Cider and Spices

I know, I know, it isn't Monday anymore... hasn't been Monday all day. But I'm posting it now, so at least I didn't forget c...

Here is a recipe I made up from veggies I had in the fridge. It was so good! I think I may use rice next time instead of Ramen, so the veggi...

So in the scrapping and card-making world, today is Make A Card Monday, and I thought I would join in the craze. Every Monday (it is actuall...

Mike went by himself to Pickering's Pub last night to watch KU beat Missouri at basketball (Beak 'Em, HAWKS!!!), since we didn't...

We got to have Bonnie and Caleb over for dinner tonight, which is always fun. Bonnie had worked long and hard yesterday making a very tasty...

I asked Griffin yesterday if he had been watching Sesame Street in the TV room, and he said something that had me laughing so hard I had to ...

Our potty training days have become much more structured (can you say "structured" and "potty training" in the same sent...

Sammy came toddling into my closet the other morning as I got ready for the day. He looked for all the world like he had something he reall...

We are beginning to decorate for Christmas, and once again I am struck by how much STUFF we have. How could we possibly have accumulated thi...

Well, we have all been sick now for over a week. This bug has taken its toll on all of us, and we are ready for it to be gone! It's to...

We were sitting at the table eating lunch today when Griffin all of a sudden started talking about the movie "Over The Hedge". Th...

Sammy has started saying "To Coco." Don't know what that means? Here is the interpretation. Griffin was playing with the...

Sammy really likes the fireman hat that Griffin wore for Halloween. He wears it all over the place. Well, yesterday he brought it up to me...

Griffin has Mono. Wow. I totally wasn't expecting that diagnosis! He hasn't seemed to be more tired than usual in the last few days....

I can't believe it's only 7 weeks (and 5 days) until Christmas! Wow. The years seem to get shorter and shorter. Just last week, it s...

These are my thoughts that have come from a question Mike asked me a few days ago. We were discussing school options for the boys. He knows...

I had so much fun at Bonnie's house carving pumpkins two weekends ago. I had never carved a pumpkin before, so it was a crash course....

Miles is on antibiotics for his mangled face and also a cream for one of his eyes that had started to swell up. Cleo was given her worming ...

Wow, what a week this has been! And today was the doozy. First off, Griffin's lymph nodes, the ones on one side of his neck, have been...

I attended my first MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) meeting tonight at the church we have been attending for about a month now. It was so muc...

I had put it off long enough. I have had the supplies sitting in my craft room for weeks. I finally made my fall wreath today. I didn't ...

Need I say more? But I will anyway. The boys LOVE playing in the dirt! Sammy...

Life has been very even-keel over the past few weeks, but my blogging time has been eaten up by a myriad of other things. Also, my camera ha...

You tell on yourself by the friends you seek, By the very manner in which you speak, By the way you employ your leisure time, By the ...

What a weekend! We spent most of this weekend at Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun. We are all exhausted but happy and filled with some grea...

You were there when we brought our first new baby home from the hospital. You were cast aside many a night because the doc...

Mike installed a program on my computer that makes adding pictures to my blog a breeze! After the laptop crashed, I knew it might be a whil...