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A couple days ago my hyper-responsible older daughter burst inside yelling, “MOM! There’s a cow in the yard, and the baby is trying to go outside!”

I peeked out the door and saw neither hide nor hair of cow.

What I did see was the most marvelous light from the sunset… the kind of light that keeps reminding me, “You’re home.”

I cajoled my distraught daughter into standing in the light for me.
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Fall is here! I’ve had a nice little break from the blog, unpacking more boxes and getting settled into our school routine. Has Fall brought a new rhythm to your days, or energy for doing something new?

For the next year of blog posts, I plan to learn to cook better meals. My husband finally has a somewhat predictable schedule, for the first time in our marriage. Even the evenings when he’s not home, the kids are old enough to appreciate a home-cooked meal. (more…)

One year ago, on September 9, 2010, I hit the “publish” button on my first post in the blogisphere.

I was stuck in the mountains, getting ready to be snowed in for my third winter, nursing a baby for hours a day, and changing four sets of diapers. My only goal for the blog, besides not going nuts, was to learn to take better pictures of my kids. (more…)

My husband and I have spent hours daydreaming together about our perfect home. These have been fun times for us (the dreaming part of it, not the hard years).

I feel a little foolish admitting this, but I was a tiny bit worried that after we moved to our permanent place, we wouldn’t have anything to dream together about anymore.

Haha! There was no need for concern! (more…)

My husband and I have been married a dozen years now. We’ve moved about six times (depending how you count it). Before I show pictures of our current house, I thought it would be fun to walk down memory lane!

The walk turned into an all-day hike, so I’ll give the tour of our current place tomorrow or Friday.

Where I Grew Up

My parents have lived in the same house for more than 40 years. They’ve done a lot of work to it over the years! (more…)

I’m moving on from the Friday series of posts (at least for now, in this venue). Too dark! I felt like I was reliving it all over again. I’m unspeakably grateful for family and friends who prayed us right on through those years.

Some sunshiny smiles are in order…

The kids and I went to the zoo last week for the first time since we moved. It was swelteringly hot, so we spent most of our time indoors… like in the Amazon rain forest building, where it was also swelteringly hot, and even more humid! (more…)

This past week we celebrated my 35th birthday. Mom and Annie brought brunch one morning.

We ate gluten-free so Mom could enjoy everything, too. Annie made peach bread with a gluten-free flour. The texture was amazing! (more…)

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The last few days I’ve occasionally felt a slight chill in the air!

Maybe I’m just imagining it. Either way, it seems to me like sufficient reason for planting fall mums.

A couple evenings ago, I started up some stuffed pasta shells, in my new quest to have sit-down family dinners more often.

I boiled the shells, browned the onion and ground beef, mixed a pack of cream cheese into the meat, filled the shells, and poured taco sauce over them. (The stuffed pasta shell recipe is from Betty Crocker’s Cooking Basics cookbook.) I sprayed two 9×9 pans, arranged the shells in them, covered the pans with aluminum foil, and put it all in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.

And then I went outside to plant mums.

My cooking stories are always so predictable… (more…)