The pirate and the ghost

OK I know I’ve already posted a TON of pictures of the girls in their costumes here and here, but I just have to share a few more.  These are mostly of K at school on the actual date of Halloween.  This year, I think the girls had the cutest (and cheapest) costumes they’ve ever had.  We made Libby’s shirt at the boutique, mom made K’s and my tutu and Robin made Libby’s… Read More

A Miracle at the West House

Ok, maybe “miracle” is an exaggeration, but any time that you have seven girls together for over FIFTEEN hours with ZERO arguments, that’s gotta be a record.  Right?  Right. Records aside, the Halloween slumber party went amazingly well.  Better than I could have hoped for.  Three of the girls rode home with us after school and the other two came a little later.  My front entrance-way looked like this: We.. Read More

Sweet Chaos

This time in our lives is very chaotic.  It’s good, and it’s fun, but it’s still crazy chaotic.  In all the hustle and bustle of this crazy, chaotic life we are living, I am trying every way that I can to slow down and just be present with the girls.  Even if we are having deep, meaningful conversations in the car.  Or practicing writing our name (Libby) sitting at the soccer field.  I.. Read More

50th post…..Hooray!

I can’t believe this is my 50th post! Maybe I’ll get 5 followers before too long 🙂 I have been a spray-paintin’ fool lately. First the patio furniture, now this picture frame. It was passed along to me for free and was perfectly fine before, but it just didn’t match my color scheme. Here is the before: And the after: I’m not sure what I’m going to do with this.. Read More

First Blog Post

Due to my inability to keep a diary or journal, and the fact that I have slacked enormously on keeping my girls’ scrapbooks up to date, I have decided to start this blog.  It will be a digital scrapbook, a journal for me, and hopefully, an entertaining read for a few blog followers.  Enjoy!