From Miss Kelli Love these Jacobs girls. We had a picnic underneath my maple tree. It was perfect. Ruby, the youngest adorable one in the jean skirt (she's 6) tried to begin to teach me how to play chess. Really she was just being totally patient with me in just learning how to set it... Continue Reading →
Go Yo Ruby
My Ruby learned how to Yo-Yo today!!!! Now she's CERTAIN she's all grown up! February 16, 2015
Faces
It's a strange thing to me: being an age that I remember my parents being... and remembering being the age my children are... This month marks ten years ago when my daddy died... I see his face so definite in mine; it really makes me miss him, and even more... I wonder what could have... Continue Reading →
Solstice Gifting
So we had no idea... but that's exactly what we did this year! We all shopped together at McKay's (used books/media) and came home with amazing books and music for each other! We rarely do the same thing twice... but I see this becoming a tradition!!
Big Love Bus
What a FUN way to buzz (BUS!) around town looking at Christmas lights, hanging with and making new friends!! We had a GREAT time, despite Ruby looking shy in the photo below.. her first time ever on a bus.... for most of my gals! We sang carols in many parts harmony, we drank and spilled... Continue Reading →
Family Ties
It's tough being a little sister sometimes. The girls told her that she was adopted... And she couldn't decide if she thought it was upsetting or funny!!
July 2014
Random highlights of this month (so far!) Our first family campout (not in our backyard :); Girls had a 4 day woodturning course; A day at the My Little Pony Fair and Convention with 3 of my youngest; we were gifted a FREEZER and some goodies to put in it; record breaking 70 loaves of... Continue Reading →
Me… Speechless!!
I wish I was better at words... and I'm even a 'words' girl on many levels... But this weekend I was honestly, SPEECHLESS! My girls threw a surprise party for me, and I was SO surprised I think it qualified as pure shock! Like, car-accident-I-can't-believe-this-is-happening SHOCK! And then tears.... I'm in awe of the joy... Continue Reading →
Scrooge Sings; I Agree November 2013
Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Today "I have seen a future full of darkness, all the darkness of my heart! At my door a world in need of kindness... All the hours and days and years I've wasted! All the joy and love I never tasted! All the errors of the past replaced with something strange... Give... Continue Reading →
No place like home
Returned home to magnolia blossoms on the trees... gardenias in bloom on my porch...lupines and holly hocks in bloom in the yard... my container garden BUCK WILD crazy happy and climbing all over! And my sweet neighbors went above and beyond in taking care of the critters... treating my pets as their own!! There's no... Continue Reading →