{A} wanted to play Flag Football last year.  She made it to a clinic for the sport, shortly after her basketball season ended, and she made her mark there.

This year she signed

I have a admittance to make.  I never read those FWDs (forwards), that show up in my e-mailbox. No matter who has sent it (and I get them from people I truly love), I just delete them, without even opening them first.  Because the thing is, there are just so

Just sharing some photos with you, from our most

beautiful, joyful, memorable, perfect Easter Day.

These lovely flowers were sent from a family friend.  She’s always so thoughtful

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they

entered,they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ~Luke 24:2

I am still very much growing, in my faith, and particularly in my Catholic faith.  I

Shortly after we started blogging, almost 3 years ago, I found that I really wanted to connect with our readers.  Little windows into the beauty of the various people who visited us here, was more and more evident through the

It’s been a thrilling, and busy, basketball season for our family!  It was {A}’s 6th year playing, but this year the boys were on a team too.   I took photos at 2 games for {A}, and 2 games at the boys.  ( {O} had been taking figure skating lessons. ) But

For this past St. Valentine’s Day, I had the urge to throw a fun little party for our kids.  The more I got thinking about the little details, (which I love to do), a theme sort of started snowballing in my head (which is often the case, when I think), and I got beside myself… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments

I’ve been saving this link for months, to share with you, now…..for Valentine’s Day.  It’s sweet, it’s inspiring,  it’s real, it’s life… It’s LOVE.

Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo.

Wishing you all, are blessed with ‘love like that’.

Happy Valentine’s Day.

XOXOXOXO… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

Last week, I decided rather spontaneously, to have a surprise Give-Away to the 100th ‘Liker’ of our Facebook Page for Our House Of Joyful Noise. The unsuspecting ‘Lucky Liker’, Tammy N.,  got a happy surprise, and I had so much fun doing it!   I’ve decided that using our Facebook Page, when announcing… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments

…. I just need to shut the hell up.

Listening more to Him, talking a whole lot less, and letting Him handle the details.
That’s one of my new plans for 2011 prayer.