December 2015

My parents came, and I snapped only a couple pictures because I have this thing where it feels rude to take pictures in church, even with the camera on silence and no-flash. It was scripture and carols and Jolly Old St. Nicholas Merry Christmas and love, Val

It was a long week, but a good one, culminated in cooky dough all mixed up tonight and the Ritz Bits coated in chocolate by Kari and Julia, Chinese for supper. Okay the funny part?  I love that Heidi’s Christmas Tree fell over while she was working.  When you work from home, who knows what

 It was a busy Monday–both those baby girls are mobile, and there’s only one of me. The dog’s water dish is a major attraction, as is anywhere that isn’t a baby proof zone furnished with actual baby toys. One is a climber.  The other one has learned how to stand holding onto things, but is

I walked around, checking the locks. We don’t lock the doors all that much, but at the end of the day, yes. We have a lockbox on one of the doors, so any random kids can get in, but the rest of the doors we have no keys for. Maybe we were given some when

 Some kids got my camera while I was working.  I took this one.  And these: “Quit eating snow! Are you insane?!” This brings us to the end of a very nice Thursday, no matter how annoyed she looks with whatever sibling took this picture. Onward to tomorrow–it’s Friday, best day of the week.   love,

Gloomy and dark, rain turning to snow, slippery roads.  Their dad dropped them off later than usual this morning, battling icy roads on the way. Inside the house it was 72 degrees of funny kids and teddy tears, nice cuddly naps, and a couple ice cream pops along the way.  They didn’t really even argue