After earning enough money this summer to purchase a few things, Josh asked Tim to help him watch the newspaper and scour the internet for the first purchase – a HONDA XR100R dirt bike. Did I post a picture of this dirt pile in our side yard which will eventually …

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 …

A week or so ago the boys needed haircuts, but neither of them like to go to town. So, my mom brought her FLOWBEE up to the house to give the boys a haircut. It took awhile to figure out which combination of blades would produce the desired length. Josh …

“I hauled them all up to the house in one load” ~Nathan 5/29/09 LOL. It sounds like he was hauling dirt instead of kitties. Some of you might remember how sad Nathan was when his kitten, Whitey, went missing this past winter. Spring has sprung forth new kitties and he’s …

What is it with boys and steak? Every time I ask Josh what he would like for dinner he says STEAK with a big smile on his face! He hauled some boxes out to the garage for me today and brought in some steak to BBQ for dinner (LOL)! By …

Lately, it seems like we’ve had snow every other day. On the days when it’s warm and not snowing, the guys quickly head out back to work on the pad for the shop we’re building. They also had to build a new road to the back of our property. The …

Ok. That title is a slight exaggeration. We’re not really experiencing an “earthquake” but the earth is quaking out here! Many of you know that we are in the dirt excavation business which means we have lots of heavy equipment around. We’re building a shop out back this spring so …

Josh tried scuba for the first time on this trip. I think he would have enjoyed it more if he had tried it in the pool first. He was able to give it a try for a little bit while doing an Adventure Scuba program. Here he is getting suited …

This week we had the first of our four home school ski days! I have to work very hard at not being worried about what the kids are doing and wondering where they’re at up on that big mountain (LOL)! So, it didn’t help that someone sent me this picture …

Josh’s football team had their end of season pizza party on Monday night. The kids on the team each voted for the recipients of four awards, which as we all know, are usually given based on popularity not necessarily on ability or contribution to the team effort. Knowing that Josh …