Part of the reason that it's been so hard to post is because of our newest family member, Skittles.  The little rascal is practically attached to me at the hip and this has been a hindrance because our computer is in the girls' playroom and, well, Skittles has a small but very powerful...

A Wii game system from Nintendo was one of our family's most popular Christmas gifts this year. Right after gifts had been opened Christmas morning my oldest son set out to create characters for the entire family. They are called "Mii"s (pronounced like "me"). Then he, his father and youngest brothe...

  A few months ago, I told you about when my friend Carol's husband, Paul, died. It was so unexpected, such a shock that we were all stunned. What do you do?  Flowers seemed so little and we all stood by, helpless to help Carol.  In a fit of being...well...me, I ordered a huge ...

  We all know that you don't have to spend a lot of money to have a good time but I think the opposite of that which is also true is that sometimes it's fun to splurge a little and have a great time. That's what we chose for New Year's Eve. Because Thanksgiving and Christmas we...

My husband and the boys worked on putting up our tree a few nights ago. Samuel usually gets quite excited when we pull out all the Christmas decorations, but he tends to stay on the periphery of activity. I was cleaning up in the kitchen when I heard Samuel ask my husband, "Can I help?" I was so hap...

I never realized how hard a task it is to actually write. After I posted my last post about my......

My cousin, MIchelle, has been commuting over an hour and a half each way for a year now to finish up her Bachelor's Degree.  We're so proud of her we threw a big party for her at mine and Gene's house following the graduation ceremony.  Not only was it a great family get-together, we got t...

LONG POST COMING…… BEWARE….. Okay well I'm back blogging. I not only miss rambling on here a bit but I hate that I've taken so much time off from sharing pictures with my family. Okay yeah yeah Mom I am finally getting around to posting some pictures. No more getting on my case. I can't find w...

My mother-in-law (Edna) is a treasure. She is truly wonderful, and is loved by all who know her. Yesterday was Valentine's Day here, and it's pretty hard with a newborn baby and 7 older children to go out to a......

This was my birthday yesterday.  You can't see it well enough but in both photos taken mid-afternoon it was snowing to beat the shit at the time.  Visibility was pea soup and the weathermen all predicted 6-9 inches of "wintry mix" along with bad driving conditions for the evening...