Once Upon a Family

Oh, this baby blanket.  Thought I was just going to burn through getting it done.  I was excited about the simple, repeating pattern, t...

Celebrated our 28th anniversary at the movies. Went to Pirates of the Caribbean because that is what the kids wanted to see.  I d...

 Rain or Shine.  When I sign up for these events and see rain or shine on the form, I never even give it a second thought because, of c...

Celebrated my 20th Mother's Day this year.  Wow.  Also celebrated my first Mother's Day without a mother. Wow. Dancer worked on...

Happy Birthday!

As a family we did a run/walk for mental health.  Although this picture says run we are walkers. We choose this one because it i...

 We were checking out April the Giraffe on YouTube and that got us interested in other live cams.  These live cams are a little addictive an...

Soak the hard boiled egg for a few minutes in vinegar to ready the shell to take up as much dye as possible. Wrap the egg in a paper tow...

This was so simple I wish I had known about this when my kids were little.   Put a container of Cool Whip in a cake pan.  Dot with ...

A Tale of Two Bunnies   The first one had over 20 steps to make this little bunny basket that will hold small trinkets.  Cute on t...

Pinterest - the little corner of the world where everything is beautiful and perfect. One of the things our homeschool co-op likes to do is...

This is an Irish dish, but don't feel like you have to save it for St. Patrick's Day, enjoy it all year. Make mashed potatoes a...

Our 4H club enjoyed a behind the scenes peek at a greenhouse.  So much more goes on there than meets the eye. Some of it is rig...