. Now, isn't that the happiest little birthday boy you've ever seen! I can't believe that my sweet little Connor is 5 years old...

Today I had a type of "mini" surgery. I went in for a stomach scope. All went well. Going under anesthesia was a very strange expe...

I've finally decided start taking care of my physical health. I have put myself on the back burner for far too long. It is time to hel...

Good Old Idaho Snowballs in October! Now, is it really necessary to pull out the Christmas books? We went to bed last night with about an ...

The kids were out of school the last half of the week, so we decided to head back down to Lava. It was fun to get away, until everyone start...

Okay, today's tip is: For a very clean house, get rid of half you own!

I know all of you out there are in desperate need of LAUNDRY REFORM! Well, you've come to the right place. I spent countless moments pon...

Okay, okay, okay, it is finally my birthday, my FAVORITE day of the year! I'm not ashamed to say that I'm 38 today! Maybe in two m...

I love having a high schooler! Last week was Spirit Week and Alex thoroughly got into it. He spent countless hours and dollars in prep for e...

Fruit, Fruit, Fruit! This is the place to be if you want to can fruit! Everybody does it. For the past couple of weeks, I have been canning ...

I was tagged last month by Connie (Girls just wanna have fun), and I finally decided to get it posted. This is a hard one--difficult to expo...

Our Thoughts and prayers go out to the people in Hurricane Ike's wake. Especially our good friends the Allens in Houston Texas! God be...

Connor finally got to join the ranks of school kids! He was so excited for his first day of preschool. He showed a little worry, though, wh...

We have tried a couple of different times to go to Craters of the Moon national monument, but at 90 miles away, it has eluded us. So, Memori...

Hunter's wish was for a fish, so for his birthday we surprised him with 3 goldfish. They died 3 days later. What is it with goldfish any...

Our joyous little Hunter is now 7! We always start out with breakfast in bed, but never has the birthday person gotten up before the breakfa...

We have survived the first day of school! It was a little rough in places, but as of right now, all of the kids are in bed in preparation fo...