As an Alaskan mom I often ask myself this question when it comes to winter activities. On average it takes about 20 minutes to get both the girls and myself ready to go play outside in the winter. And how long do we actually spend outside?… hmmm… on a good day, maybe 25 minutes. Then […]
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Who Made The Moon & Stars?
So it turns out I get a lot of praise from the hubby for blogging, which in turn motivates me to do it more! I think I get way more “atta-girls” for blogging than doing the laundry or cooking so I’ve decided I’ll let those things go and spend that extra time blogging every day… […]
This One’s For the Grandparents
Grandma Great Nana Papa Grandma Papa Pastor Jolie Nya’s 1st Ice Cream w/ Grandma & Grandpa Great This blog post is in honor of our favorite babysitters ~ oops I mean grandparents! This morning I had the opportunity to go have coffee with some friends (thanks to my mom watching the girls) and the joke […]
Burning The Midnight Oil
I think I’m starting to understand the true meaning of the statement “Momma burns the midnight oil”. There was an old song with that title and somehow from listening to it I got the impression that “momma burning the midnight oil” went something like this. Momma tucks her beautiful children into bed, turns out the […]
Just another mushy blog from the wife & mom…
So I’m pretty sure I don’t totally understand the whole concept of blogging and what it’s all for… so forgive me if I don’t necessarily follow the right blogging etiquette. The last time I tried to blog I uploaded 26 pictures (which didn’t end up loading correctly, and why not?) and Ty informed me that […]
Silence Is Not Always Golden
This afternoon we laid the biggest little shenanigan down for a nap like usual. (Intentional emphasis…) Today, as she some times does, little miss got out of bed and started playing with some of the toys in her room. This doesn’t really bother us that much, and after 15 minutes she usually crawls back into bed […]
Christmas Parties 2008
As I alluded to in my Christmas 2008 post, here is the official Christmas party entry. The first party that we made it to was on Christmas eve at Dave and Susie Knudsen’s house. Long time family friends / neighbors and also the parents of my sisters brother-in-law. (Not to mention that they’re also the in-laws of Niki’s former room […]
Nya Turns Two
I kind of feel sorry for her. Three days after Christmas isn’t likely to be the most ideal, or lucrative, time of year to have a birthday. It’s not like she had a lot of say in the matter. Also knowing us there’s probably always going to be a Christmas tree in some of the […]
Christmas 2008
What a fun day! It was a little tough waking up after a whopping four hours of sleep, but once Niki made us some coffee from her new cappuccino machine (early christmas present), we were good to go. We started the day off with a little coloring. Then moved straight into the presents. With the real tree […]
Private Party
Last night was our annual church Christmas party and we didn’t go… We weren’t avoiding the sublime snacks, congenial company, or fabulous fun. It’s just not exactly easy when your cheeky children’s normal nannies are also participating in the party. That conundrum coupled with twelve toilsome hours of work on top of five fruitless hours of sleep […]