We had a good weekend.  Everyone is feeling better.  The weather was ideal.  I got the house clean and all of the doorknobs sprayed with Lysol.  Now I’m off and running on this Monday morning.  January was a crazy month, and I’m feeling FINALLY like I’m back in my groove now that it’s February.  I…

I was picking up Caleb from preschool the other day and noticed that there was a store "pad" available and for sale in the shopping strip next to our nearest Target.  Hmmmm, I thought.  If I could open a store?!? What would it be…? So I made it a family project. Meredith – I would…

Samuel was up for 3 hours last night…vomiting. We had to sit with him in the bathtub. The doctor said that this stomach virus is lasting up to a week.  It was LAST Thursday when he started vomiting.  Last Tuesday, when Jacob started.  That makes almost a week and a half of laundry, carpet cleaning…

I don’t know how it happened.  Maybe it was when I picked up a TIME magazine last July sitting in the boys’ dentist office.  It outlined all of the “then” candidates.  My obsession probably started there.  And it has gained in momentum because of CNN’s “Election Center”, every night on Anderson Cooper, with their state-of-the-art…

re·sur·gence  (rĭ-sûr’jəns)  n.  A continuing after interruption; a renewal. That’s what’s happening at our house, I’m sad to say.  I was hit with the "bug" on Friday night…up most of the night.  But by Sat afternoon, was feeling much better and able to go to Jacob’s cub scout banquet and have dinner with friends.  Sunday…

Last night, the president of our Church died.  He was 97 years old.  We esteem him as a prophet…just like Moses or Abraham of the Old Testament.  We believe in continuing revelation given to those in authority.  And we believe it continues in our day.  He was a leader that anyone could look up to. …

Samuel threw up in his highchair this morning.  Now he’s got Pedialyte in a bottle. 

Caleb woke us up this morning saying he needed to throw up.  Thankfully HE made it to the bathroom first.  We sent Jacob back to school this morning, still a little lethargic but eating well.  I hated to do it, it was fun having him around.  I always like it when my kids get to…

We took a last minute trip to Utah this weekend and had a fabulous time.  It was a nice getaway and a good visit with Derek’s folks. Wednesday night we flew out.  On the airplane I sat, with the baby, by an AA captain who has been a pilot for 20+ years.  He was funny and…

We had another fabulous Gourmet Club dinner on Saturday, hosted by Angela and Nancy.  It was a "blending of cultural cuisine".  They really raised the bar, and now the pressure is on…my friend, Donna, and I have February…and we’ve been working/talking non-stop.  It’s quite a project.  Here’s some pics from Saturday. FABULOUS! Last week I…