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

Blog Posts

  • Jayden’s 7th Birthday

    Oh how time flys, my little man is turning 7 today.   He is getting so grown up too.   He is my biggest helper, he begged me to let him have unloading the dishwasher as one of his daily jobs.  He is always offering to help me out in some way, and rarely protests when i

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  • My Daddy is With Jesus

    I am currently driving across New Mexico while I write this, headed home to be with my family.  My Daddy, had a long courageous fight with cancer.  He went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday at noon.  He is no longer in pain and will never be again.  He was faithful

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  • Last week we had a busy week.  We finally cooked up our pumpkins that we had grown in our garden this year and turned them into some delicous pumpkin muffins.  It would have been even better if I had not over cooked the second batch of muffins.  If you are going to use pumpkins for

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  • California Trip

    We got to be there to see my sister Mikaela get baptized.  Go shopping with my Mom and sisters. We took Teagan’s 7 months pictures. Teagan did great on the plane.  She loved to smile at anyone who would take the time to talk to her.   She loved having my sisters and brother to

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  • Yesterday morning Ally fell off a stool and hurt her hand.  She was a bit of a drama queen, it hurt to touch it and she didn’t want anyone close to it.  She was still able to wiggle her fingers and move her arm around a bit, so we didn’t think it was broken.  When

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  • Ohio Vacation

    Last week we went to Ohio to visit some friends.  While we were their we went to the Creation Museum in Cincinnati, it was awesome, although I highly suggest going on a day that is not raining as we did not get to see the outside walk, or the petting zoo. The museum is awesome

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  • Teagans Dedication

    Dedication of Teagan Black July 3, 2011 Statement of Commitment We agree that it is Go’s will that we assume primary responsibility under God for getting biblical and doctrinal knowledge into the head and heart of our child. We understand that the result of negleting our God-ordained responisbility is that our daughter may likely forsake

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  • Timmy is Timmy!  We say this a lot in our house.  Timmy is my lovable, full of mischief, snugly, always in trouble, little boy.  I wouldn’t know what to do without Timmy, and their are many days I don’t know what to do with Timmy.  This past week has been a week of not knowing

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  • Financial Differences

    We went to a local craft fair on Saturday.  The kids had fun in the children’s area doing things that I rarely let them do at home, as I don’t like cleaning up the mess.  In this area there was a Children’s Store.  The crafters had donated items that the children could purchase at a

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  • Du Quoin State Fair

    We the kids, along with Grandma and Grandpa Black and Aunt Olivia, to the State Fair on Saturday.  It was nice having the extra hands.  We of course ate some corn dogs, because who can go to a fair and not have a corn dog, and a funnel cake too!   The kids got to

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