…today…

*There is a Wal-Mart in almost every ‘major’ town between Topeka and Denver.
*When stopping to use the bathroom, make sure to include any children still wearing diapers in your bathroom visit… even if you did just change them. Not including them may result in hysterical fit-throwing for the next 40 miles.
*Towering mountain peaks are a [...]

I decided to take a quick break from catching up on house work to post a little more about Colorado. As stated in my previous post, we headed out on Saturday, spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday in Golden– which is west of Denver at the base of the mountains, and then came home on Wednesday. We [...]

Just a quick note (I will post much more later) about our vacation so far… We pulled out of Holton at 7:00 on Saturday. Our first potty-stop was Topeka– yes, all the children went before we left the house!! We stopped for breakfast in Junction City and had lunch in Hays, where we also visited [...]

So this post is dedicated to Noah…. can’t believe he is nearly 7 and a half years old!!! When Noah was born the doctor proclaimed: ‘I see hair– lots of hair!!!’ That was an understatement… our precocious little boy had his first haircut at 6 weeks of age and once a month ever since! Noah [...]

Our family had a wonderful holiday weekend. Friday night, we went to Dennis and Bonnie’s annual Independence Day celebration. It was a little rainy that night, but mostly enjoyable. The food was fabulous and the fireworks were great– if not a little rushed due to the rain!

On Saturday, we were at Ryan and Mary’s [...]