Derek has a small obsession with egg-white omelets.  He makes one every morning for breakfast.  And they're really yummy. Jacob has a small obsession with wanting to know if Santa Claus is real or not.  He's cornered me 3 times in the last 3 days.  And I skirt the issue by asking "what do you…

There are several things around our home that have been "thorns in my side".  1.  The Backyard.  Period.  The whole thing – particularly the white trash swingset and the large flower bed that had no flowers (only dirt). 2.  The piano room.  The first room you see when you walk through the front door.  The only…

I know some of you probably already read this blog, as I do.  But this latest post is so poignant and moving to me.  This beautiful mother who was in a plane crash with her husband, and burned over 80% of her body, and comatosed for 3 months, and whose sisters cared for her 4…

We had originally planned to head down to Austin for Spring Break, but Caleb's tonsilectomy changed those plans.  So my Dad and Christy decided to head up here instead.  Dinner at La Hacienda, fishing/shopping, a movie (Race to Witch Mountain – a little too violent for me, but Jacob loved it!), an engagement celebration dinner…

  We had a fun evening with our friends the Hickens and Dalebouts last night playing Family Kickball.  It was fun to have a game that kids of all ages could participate in and enjoy.    Have I mentioned that we love these families?!   Sidenote: Caleb played hard and was happy to be out with…

Derek and I have filled out our brackets, and are now ready for the 'madness' which is March. Winner gets dinner at III Forks with their spouse (and bragging rights, of course)!  It's a win-win!

Spring Break started yesterday and I feel like I am "walking on sunshine".  I love the slower pace and less structured nature of having the kids home on a break.  It makes me happy.  And the weather helps too – after days and days of cold rain last week, we are enjoying blue skies and…

Caleb’s surgery went well this morning.  Other than being slightly grumpy at times (expected and certainly allowed), he is doing wonderfully!  3 popsicles, yogurt, pudding, two fruit smoothies, and bread and jam…I’d say he’s doing ok.  And he loves his (*ugly*) new orange & blue teddy bear (from the doctors) and airplane hat (made by one…

flock together. I had to laugh when I read my two best gal pals blogs this morning. One is entitled "Wait that's not all…" and she describes the many meetings and responsibilities she currently has associated with her calling as Stake Young Women's president. The other is called "Up to My Eyeballs" and describes the…

Leave it to my creative family to have zany, crazy, silly, loony, but FUN activities.  Like the one we had last Saturday, for example. It started like this:  At the Christmas dinner table, Steve (a.k.a. Pops, who knows everything about everything) informed us all that 2009 was the centennial of Errol Flynn's birth.  "Who's Errol…