Birthday Cake!

Birthday Cake!

Tonight, Lily Rose was introduced to the magical world of chocolate. She had lots of help blowing out her candle! You can see a touch of ice cream on her mouth. She was not particularly excited about it, I think because of the temperature. Hmmm… good stuff!...
Birthdays

Birthdays

This lovely birthday tiara was passed along to me yesterday and I was told that Miss Fran wants to see a picture of Lily Rose wearing it. It is really difficult to get pictures of her with her eyes open and/or her tongue in her mouth, so one out of two isn’t...
Happy Birthday, Bunny!

Happy Birthday, Bunny!

Lily Rose is 1 year old today, and what an interesting year it has been! Even after having 7 other kids, Lily introduced some new firsts: first baby with colic (I honestly didn’t think colic was a real thing – WRONG!), and first baby to need physical...
Happy Birthday, Jacob!

Happy Birthday, Jacob!

Twenty years ago today, at 3:03 a.m., Bryan and I began our journey into parenthood with the birth of Jacob. As a firstborn, he began life as something of a guinea pig. When we took him home from the hospital, I said, “I can’t believe they’re letting...
IKEA Adventure

IKEA Adventure

Do you ever feel that your life has become a comedy of errors? This pretty much sums up the last couple of days on a quest for some really CHEAP (well, hopefully not cheap, just inexpensive) bookcases. Since our move last August, my little friends – my books...
Our first quilting bee, and rediscovering a little piece of family history…

Our first quilting bee, and rediscovering a little piece of family history…

Sabra and I were invited on Friday to join some other moms and daughters in our homeschool group who are interested in quilting. We will meet about every two weeks this summer and work on our individual quilts; in between meetings we will work at home on our own. We...

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