Testify!

Have you ever had one of those close-call moments? Your adrenaline surges and your pulse quickens? I had one of those moments last night. No, I didn’t have a near miss at an intersection; I wasn’t even in my car. I was cleaning.

For most of you who know me well enough to know I’m [...]

Canon Digital Rebel XT

Well, my new camera is here! It came Friday afternoon, just in time for our big weekend. It was good for me to practice. I took 217 pictures over the weekend. That’s a start!

I agonized over the purchase of this camera! I don’t buy cameras very often and I wanted to choose one [...]

The weekend, part II

Grandpa Bob & Rob

Dad & Rob

Dad trying to ignore the paparazzi treatment from Josh

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The weekend, part I

5 generations

We had a great weekend! Josh, the boys and I arrived in my home town of Le Grand Friday night. The boys had a great time expending some serious energy until around 11:30 that night. They can get away with anything at Abba’s house!

One of my favorite things about visiting [...]

The boys

Here are some pictures from yesterday and today. Can you tell that Jett is at the stage where he loves having his picture taken? No matter what is being done to him, he concentrates on saying cheese and looking at the camera. Jude wanted to look everywhere but at me.

I have to [...]

Down time

This is going to be an interactive blog entry. That means I need you!

I’m curious… what do you do when you have down time? Specifically, when you have a chunk of time and the house to yourself, what do you do? Do you grab your keys and bolt for the mall? Do you pick [...]

The Jackson 5

Five pictures of our precious new babe!

Jackson Nolan

The reason Valentine’s Day was extra special yesterday? I became an aunt for the first time!

My brother-in-law and his fiancĂ© had a baby boy in the wee hours (2:53 am) yesterday morning. They named the sweet little Valentine’s baby Jackson Nolan. He was 7 lbs., 9 oz. and was 20 1/2″ long. He [...]

Emily

This is my sister’s car. She got into an accident on the icy roads last Sunday morning as she was following my brother to Ames. The ice made her lose control, spin around and hit the truck traveling behind her grill-to-grill. The other truck spun into the ditch and landed on its side – [...]

Banana bread, importing new fonts and hand embroidery

What do these things have in common? I tried them all for the first time yesterday. I know! What a busy day!

Yesterday was a regularly scheduled day off for my husband. When he works a Saturday (every 3rd weekend), he doesn’t work the preceeding Monday (yesterday). I love the Mondays when he’s home; the [...]