Prairie Garden

  Squeeee!  Aren't they adorable?? On Sunday we spent most of the day in the garden. Blaine planted while I took notes or got wat...

This week we had two snowstorms.  No joke.  But yesterday it was in the 40s F in mid-afternoon and today I do believe it is in the mid-60s. ...

    This past weekend, we brought home -- 7 chicks, 3 ducklings, 2 goslings The sweetest little babies ever. The goslings a...

Yesterday it snowed all day and blew fiercely from the north.   Today we are blanketed with thick, heavy snow -- but the su...

  We went from this    and this (at my parents' house in WA).   To this   and this (at home in MN). We had perfec...

  The little stream on the west side of my parents' property -- The boys have been in seventh heaven exploring it, building littl...

One thing I've really noticed with this pregnancy is how refreshing a good night's sleep is for the body.  It is transformative.  By...

Diego and his bug terrarium. This collection includes: flies, spiders, asian beetles & box elder bugs He puts in wet cottonballs ...

This morning Jamie and I were in the bedroom.  I had just gotten him dressed and the sun was streaming in through the window, illuminating a...

This is a long overdue update.  The last time I posted on our library expansion project was December 2011 , when our lit...

Now that we have Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening under our belts, we are working this little charmer -- The Woodpecker The woodpeck...

I was always the kind of girl that saved everything. Pretty much anything was fair game in the realm of keepsakes and nostalgia: rocks, pr...

Woof!  It looks so ugly in the sparse lighting. Here's our morning board, as promised .  It isn't the most be-a-utiful pictur...

  The result of a game of "pillow monster" the day before yesterday -- Truen accidentally bashed into Diego's mouth rig...

'nother baby boy .  What else could it be? Here's his little foot -- And his little arm -- They tried to get a 3-D image...

We had a bit of a wild ride last month, when the possibility of TWINS cropped up.  I know, I know.  I spent many a sleepless night, my mind ...

Recently Diego and Truen, but particularly Diego, have been very interested in making food. It started from Diego's desire to make wha...

In December 2005 my brother made up a song inspired the bumbling Master of Disguise, Chief Inspector Clouseau.  He was home on Christmas bre...

I now require that the older boys stay in bed until 8:00 AM each morning. If they get up before then, they are allowed to come out to grab...

All three boys are asleep, a rarity these days.  This bronchial virus has laid them all pretty low.  It is amazing how much they are still c...