The winter months can be long and a little boring for the kids but a little creativity helps us through the long cold days. All the kids have enjoyed playing in our airplane. It was a fun project to work on as a family and has entertained us for many hours over the last week. Some new paint and cut up sponges were a…

I know that all of my many blog readers have VERY strong opinions about politics, but feel free to take your opinions to your own website, this is mine! :) This is not a political post it is a historic post, so please don't be confused. I hate starting confrontation or any kind of debate, so that is not what I am…

Last night was Trent's graduation from karate. He moved from a white belt to a white with yellow stripe belt. He was so excited and I was so proud of him. When the whole thing was over, he said to me, "Mom, I think I did a good job and everyone liked me, because everyone was taking pictures of me the whole t…

Bath is always a popular place in our house, but rarely do all three kids want to jump in at the exact same time. Yesterday was that rare day and Aliya LOVED it. She had no problem sharing her toys and space to spend time with her brothers. She adored being so close to them and had a huge smile on her face during th…

Trent, Dylan and I were playing school today. Trent decided that it was time to go on a field trip. So we loaded everyone into the van (aka the school bus) and headed out. We decided to find beautiful things to take pictures of in our town (remember we only live in a town of 700 so I wasn't sure how much we would …

Nate had this weekend off. We had a ton of fun spending time together as a family. I made the family a nice dessert, and judging by the extra large smiles it must have been extra yummy! Trent while eating it said "delicioso Mom! Do you know what that means? It means yummy, yummy, yummy in my tummy in Spanish!&qu…

It is a beautiful day today. We took advantage of the nice weather and went outside to play! Trent was excited to find some wheat. He also loved all the different animal prints he found in the mud. It was a great time! Dylan was napping so once we woke up we had to take him out so he could enjoy some sunshine to…