Posted in Daily log, Goals, pictures on Feb 26th, 2013 2 Comments »
We’re plugging on here. It’s been 3 1/2 weeks now since Daryl’s hip replacement surgery and he’s still on bedrest. He’s recovering well, all things considered. I keep saying that if you have to be stuck inside for six weeks in Minnesota, you might as well do it in February when there’s not much to [...]
Posted in Fiona, pictures on Oct 30th, 2012 3 Comments »
Just a little random info about our sweetie at one year… Miss Fiona turned one on October 10. She is standing, saying a few real words (such as dada, mama, bye-bye and cat, though they don’t sound much like those words!) and saying a whole lot of her Fiona language (“wizzibat? hubba-zibBA. izbot!”). She does [...]
Posted in Daily log, magical moments, pictures on Sep 4th, 2012 3 Comments »
Super fast, here’s 10 things we’ve been up to… Jack took his CAT online today. All in all, he did fantastic. He could use work on spelling and language mechanics (I think this is knowing what an adverb is). He was especially awesome in Reading Comprehension, Mathematics Concepts & Problems, and Language Usage & Structure. [...]
Posted in Daily log, personal, pictures on Jun 8th, 2012 No Comments »
Things are going much better this week (month) than last! Everything is feeling more hopeful and good things are beginning to do their best to outweigh the bad. Here’s a few of the things we’ve been up to this week… Jack and Anna each started a month-long horse camp that meets a couple of hours [...]
Posted in Daily log, personal, pictures, plans for the day, Victoria on May 7th, 2012 2 Comments »
Egads, we’ve been busy! Here’s how last week looked for us… Monday — Jack turned 9, Victoria graduated from archery class. We had a small birthday party, I baked a gluten free chocolate cake and made a special meal, Victoria had horse class and we all watched her archery tournament (she came in second in [...]
Posted in Daily log, pictures on Apr 28th, 2012 No Comments »
I’m so behind in posting here! Life has been busy, but in a good way. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to lately. There’s too much to narrow it down to ten! Anna joined Daryl in taking part in Script Frenzy and wrote a screenplay. She’s also writing a story. Jack has [...]
Posted in magical moments, personal, pictures on Mar 28th, 2012 3 Comments »
Meet Layla, a rescued collie from an Iowa shelter who is 3 years old and a new member of our family. She is very loving, very well trained and very sweet and fun. The kids are in heaven. I grew up with dogs and have always wished we could have one. The kids absolutely love [...]
Posted in Daily log, pictures on Jan 7th, 2012 2 Comments »
Hello stranger! Sorry I’ve been gone so long. Something about five kids kind of takes up more of my time…. Here’s a bit of what we’ve been up to lately! 1. We took a trek to Nebraska to hang out with the fabulous Tiffany and company. It was wonderful (of course). 2. Anna wrote, directed [...]
Posted in Daily log, Fiona, personal, pictures, Poetry on Nov 5th, 2011 4 Comments »
Sorry I’ve been gone so long! Fiona is doing marvelously and we’re all madly in love with her. She’s a really sweet, fun, adorable little girl and about as easy as a baby can get (which is great for a fifth baby!). I’ve had a few bumps in my recovery. I developed an infection from [...]
Posted in Fiona, personal, Photography, pictures, Victoria on Oct 16th, 2011 13 Comments »
Fiona Rose and I are home and doing well. She’s absolutely beautiful, sweet, charming, funny and wonderful in every way. Here’s the baby announcement that Victoria made (yes, by herself!) with photographs she took of Fiona. I told her what shots I wanted and how I wanted the announcement to look, and she did such [...]
