We were blessed to have my parents be able to come out and help out when Meg was born!  They stayed for a week, shopping, cleaning, cooking, taking the big kids out for all kinds of fun (bowling, "Chicken Run", McD's, the park, trips to Sam's club…) making sure I took naps, and making sure…

Born Tuesday, March 22 @ 12:55 am 7 lb. 12 oz. 19 inches Can't tell you how grateful and happy we are she is finally here!  (And that she likes a pacifier!)

I have made it through 4 pregnancies without a picture of me near the end (actually without many pictures of me at all!)  And while that sounds like a good idea while pregnant, someday I might wonder what that big belly looked like.  So here it is.  And good thing I took it when I…

I finally figured out that that thought is why I've been humming the Christmas song "It's the most wonderful time of the year…" mindlessly lately.  With the melting piles of snow, and the melting block of ice, it IS messy… and days warm enough to do so ARE wonderful.  Everyone is loving being able to…

You may remember that Emma loves a good birthday party.  She loves to plan it, prepare for it, carry it out.  And her own birthday is no exception.  She wanted to be (and was) involved in all of it – making the invitations, bringing home signs she had made at school (that said "Happy birthday…

We have some good friends in Japan, and with the recent events there we have been talking about it a lot, and the kids wanted to do something to help.  A friend here had noticed recently that the Church's humanitarian aid site had mentioned they were short on quilts, and since winter without power in…

…. then it's time she arrived.  Baby girl is the latest of our kiddos to show up, and we are more than ready!  (Although now that it's warming up, my flip flops look less ridiculous…)

You can never have enough pictures of matching mom/daughter pj's.  Emma is a darling mommy to Ellie!

So I am all for Carter using the potty… but not so excited about him getting his own TP.    

I heard the door open and close when I was down doing laundry… and came up to find that Emma and Carter were headed "to walk to the airport… don't worry, mom, we'll walk in the gutter" (which is our cul-de-sac version of a sidewalk, so to them that sounds safe!)   I told them…