.  How can I not feel…

I love that this bike ride has become a family tradition and a family reunion!  Derek rode on Friday with a bunch of buddies.  The first year Derek rode on Friday by himself, but each year has picked up more riders who take off work for the morning and ride the first leg of the…

Every year the local baseball team, the RoughRiders, host "School Spirit Night" for the elementary schools in the district and it benefits the Council of PTAs.  I like this event - I think it's fun for families and good for schools to come together in a fun way.  Our school's choir sang the national anthem and…

What a fun theme Misti and Angela put together – Camping – Gourmet Style!!  Little catfish swimming in a bowl as the centerpiece.  Wildflowers on the table.  And each course was named something cute like "weanie roast" or "s'mores" or "mud soup" - despite it's name, it was all delicious!  I ate escargot for the first time…

At the end of April we had Gourmet Club over at Phoebe's (the founder)…her partner is Theann (a chef).  We knew it was going to be good – but, in fact, it turned out to be my favorite EVER!  The theme was "urban" – food from 3 cities, New York, LA and Chicago.  Beautiful presentation…

And apparently we're the hottest city in the country today.  And we're feelin' it!  Coming out of church the car felt like an oven.

Our annual Father/Son Campout was scheduled for two weeks ago, the day of the monsoon.  Cancelled.  And rescheduled for last night.  I enjoyed a few hours of productive cleaning, two movies ("Dear John" and "We are Marshall"), popcorn and time with my dog.  :)  Derek was in charge of food for the campout and was…

Once again I am at the mercy of my crazy self. Remember how I was in charge of selling tickets for the RoughRiders game? Well we sold a lot of them (close to 450 tickets) – we came in second place in fact (behind my mom’s school, which is another story!). Well now I’m painting…

I've gone and done it.  I've become one of those blogs that I hate to even bother checking because the blogger routinely does NOT post.  Twice this month – that's all I've blogged.  And we're now 24 days in.  That is preposterous.  Bad, bad blogger. It's not that I haven't been doing things, or even…

Here we are…with our silly bands. I went to Walgreens today in a monsoon, without an umbrella. All in an effort to brighten the day for the boys. Today was Field Day. Caleb got to have his, but Jacob’s was cancelled. Tonight was supposed to be the Father/Son campout. Also cancelled. Derek was in charge…