The kids were SO excited to see a package come in the mail this week from our foreign exchange student, Michaela, who lives in Germany!  She sent something for everyone and they had fun digging through the box to see what was theirs. She included a chocolate spoon for everyone …

Twenty-eight years ago this summer, my grandma took my mom, my brother, my cousin and I to Europe for about a month if I remember correctly. The other day my mom brought us a box of pictures from that trip which we’ve had fun looking through as we’ve been planning …

Emily made her first mistake above when she started teasing Josh about something, but I’m not sure what. Then Josh was pushing the limits by actually touching her face! That’s a big no no (LOL)! And then the war was on. You can tell by the look on Em’s face …

Regular blog readers will already know that Michaela is also writing some things in German on these blog entires. They are italicized in blue. Just pointing that out so you don’t think I had my fingers on the wrong part of the keyboard (LOL). After Em’s volleyball game on Sept …

We’re home from our quick trip to Calgary where we picked up Michaela and visited Glacier National Park while we were in the area. First thing upon arrival, we walked all around the oustide looking at all that has changed and what has stayed the same since she was here …

Seven years ago this summer, we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of our German foreign exchange student, Michaela, who lived with us for a year from summer 2002 through summer 2003. I’m guessing many of our blog readers, real life and internet alike, probably don’t know we had an exchange …

Doesn’t the above look YUMMY? Sorry. I don’t have a recipe for these chicken fajitas my mom made for us. I’ve been meaning to post pictures of the meals she has made for us recently, but they are usually devoured before I have a chance to snap a picture. My …

Nathan is so excited that our whole family is together again. He doesn’t quite have it all figured out yet that even though Amanda doesn’t live with us anymore she is still part of our family. He only thinks she’s part of our family when she is staying with us …

spec-ta-tor n. A person who sees or watches something without taking an active part; onlooker. The spectators who came to watch our kids’ games were anything but inactive participants. They cheered, shouted, encouraged, and waved signs. I’m convinced that a crowd who actively and loudly participates in this way does …

We were all in town all day New Year’s Eve doing year end shopping for the business. Sometime in the mid afternoon one of our friends, Kim, called on her way home from Denver to say she had talked to another one of our friends and they both decided to …