A Big Family

admin | February 25, 2010

Big families.
Quite honestly, although we require a table for 6 when we go out to dinner, and even though the little people in our house out number the big people 2 to 1, I don’t really think of our family as “big”.
But to many, we are a big family.
We have heard the comments (Don’t you [...]

Cakes of the past month

admin | February 24, 2010

February is a big cake month for us…birthday cakes, valentines, Scouts…and we love to make and decorate cakes!  It is a big hobby around here, second only to eating the cakes that we make.  Here are a couple of the cakes that we made this month.

A “feller” cake for Scouts
Blue and Gold ceremony.
They won the [...]

Strong and Courageous

admin | February 23, 2010

Since they were old enough, my children have been attending an AWANAs program.  They started in our home church in CA, and when we moved to NC, it was the one consistent thing that we could provide for them.  Nevermind that the kids’ program gave Brenden and I a date night when we knew no [...]

Lollipop

admin | February 21, 2010

Lollipop

Lollipop

Ooooooh

Lolli-Lolli-Lolly

Five

admin | February 16, 2010

Five years.
It has been five years since our littlest girl joined our family.  Five years since her amazing birth.  Five years since joy came to live with us.
Our sweet little girl isn’t so little anymore.  Today she is a whole hand.
To celebrate, here is an interview with Emmy:
M:  It’s your birthday!  Can I ask you [...]

New Year, New Name

admin | February 6, 2010

I have had this header saved since sometime last fall, waiting for the perfect time to make the change.  The time never seemed right, so I finally asked myself, “Self…what are you waiting for.  It is time for a change!”
So here it is.  We have switched from Watercolor Ponies to Acorns to Oaks.
It is from [...]

CJ’s Star Wars Room

admin | February 4, 2010

Our family has been doing quite a bit of work upstairs, rearranging rooms, decorating and creating living environments for ourselves that fit our personalities. I have had several questions about how the rooms have turned out and wanted to take you on a small tour of our bedrooms so you could see the finished [...]