Definitely in the running for my birthday cake!  So good. 

I made two cakes this weekend for a shower for my friends that are adopting five children. It seemed like a good time to test run this cake....

We've been doing a lot of this to keep from going crazy.  Notice that my candlesticks have taken a beating from crazy antics insi...

Bha ha ha ha.  We went to Jared's company dinner last weekend. Honestly, I would have rather gone out and eaten a good burger and taken ...

Continuing on the trend of books that teach me about something I don't know much about and are from a different perspective than mine...

Pages 169 A fun little book with lots of examples.  

I read 9/13 chapters for a Bible study. I couldn't bring myself to finished the middle four chapters (we were assigned readings from ...

My icing was a bit thin. But they were still delicious. Recipe coming soon.  Look how tall they are! 

When your socks match your library holds.  Also, I am in love with my hardwood floor still. 

This book was recommended to me two weeks ago at our missions conference. Then this week at the Mercy Ministry Conference someone actually g...

Pages:  224 I read this book in two days. It is one of my favorites of the year so far.  I know this is dated material (printed in ...

Monday: Rosemary and Garlic Baked Chicken ( kind of like this, but rub a paste of garlic and rosemary under the skin before you cook it) ...

* We are going to paint the counters (a nice calm gray - instead of this yellowed white with gold specks) either next weekend or the weekend...

The boys asked to take a photo of me while they were playing in the yard.  The first two are by Martin.  The last is by Warbs.  ...

This book was okay. Not great. Way too repetitive. The profanity in it got tiring.  The interesting thing was hearing a first hand ex...

Monday: Leftover Lasagna (from Church dinner) Rolls Salad Tuesday: Chicken Enchilladas Cheese Sour Cream Guac Wednesday: Pan-...

Christmas Chili ~This is one of our favorite winter meals. All of the boys like it (even baby Memes - he picks up the bowl and tries to...

He is mostly always this jolly.  They ran off and came back like this, dressed as Fire Fighters. We made another trip to ...

My husband surprised me this weekend by painting the cupboards while I was away at a women's retreat.  I'll try to get some better p...

These little flowers made me happy.  They are saying that warmer weather is coming.