Violet Noelle drawing rainbows in the sunshine What a beautiful start to December. Frosty mornings and beautiful sunshine. Not to mention that I am feeling almost normal. I am down to a half Zofran in the afternoon. I always feel so victorious when I get past the sickness. Yes, I survived! The baby is moving […]
Category: windy ridge
This frosty morning we tromped out to the enchanted Windy Ridge forest to find our Christmas tree. I even talked the big boys into coming along with the chain saw and of course the donkeys, dog and cats had to come along. Heading back up to the house with our find. A couple of the […]
Our favorite part of the day. Lighting the Advent candles and reading Jotham’s Journey by candlelight. After the story the kids all take their bedside candles to light their way up the stairs to bed. A sweet and magical (and somewhat dangerous) moment. PS- We haven’t got around to the traditional wreath and candles yet […]
Dad carving the bird We had 50 something guests over for a Thanksgiving Feast. This year 10 of my siblings and their families were here. We were missing Floyd and Gloria and their 8. Each year the kids get bigger and take up more space. A huge group of big boys, little boys, big girls, […]
A dark and grainy iPhone photo taken this gray and rainy morn I am still taking 2 Zofran a day. I have good days and bad days, which is much better than all bad days. I can make it through the day on one apple. Slowly, but surely. I am looking forward to my ultrasound in a […]
We celebrated Sabra’s birthday on November 13. Our second daughter. I found her name 13 years ago while staying in Cannon Beach. I saw a boutique named Sabra J’s Attic and I announced that I would name my next daughter Sabra and I did. Anna and I happened to be in Cannon Beach on her […]
Our baby boy turned 8 on November 9th. Our clown. I just had a conference with his teacher and she said he is so goofy that she had a hard time determining his academic skill (which turned out to be wonderfully average). As you can imagine it was a challenge to get a serious photo […]
Levi and the boys have been working on the long awaited barn. He decided to build it right around The Shack because he felt like too many outbuildings would be clutter. I’m not sure how all that works, but he has a vision and usually they turn out beautiful. I am excited to fill it […]
We got Jack about a year ago to keep Emily company in the fields. There is kind of a funny story behind Jack’s delivery. I had found him on Craigslist and being small town I wasn’t terribly surprised that we knew who the sellers were. We set up a delivery time. The delivery time came […]