Sheri

We are at the end of Thanksgiving weekend, and it’s been full of friend and family fun, Christmas shopping, Christmas decorating, a lovely church service and of course, good food. You can see that the little guy was pretty tired by the end of the Than…

“The After”:Per Kristin’s request, I have uploaded some pics of our bedroom. This really isn’t the project we’re working on, but since that is still in process (trimming out windows/doors/hanging curtains), I thought I’d show you these.There are still…

Life is good and full right now. We’re settling into our new normal, as R is settling into his regular sleep routine. It’s amazing how much more productive I am now that the babe is sleeping better! We’ve been working on house projects like crazy pe…

Well now that we’re into October, we’re starting to think about preparing for the holiday budget, and thinking about the increase of our heat bill, since we live in the lovely north. Now we don’t spend a lot on each other or the kids, but it’s nice to…

All right, it’s time for another frugal food post. Mostly to remind myself to be more efficient with the money God has blessed us with. L and I do believe that food helps heal and keep our bodies healthy, so it’s important to eat the proper food. He…

It’s been a busy few weeks for us here, but I felt like we needed to update, so here’s our life via list:1. We all missed L greatly while he was gone. We survived despite two viruses hitting our house, and a baby getting his first tooth. He is now h…

We’re a little busy this week in our house – dealing with some good news (which is rather time consuming), and getting ready for L’s upcoming trip to South Africa (he leaves Sunday to see family and friends).Until I feel inspired to write, here is a bl…

The fall always brings good memories of childhood. Though it always meant cooler temps and going back to school, it also meant new pencils and of course, canning. Lots of canning. My dad used to have a garden that was was probably larger than a coup…

We scored some basil at the farmer’s market the other day, so we made some pesto. I love me some pesto pasta. I was able to freeze some, but boy, it takes a lot of basil to make pesto in large quantities. Ah well.We went to the beach today to meet s…

1. Dahlias. Really. I need to stop thinking about these flowers.2. Curling up on the couch while it’s raining and reading a good book. Just started Eat, Pray, Love… Our theologies are certainly different, but it’s an interesting read nonetheless.3. G…