family

Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving….

We’re having a family movie night, watching one of my favorite movies from childhood…A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.  I was so excited about the movie that I made them a special snack.  And Ella set the coffee table up to look like Snoopy’s table in the show.  We’re having a great Thanksgiving Eve snuggled in by...

Pictures on the Go

This collection of pictures came from my iPod Touch.  Random snippets from our fun & crazy life. Roller Derby at Nana & Papa’s house Yes, my baby has a tatoo.  That’s how we roll.  We love WNKU! Mama’s night out. Sweet brothers. Fake running – the kids took this picture, it was one of about 100 (same...

{this moment}

{this moment} inspired by SouleMama:  A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find...

Hoot Hoot

Impromptu nature lesson in the back yard last night….   We see so many cool birds in our yard!   **The middle picture adorns a photo note card that I sell in my Cards by Katie Etsy shop!

Saturday in Autumn…

Student of the Month ~ Sam Style

Happy Halloween 2012

You know I love a theme for our Halloween costumes (see this post for past themes).  This year the kids wanted to go old school Halloween…we have a werewolf, a little black cat and his witch, and a vampire.  Quite cute if I do say so myself.  I’ll be back in the next few days...

Playing in the Leaves ~ Sam Style

Taking Family Pictures…

This weekend we celebrated Michael’s brother Matthew’s wedding to his true love Jenny.  It was a gorgeous day for a wedding, and this well-orchestrated event was truly memorable.  Of course there were lots and lots of pictures taken. Family Pictures, the Out-takes: Sometimes it takes a few tries….but eventually we end up with fairly decent...

Our Week in Review…

It’s been another fun-filled, crazy, busy, wild week around these parts… Our Week in Review: Mama got the sewing machine back out…ties are being made for a few little boys to wear to an upcoming wedding. Michael’s homebrew was finally ready to drink…and it was pretty darn good for a first batch! I started pulling out...

Old West Festival 2012

Today we went to one of our favorite local festivals…the Old West Festival.  We channeled our inner cowboys/cowgirls and spent the day having an amazing adventure in Dodge City.  The kids (and honestly, the adults too…) had a blast.  In fact, as we had “dinner” at Kocanut Joe’s Frozen Yogurt tonight Sam said to me...

Catching Up…

I’ve not been great at keeping up with the blog since the kids started back to school, so today I’m devoting some time to blogging.   I had thought that things would settle down when the kids went back to school and that suddenly I would have all this time on my hands to work on...