Life is a journey, not a destination ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blog Posts

  • Labor Day

    Well it has been a fun, adventurous, excitement filled day and it’s not even over with.  Mark’s parents were in town and we decided to go to the zoo with them.  The kids were excited, both about seeing Grandma and Papa and also about the zoo, and add that with Daddy not having to work,

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  • Irresistable Cake

    Timmy had a wonderful birthday, lots of presents, lots of fun, and a yummy cake. Today I was walking through the kitchen and happend to glance down at the cake, which had two strips of plastic wrap covering it.  Low and behold there were fingerprints on the edges. My first instinct was to laugh, because

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  • Toy Store Fun

    With Timmy’s birthday on Monday, we decided that we needed to decide what we are going to get the boy for his birthday.  After his birthday list we knew it would be interesting.  So we packed up the four kids and headed to Toy’s R Us.  Maybe not the brightest thing to do, but oh

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  • Timmy turns 3 on Monday.  So I was trying to find out what he wanted for his birthday.  I still have no clue what to get the boy. Here is his list. 1.  A big John Deere that I can beat Jayden 2. Handles – big handles that I can blow (I’m almost wondering if

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  • This will be our first year of actually starting to homeschool.  Jayden will start Kindergarten this year.  Oh how my little boy is growing up. I just can’t bring myself to officially start till after Labor Day though.  All the schools in our area are starting this week.  To me it just still seems like

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  • An 8 Year Adventure

    Well it’s been a while since I’ve written, not much has been going on, just everyday life.  Yesterday was Mark and I’s 8 year anniversary.  It has been an 8 year adventure, with ups and downs, and times we have both not known which was up and which was down.  In it all I’m so

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  • There is never a dull moment in our home.  Yesterday afternoon some friends came in from Ohio for a weekend visit.  Kids were playing and having a good time visiting.  Then it happened. Jay says, “Mom my hearts beating fast again.”  It has been four months since our excitement in finding out he has Supraventricular

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  • One of my kids favorite things to play is MoiMoi.  I don’t really remember how that term came about but I do know Timmy started it, and it’s usually Timmy that comes and asks “Mom can I play MoiMoi?” It’s a very intricate game, well as intricate as a two year old can create.  It

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  • First off I think I need to say, today is not my birthday or anyone in my families birthday.  That being said.  My kids threw me a surprise birthday party this morning.  Complete with cake with candle to blow out, presents, and games. This was the cake, complete with candle to blow out and hammer

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  • I get a call from my husband yesterday morning.  Mind you I was still mostly asleep. “I just wanted to let you know I got pulled over this morning in town and got a ticket.”  I’m thinking great we can’t afford this, what did you do? He starts laughing.  Really your laughing at getting pulled

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