hmmm. the professor is at the office. till 5 am. (he says) we just got back from the pool and burger king. {i'm a dork.  i gave the ...

 112 smiling faces. (make that 111... lily just got another one.) nope.  not perfect... but still happy! oops.  turns out lily is a super c...

{this is a post where i pour out my brain... feel free to skim!!} So, Last WEEK, my mind was focused on my HUGE thinking shift...   Scarc...

ok.  so i'm doing the food for a youth conference at our church NEXT WEEK. for 100 teenagers. i need some BRUNCH recipes. for Saturda...

BLOGGING temporarily PAUSED. house overhaul- operation Philippines. [i do believe i have enough crap excess to fill one whole island.] gara...

after eating my ice cream, and seeing my fabric laden craft room, sweet josie, my adopted Philippine grandma, offered to teach me to make a...

 the professor boy scout and my oldest left yesterday for SCOUT CAMP. oh how i miss them. the professor is HAAA LAIR EEEEE OUS. so funny....

nie reminded me of this video. the professor reminded me of this story yesterday i was lamenting and he was encouraging... this time in ...

i saw this idea on home and family and knew i had to do it.  (go look at hers, it's so fun!) we have a special linen table cloth. whe...

i got a haircut. and, i'm still snuffy. blah.

don't you love berries in the summer? fresh berries in the grocery store all year round makes me proud to be an american... and proud ...

ellie wanted to learn sculpture this summer. we started with play doh. we got some books about making bowls with clay- this was not the sc...

10 reasons why i LOVE origami. 1. it's free. 2. it requires thought. 3. all you need is paper and directions. 4. you make things tha...

how i love the library. especially if we go armed with a purpose. in the car on the way to the library we thought about the types of book...

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Turns out I'm all FIRED UP about BOOK RATINGS. Shannon Hale, and LDS author, who i love, has been talking a lot about book morals, on h...

i love oil pastels. they're the best. messier than regular crayola, but oh so vibrant. i love oil pastels on paper and on canvas. it...

my friend bliss gave me this great idea...  water + soap + trampoline = sudsy fun on monday jakob had a friend over, ellie was still reco...

penny in a flower or penny in FLOUR... easy. cheap. so fun. get a cup, put a penny in it, fill it with flour, pack it down (like a sand...