Trent entered a young authors contest at his school.  He won first place for his story and best cover.  He did a great job and we are so proud of him!!! Front Cover Back Cover "A boy is looking for his dog. He sees a lot of dogs but will he ever find Beau?" That's not my dog his head is to small. "…

Nate and I rarely get a date night out so we make the most of our time together at home. When the kids are tucked into bed is our time to date. Some evenings we are silly and crazy and some calm and mellow but no matter what we decide to do I am thankful for the time together.

We had an absolutely wonderful visit with my Mom and Dad.  It was a great week, and the only down side to the entire trip was when they had to leave.  The kids have been crying that they miss Nana and Papa and I completely understand the broken heart feeling that they are experiencing.  We are extremely thankful for t…

Nate and I love fires.  We would rather sit outside our home by the fire then go absolutely anywhere.  Today our fire was especially beautiful because it has literally taken us months to start it.  There has been a pile of limbs and plywood from our roof sitting in our backyard all winter. Nate has been itching to g…

I recently read a parenting article that said, if you feed your kids a food enough they will eventually learn to like it.  I have to disagree.  I have tried seafood for 30 years now and I still don't like it, not at all.  I don't like it plain, mixed up, or any other way.  And don't think I haven't rea…