May
20
Last week’s Mother’s Day was wonderful. JJ made dinner on Saturday as well as both breakfast and dinner on Sunday. Sariah made me a card where she wrote “I love you mother” on it, so sweet! Rebekah made a card in preschool. The teachers asked the kids questions and wrote their answers. Here they were: [...]
May
07
Yesterday Joshua James was given a name and blessing By Daddy. His brother’s Ryan (with his fiancee Symone) and Stephen (with his wife Kristina and baby Alex) came. JJ’s lab partner John also came with his wife and 3 daughters. On Saturday I made a cake for Joshua’s special day. That evening the cake was [...]
Apr
27
On Monday my washing machine broke down for the second time and I have only had it for 2 months! While driving to the laundromat last night this song comes on the radio: Very fitting, right Now I am not out to spread hate or try to shut down someone’s business but if you are [...]
Apr
20
I read about the Pertussis epidemic in Oregon and Washington and decided that I better get Joshua’s and Miriam’s DTAP vaccine quick since we are going to those states next month. Rebekah also needed another vaccine for her Kindergarten registration. So JJ got off work early so we could get all that done. We go [...]
Apr
16
Tomorrow April 17th is tax day in the USA. Several companies are offering tax day freebies. Here are several (feel free to leave a comment if you know of others): Like Panda Express on Facebook and get a free serving of their Shanghai Angus Steak. Print off a coupon from Chili’s website for a free [...]
Apr
09
I have tried Trix Yogurt in the past and I did not like it at all mainly because of the aspartame after taste. When was offered to do this review and giveaway I gave it another try and I was surprised at how great the Trix yogurt tastes. I could tell right away that there [...]
Apr
06
We love having Joshua in our family so much. He is so snuggly and smiley! He sleeps very well now and will even fall a sleep on his own sometimes. As you can tell from the pictures he is getting adorably chubby. He is below the 3rd % for height and at 14 lbs he [...]
Apr
04
Joshua woke up with a stuffy nose last week and he was having a difficult time nursing because of it. After hunting around my house for my little jar of baby vicks I realized that the ingredients listed on the back included eucalyptus oil, lavender oil and chamomile oil. These three oils were included [...]