This year Tim’s first year as being Santa Claus.  My dad has been playing Santa for the last 26 years beginning way back when Amanda was 6 months old for her first Christmas.   This year my dad relinquished the role passing it on to Tim as this is now …

Most people who enter our church’s car show probably spend the day before polishing and clean up their entries.  Not us!  Nope.  We don’t have a fancy car.  In fact, our rig isn’t even entirely painted.  So, there was no need for polishing and prettying it up!  No, indeed.  Tim …

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 …

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Today Emily reminded me that we haven’t taken Nathan to the Pumpkin Patch for quite a few years. In fact, we’re not sure if we’ve ever taken him. I guess I’ll have to go back through the pictures from the last few years to see. At any rate, some friends …

I decided to add a note about our Christmas stockings which you can see in the picture in the blog entry below. If you want to read the history of our stockings you can read my entry from last year by clicking on STOCKINGS ARE HUNG. I bought 3 new …

One day last week, Josh and Nathan went outside to start putting up the reindeer and Christmas trees. They were able to get them out and hook them up all by themselves. YEA! GO BOYS! A few days later Tim and Josh added a little more scenery to our normal …

How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated!I should hardly admire more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat.”–Henry David Thoreau, 1856 It’s snowing today! YEA! The above picture was taken at 9:16 a.m. Then, I started on this blog entry, gave …

Today the kids and I attended the dedication of a brand new Veteran’s Cemetery here in our county. In the previous election, the voters approved (by 20,000 votes) a permanent mill levy to fund this cemetery. It is being built to federal standards in the hopes that one day it …

One of the many things I like about our church is its Outreach Ministry. There offer lots of opportunities to invite friends and family to church. On Father’s Day they hosted their 2nd annual car show which included a “burn out” this year. It was TOO loud for Nathan (LOL). …