My birthday :)

My birthday :)

It’s my birthday! And it’s a big one this year. 🙂 5 years ago I had a group of ladies over to help me celebrate & it was a wonderful time of fellowship. I had been hoping for most of this year to be able 

December 2019 Family Funnies

December 2019 Family Funnies

Logan was making a sandwich for Ellenor & I asked him to make it out of a roll instead since they needed to be used. I went & buckled Ellie in her chair & told her that Logan was making her a sandwich. Logan pipes 

Making Pizzelles

Making Pizzelles

One of our favorite Christmas season traditions is making pizzelles. My Grandma Connie, who died when I was 14, used to make these cookies & I have such fond memories of eating them with her. So, every December make pizzelles. We make them to eat 

Ellie’s 21 month post

Ellie’s 21 month post

Hard to believe this sweet little girl is 21 months already! She has started talking so much more the past month, sometimes she will just go on and on and on and it doesn’t make any sense. 🙂 She does say a lot more words, 

Gratitude Post

Gratitude Post

Gratitude is something we are always striving towards. We have realized that the more we CHOOSE to be grateful, the more grateful we ARE, or BECOME. We would like to start doing a weekly gratitude post & will strive towards that. For this week, we 

Poirot & Belgian chocolates

Poirot & Belgian chocolates

I had planned our Gratitude post for today, but spent yesterday instead catching up with an old family friend & we enjoyed an evening of watching “Poirot” & eating Belgian chocolates. (since Poirot is Belgian) 🙂 Grant saw the box of Belgian chocolates last time 

Miscellaneous Pictures November 2019 – Part 2

Miscellaneous Pictures November 2019 – Part 2

The younger kids love to “camp out” in the main living areas…. 🙂

Our Thanksgiving

Our Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, celebrated with our whole family & Grant’s Mom and Sherman. Everyone worked together to get the food ready (we started Wednesday & did what we could. And we bought the pies this year ….shocking I know!) 😉 Lizzy did most