Prairie Garden

Blaine (to me): " Act your age, not your shoe size. Remember that...?" Jamie (to all of us): "Remember this?? Poop! Poop! ...

Baby Eliah wakes me up bright and early every morning.  On rare days I get to sleep until 7:00-ish, but more commonly we are up at 6:00-i...

I've been trying to remember to have Diego shower every couple of days.  He stinks.  Seriously: an eight year old with heinous B.O.?  I ...

See the glee? They were totally bugging him in this picture. "That dummy Trwuen is dwiving me cwazy !" Jamie told me this ...

Heidi - Johanna Spyri (audio) Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons - Kimberly Harris Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Li...

When I looked at this candid shot, the seventeenth in line during our second attempt at a family picture, clinging to dear hope that we m...

I defer to ye olde list-post yet again.... We bought Jamie cross-country skis when we were in the Twin Cities over Thanksgiving.  They are...

Post title: Justice League Picture caption: They ran out of money right before they got to Spiderman.

This morning, Jamie and I counted four squirrels and three birds in one of our favorite books, Raindrop Plop! .  He was so enthusiastic and ...

So pretty!  This year's hard work -- Top shelf: Blaine's wines 2nd shelf: jams, lemon curd, BBQ sauce, apple butters, tomato ...

It's time for a list post to get all caught up...... Blaine was home from work three days this week, giving us five days at home.  It ...

  Eliah: five months old   and working on sitting up with big brudder Truen's help. Ooooooooweeeeeghh

I never thought I'd get to a place in life where I would be exceedingly pleased with a gift of holiday-themed kitchen towels.  But here ...

Does a houseful of girls involve as much wrestling, screaming, war-whoops, hollering, running, fighting and jumping as a houseful of boys?

I'm posting with a babe snoozing in my sling and three brudders playing beautifully together by my side (knock on wood!).  Loudly, with ...

Dare I try to post something? The days are full.  The older boys are outside with the neighbor boys right now, playing.  The younger ones ...

The Happiest Day It was early May, I think a moment of lilac or dogwood when so many promises are made it hardly matters if a few are brok...

Mid-September root cellar I bet you can't imagine what I've been up to.  Eh?  Oh my.  Oh my goodness. Approximately a quart...

The saints came marching in My good friend and neighbor, Lindsay, came for a full day of food preservation this morning: ...

  The tomato table is feeling a bit more  like the plague this year rather than excitement or a blessing. It niggles and mocks me eve...