I don't have the recipe for this-yet-but wanted to post a picture.  This was a pretty fabulous cake my little sisters made with Grandma...

I seem to be in a very optimistic mood today (could it be that I finished my 4-day math training yesterday) and decided to document it a li...

So, 8th grade dances are apparently a pretty big deal here. The sponsors at my school spent weeks getting ready for this event, and it was ...

My favorite day of the year. This year daddy made another fabulous supper, and mama spent a lot of time just enjoying her little baby (who...

The farmer's market opened up here recently, so we just had to start summer off with some strawberry rhubarb pie. I use an old recipe f...

So a couple weekends ago we decided it was time to take Theodore to his first zoo! It was a little dreary that morning, but I really wante...

In the last few months, we have been cutting back on eating out, but do have a few places to recommend, all of them on the ever changing Mai...

Now that Theodore is mobile, it is much harder to work on the computer than one would think. Currently, he is out grocery shopping with da...

So one thing motherhood does not seem to allow for is a lot of reading time. Over the last year I have really had to work to squeeze in tim...

We were having a hard time getting into the Advent season this year, but we finally received our dose of Christmas weather this w...

I have been neglecting my blog. No excuses, though I have many, it has just been pure neglect. I have started many posts, but never had ...

Lately we have been taking our eating out a little more seriously. Since we are trying to cut back on how often we eat out, every time we d...

Theodore finally got to taste his first fruits this weekend, as we started him on pears. He didn't make any faces at all, just wanted to...

Last Sunday, Brian had his tenth birthday since I met him at the tender age of 18. He says it was his best yet, most likely because he had s...

Theodore is officially 6th months!

Theodore was finally baptized into the Lutheran faith on Aug. 15, 2010 at our newly renovated church. It was a unique experience for my fami...