The weather has been very mild lately so it should have come as no surprise when winter weather finally arrived.  I am always amazed at how you can go from a beautiful fall day and then wake up the next morning to a glorious winter snow.  Snow is like an unexpected gift arriving for the children.  The kids suddenly…

Our little girl somehow managed to become double digits in just a blink of an eye.  She celebrated her birthday with a family party, a night out at her favorite Mexican restaurant and a trip to the American Girl Doll store.  All in all her birthday lasted over a week with different activities each day and she was ju…

Old friendships take work, patience, understanding, forgiveness and growth but they will bring love and joy to no end.  I am so thankful for my sweet old friend who has stood the test of time.

Our neighbors have chickens and we just love watching them.  They seem to be pretty fond of us as well as they visit us nearly every day.  They often come up to our glass door and stare in our house at us just like we stare out our window at them.  They have become a major attraction of all the children who visit …