Riddle Me This...

Addie { standing up on the chair, playing with the blinds} Me: Addie, you need to sit on your bottom. Addie: No! Me { stern eyebrows...

    If I had my child to raise again, I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later. I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger...

 Lexi. In time out. Yes, she's smiling. Lexi {in time out}: Boy, these walls are sure dirty. Me {refraining from strangling child}:...

Aunt Marti (or Mart-eye as Lexi calls her) and Uncle Brian (I'm going to teach them to call him Uncle Brain) stayed a few days after the...

 16 lbs. 4 oz. 25 3/4 inches long

On July 18, 2010, we blessed Emily. Here are some of the things she was blessed with: to be optimistic, to be a good sister and daughter, t...

"It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder, and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire t...

So, a friend of mine recently mentioned she had a sitemeter on her blog. A what? I checked it out. I got one. And, I check it. It tells me l...

Allen showing off his mad skillz with Emily. He especially likes to do this in the church hallways while the Grandmas look on in horror.

It's been a little bit of a roller coaster, that's for sure. You know, when I was preggers with Emily, I got a pretty good feeling a...

  Apricot tree (planted Fall 2010, grasses Spring 2009)   Pear tree (planted Fall 2009) Marigolds (planted Spring 2010) Corn, peas, green ...