Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. Our family had the opportunity to visit the Normandy region of France recently. This was something we de...

Our neighbor's beautiful flowers. I love fall! I love the crisp air, the beautiful clear skies and especially the food! It's be...

This is our little tradition for the 4th every year. We make flag toast (or just bread, since we don't have a toaster right now, and ...

I know, it's been a very long time. I am still working at making this blog part of my routine. I have asked myself if I should even con...

 this was my baby boy.  Well, this was me... but obviously , baby boy was there too.  When I took this picture, I was very ready to hold my...

As the last of the troops come home from Iraq, I have been thinking a lot about the Iraq war and the impact it has had... on the world, on t...

Here is something that we are doing during the month of December. My family did this while I was growing up, and a couple of years ago I dec...

Just wanted to share another one.

I watched this video several weeks ago, and ever since, I have looked to it as a source of strength and inspiration. I just wanted to post...

The kids have some friends over to play once a week, and last week I was in the mood to make these granola bars for a snack for all the kid...

Big Boy, Little Boy, Baby Boy. Sometimes, I can hardly believe that I have three boys. I'm so proud of my big boy for being such a good...

All washed and ready to be made into soup. Our next door neighbors are a really nice older German couple that have a beautiful garden. Th...

seems more like two weeks... and  forever. It's already been two months since our baby boy was born. I think it's been the fastest ...

Our baby boy is here! The ECV was successful, and baby boy was born later that day. We love him so much and we're so happy to have him w...

are all around me. We had a great weekend, filled with swimming, picnicking, pedal boating, carousel riding, flammkuchen eating, and just e...