They say if you can build a house together, you can make it through anything. I figure this sentiment is often referring to a couple deciding things like layouts, design, finishes - contracting it all out. What does that mean when you are literally building a house together, DIYing all of it? It has become very apparent the last couple of…
Happy Fathers Day!
Can I just say - I am so blessed to have this man as my husband and baby daddy (sorry, I totally couldn't resist!). I am pretty sure that like us moms, dads so do not get the credit they deserve. I know mine sure doesn't. Especially lately. I so wish I could do more to…
Happy Birthday Bou!!
This is it. Our oldest is now officially 14 years old. My how the time has flown by!Breakfast of Champion Birthday People. And a drawing of a 3DS by Lady - so he can pretend until his comes back from Nintendo 😛
From my past self
A reminder from 43 Things:Dear future self,I'm reminding you about your stated goal on 43 things,to "build a house".How's it going?Sincerely,Your past selfHrm... probably not what my "past self" quite had in mind... LOL
Little Big Girl and a Dozen Wires
Missy had her yearly cardiologist appointment. They scheduled an EKG and an ECHO. Normally we only do one or the other. Guess since she was old enough to actually stay still they wanted as much as possible.Add captionHappy to report everything is still looking really good!! No growth with the possible problem spots and her flutter…
Growing Pains
This morning I was almost there. I posted to my mommy group. "I'm am so close to the point of being done with this little adventure. I don't get it. Everytime the last few years that God has told us to do something, we do it. Usually without question, just an "ok, we are jumping,…
Weariness and Blessings
This adventure from God is starting to take its toll on us mentally and emotionally. I really do not mean to be a complainer. Yet I must be honest. First let me preface this by saying a few things. This is a path we chose. We feel this is what God is leading us to…
Drastic slowdown
And this is where progress slams to a crawl. We are into our second week of May and Mr. Man just started working Tuesday. We were really hoping he would have started back by the first (if not before). But that didn't happen. And everyone knows what the first of the month brings. So we…
It’s getting to me
I'll admit it. 5 children, on the mend sick pregnant mama, 90 degree weather, no naps for days because its to hot the littles can't sleep for more then 15 minutes, oh yea, and we live at camp. Today was not pleasant. My first bad day.Ok, 1 more whine - oh my the bugs!! Say…
Missy Birthday Trip
And we finally hit the thresh hold where it is cheaper to buy a year long family membership then a one day pass 🙂 They had tons of fun!! Dad took them back the next day even. Why?? Because they could :-)And who knew a hippos butt up close was really that HUGE!!!
Together Simply 