Today was my 40th “something” birthday! I officially quit counting after 30. My family gave me a WONDERFUL present which I will really enjoy using after the holidays. It’s a gift certificate for a day’s treatment at a spa place in town! I plan to pick a day to pamper …

ALICE SPRINGS CHICKEN: This is a clone of the dish by the same name which is served at the Outback Steakhouse.4 chicken breasts4 slices marbled cheddar and swiss cheese1 cup mushroom4 slices baconhoney mustard dressing for dipping 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees2. On each piece of chicken, carefully layer …

Afew of you have asked this question! For the new readers, look way back to the beginning of my blog and you’ll see that this used to be my jeep. Tim traded it to our friend and now they are making a mud runner out of it. Josh and Tim …

Tim and Josh like to go down and help one of our friends work on THE MUD RACER. Here are a few pictures. Sounds like Josh and Tim have plans to turn our field into a mud racing pit next year. Hmmm… maybe I’ll sell some cheesecakes there (LOL). Inside …

Icame into the living room to this site one day last week. All I saw were some feet sticking out from under the tree and someone was hiding behind the packages. That “someone” claims to have not been peeking at anything. We’ll see! I can tell you it wasn’t one …

Emily takes an art class a couple of times a month from a friend a college friend of Amanda’s who is majoring in art and wants to become an art teacher. Here is their latest project which required gluing a hard back book. NOT ANY OF MINE! We went to …

The weather has been so warm. It really doesn’t seem like December at all. The sunrises and sunsets have been SO COLORFUL this month. I’ve enjoyed watching them each night hoping for a picture worth posting to the blog. This is the view out our living room window. We bought …

The boys have TONS of legos. Well. They don’t “literally” have “tons”, but they do have a bunch. They like to dump them all out on the floor and will spend all afternoon creating things. I can usually handle the mess for a day or two and then they need …

We’ve been having this ongoing discussion with Nathan about not wearing diapers. For the most part he is potty trained except for wearing a diaper at night. However, he has decided that he doesn’t want to do “all” of his business (LOL) in the toilet. We’ve bribed, we’ve punished, we’ve …

Here’s another sunset as viewed out my kitchen window. Some days all I do get to do is cook, clean, school, cook, clean, more school, cook, clean, and a myriad other things that have to be done around here. On those days, I’m sure glad for the nice window views! …