I found the first egg this morning!!  Here is a comparison with a large white store-bought egg.  They get bigger as the chickens mature.   S...

Sorry I haven't posted much.  It was VBS week. I co-taught the first and second graders. They have a lot of energy. :) It was over 90 de...

This is a teething toy that I made for my sister.  I made a few bibs for my other sister. And I used these fun new snaps ...

My family bought me a video camera for my birthday!!! I am very excited to take videos of special events in my family's life: days with...

A trip to the post office is always fun!! I couldn't decide what stamps to get. It won't take long to use these up. 

A few popcicle sticks and some masking tape can be so entertaining.  First, we just rolled the marbles down the track. Now we are trying to ...

Yesterday was our seventh anniversary!! It has been a wonderful 7 years.  We spent the day visiting with 6 of the 9 other cousins on Jared...

While this one was napping yesterday Martin started asking me how everything works.  It started off like this: "why gas burns under our...

I keep forgetting to post pictures of the chicken coop (I will post pictures once the nesting boxes are complete - we put that off until ...

I have been doing a lot of reading in June (5 books) and July (4 books so far).  Jared has been fighting a virus and has been super tired re...

This is my new favorite recipe to use up blueberries. It is cross between a blueberry muffin and coffee cake. I am posting the original reci...

It is an ATK recipe. Look how it stays together. They drain the peaches and only use some of the juice to help it not be watery. That mak...

The second son started jumping in puddles today. I guess we need another pair of rain boots. :)  At first, when I had my camera out...

1. I made Greek yogurt!! It is so easy. You just strain regular yogurt through a cheesecloth to drain the extra liquid. It reduced in size b...

I try to have just enough of everything around the house. When your house is small and storage space is at a minimum it makes you questio...

Well, I was going to go blueberry picking this morning. They open at 8.  I need to start checking the weather in advance. 

We've been doing a lot of this.  We have had many free nights at home this month. It has been wonderful.  I can't figure out how to ...

This is my happy early morning baby! Notice my braids coming out after I have slept on them all night. Good thing Jared has trained me to en...

I was invited to a book themed baby shower recently.  When wrapping the presents I organized them by letters of the alphabet.   A is fo...

I  went to pick blueberries today because it wasn't supposed to rain until ten. :( It started to pour as soon as we arrived.  We sat in ...