Our girls did this.  Luckily, one daughter was able to snatch up a 9 foot wide blow up pool.  They invited a friend over for some cooling ...

The sunrise was just plain gorgeous yesterday morning.  Hubby was called into work, although we planned a family day with the girls. ...

Remember when I posted that we'd have a few "dry days?"  Well that same day (yesterday) we had thunderstorms roll in after 4:...

Despite the weeds multiplying here this season, I am still getting some new blooms in the flower beds.  I've been dodging the rain sho...

We earned two free nights at the campground.  Not knowing how the weather will be in October, we decided to go.  We still came home during ...

I have one kiddo who loves frozen yogurt.  However the stuff you buy in the store is processed with unhealthy ingredients (high fructose co...

Sharing another steel cut oat recipe. This smells so good when it's cooking.  Sorry for the bad photo, it was not the best time of da...

Sunday we got the gokart out.  The kids rode it all day long.  Do you see two of them in the middle left of the photo?  They took me for a...

School closed today.  I am pretty sure they will be going tomorrow. We are to get a high of 15°F today and at around 6:00am tomorrow it will...

Remember my girls writing letters?  My 11 year-old wrote 3 letters, and got 3 back.  She also got some bracelets from one of her Aunt'...

The kids are enjoying the summer reading program at the library. During the time they are in their program I am able to have 60 minutes to ...

This one is not the only one they have invented. The above photo is homemade macaroni and cheese topped on a hot dog (we where out of buns)...

The younger girls are being "moms" to the kittens. You can see that the "goldie" in the top photo is fast asleep and ve...

Today is Saturday and hubby has to work. It's the first Saturday he's had to work with his new job. So today I asked the kids to m...

Today is the official day in which all of the kids are out of school. With so many ages in the house, it now becomes a challenge to keep co...