We started off celebrating Molly's birthday a few days early with a donut themed sleepover with swimming the next day!

Our second family date was to see Star Wars, The Last Jedi.  We all liked it and of course ate a bunch of junk food.  We had some grumpy, tired kids in the car on the way home, which was a bummer, but at least we had fun at the movie.   No family picture for this one,...

Over the past few years, we've been able to upgrade some things in our kitchen, making it nicer to cook at home...well nicer for Tom...I don't know any different as it's the only place I cook. 🙂  However, the main appliances that came with the house were very low...

This year for Christmas we decided to get the girls a year of experiences.  On Christmas morning, they opened 12 boxes, one for every month from December through November.  In each box was an activity we would do as a family. Last Friday was our first family date.  We...

What a fun and crazy month December was!  

I can't believe we have a 13 year old!  Sage has been planning her party, for forever.  (Big surprise!)

The Middle Schools' fall play this year was A Midsummer Night's Dream.  It was adapted for the school by Sage's drama teacher.  Sage auditioned in September and got the part of a fairy.  As the practices were concluding, she decided she definitely prefers musicals as...

"Today is the best day that God made for us.  It's snowing AND I'm being baptized!"  Those were Molly's thoughts as we were driving to church on Sunday morning. I admit, I had to hold back tears as she was being baptized.  2 years ago, I wondered if God would allow me...

This has been a busy, but fun week!

We have been working hard on Halloween costumes the past few weeks. On Friday night, the princess, the jelly fish and I went to the school Harvest Party.  In past years, the harvest party has been so crowded and the girls even skipped a few years becuase of that. ...