At last, I have gotten it all together enough, to share with you all a little bit about the purpose behind our prayer request for {A} a couple of weeks ago. We understand that some of you may not view it as that big

{A} was just a toddler, barely walking, when my mother called one day a few months before Christmas.  She said, “I am shopping for gifts in this catalog, and I am going to buy {A} a baby doll.  Do you want the white one, or the black one?”… Continue reading

Let me start with this *disclaimer:   *The camera {A} got for her birthday turns out to be the amazing little point and shoot I expected it to be.  However, this post contains photos from the very first day we used it > without

By the time {A}’s birthday came, which was following the later part of the long 4th of July weekend, we were on a partying roll.   Per tradition in our family, the birthday person gets to choose what they’d like to do as a family, within reason.  {A} had a special wish indeed this year… Continue reading

We don’t really GO on vacation very often.   Usually it’s not an affordable option for us anyway.  Do you know most hotels only allow FOUR to FIVE people to a room, or else you need to book 2 rooms adjoining? They say it’s because of fire regulations.  So because we can barely… Continue reading

Most every year, we make it down to the Plymouth parade.  Being in America’s Hometown, it’s a big deal around here!  (As is Thanksgiving, and our parade for that.)

This year, it was HOT-HOT-HOT.  Full blazin’ sun, humid as anything, the works.  We enjoyed the majority of the parade, and… Continue reading

I have been talking for 2 weeks, about getting my hair cut again, because it’s driving me crazy.  This morning I mentioned out loud to Michael, how I’d really like to go get it done today.   But he said, “Me and the boys all need them too, anyway.”  We are rather spoiled, because our hairdresser… Continue reading

It’s Friday afternoon, and a beautiful summer-like day. I was doing some stuff around the house, with all of the windows open, and the kids were all playing outside, when I hear {JM}, “WOW! I just found a really BIG dragonfly! Guys, come look!”. I was chuckling at how loud he was yelling, with such enthusiasm, and wondered if the whole town might come running. I slipped on my flip-flops, and saw my husband was already at the site, of said-dragonfly. He said, “You didn’t bring your camera?” My plan was to judge for myself, if it was camera-worthy.

I took one glance, and…..Yup! It was!! ……….. Continue reading

{JM, O & S} sure are!  This day, that they have waited for for so long, finally arrived! I promise, this is the last of the First Holy Communion posts – along with the Vittles post up right now.  We’re hoping someone, somewhere, is still interested, while we indulge in posting about this happy occasion… Continue reading

Quite recently, we got a ‘real’ pet, and it seems I about shocked about half the world over in allowing this.  Let’s just say, I’ve never been into the whole domestic-type pets thing.  (Although I have been won over too,  by an East German Shepherd, we have watched grow from a fuzzy puppy.  He’s BIG… Continue reading