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We had another wonderful Easter this year.  For the first time(and perhaps the last) we did some Easter treats and a little egg hunt the Monday night before Easter.  Tuesday proved my skepticism of all the pagan additions to such a special day to it’s fullest, but with that in the past we all looked More >

For those who may not have heard we are expecting a baby in late August.  The kids have all been very excited about a new baby and for a while the debate was rather emotional between the kids as to whether or not the baby was a boy or a girl.  I explained that Heavenly More >

This past weekend we had some beautiful weather.  Shane wanted to get me out of the house since currently I don’t go out much with the three kids.  I made some snacks and then we ran some errands ending up at Kyak point for our picnic.  The kids spent most of their time throwing rocks More >

We have a lot of birthdays in a row at our house.  The season starts off with Peter’s right at the beginning of spring.  Recently he has been into “Lightning McQueen”,  “Thomas the Train” and Elmo.  I bought his presents a few weeks ago, but he spied them in the car twice before they got More >

I realized how unprepared in some respects I was for this holiday when I saw Shane don a green shirt for work.  I asked him, “Isn’t there a clean work shirt?  I have just done the laundry.”  His reply, “I know, it’s St Patrick’s Day.”  So the search began to find green shirts for all More >

Thankfully this past month has not been filled with clouds and rain entirely and we have been able to get out for sunshine and exercise when there hasn’t been a sick child in the house (which was rare).
One day I noticed the wind was picking up so we headed outside to try out our new More >

In the Bible we read about how the people of Israel escaped from slavery in Egypt.  Their former rulers valued the Israelites lives so little that the Egyptian Pharaoh ordered the massacre of all the male children born.  When this tidy plan didn’t work it was decided to work the Israelites into the ground making More >

We had a very quiet Valentines Day this year.  I was sick all weekend and just started to recover that day.  Shane made a great breakfast of waffles and blueberry sauce.  I contemplated staying home with the kids, but decided to go to church instead.  Maybe it was those waffles, or the fact that Marie More >

This is Peter’s smiling face.  It makes me laugh every time I look at it.

How to make your Mom feel happy:  “Mom, I am trying to choose the right every day because I love you!”  (courtesy of Marie)
How to make your Mom feel like an evil witch: “Mom I love your cooking but I hate your screaming and yelling.”  (courtesy of Oliver)
How to make your Mom go crazy:  Refuse More >

Peter has become quite a character lately.  When he wants something he yells for it at the top of his lungs like, “COOOOOKIE DOOOOOOOUGH PLEEEEEEEESE!” or he lowers his voice to a growl at the end of his request.   He has also taken a fascination with small cars and trains, especially crashing them together.  He More >

We took advantage of  a kind offer from one of Shane’s co-workers this weekend and ferried/drove out to Port Townsend and Discovery Bay for a family overnighter.  We took Kingston Ferry to Port Townsend.  The kids love ferry rides and I realized on this trip how unique it is to take ferries places since there More >