This week we participated in parent-teacher conferences!  Woohoo!!  I do love hearing how the children are doing and learning about how things are functioning for them in their classrooms.  We get...

Our family room has lovingly been referred to as ‘The Man-Cave.’  It is ghastly ugly and has driven me crazy  since we have moved in, mostly because it is so dark. ...

Last night during family scripture study and prayer, I heard fun giggling.  Looking around, I caught our two little ones reading a different book: Our little Spike, Spike has really begun...

Previously I posted my bread recipe (link here).  I also use that recipe for hamburger buns and bagels.  The hamburger buns are super easy.  Just make the bread as posted.  When...

Shannon and I have been friends since the sixth grade! It is so wonderful to have friends who even though you may not have spoken for months or years you can...

Giving service always makes me smile and I feel happy inside, even when it wasn’t a service I initially wanted to give.  I have hoped that as my children have also...

So when our oldest was returning home from his mission, I asked him what he would like to eat and if he was interested in eating any more rice and beans...

Yesterday my little man Spike, Spike (16 months) was pretty obnoxious and very demanding.  I could not figure out WHAT his issue was…………..and I am very good at reading little people...

So Heather asked me to share my secrets in bread making.  Here is the basic recipe: 4 C warm water 3/4 TBL Salt 1 1/2 TBL Yeast 1/2 C Sugar 1/3...

1 BREAD  I am grateful for bread.  A girlfriend and I learned how to make bread when we were married college students.  I had one child and she had none.  Another...