Reclaiming My Inner Pioneer

There's an article in the Deseret Morning News today that was kindly emailed to me. It's about mudrooms and how useful they can be...

CP likes looking outside. He sat for half an hour just looking.

He's getting big too fast. I've been putting off giving him solid food even though I thought he was ready because I've been enj...

It's scary how many toys have been recalled recently. It makes me angry that companies that we trust to provide safe products for child...

These aren't my kids, but most of them very well could be...

Here is a recent picture (from about 20 minutes ago) of the baby, and one from the hospital. Since he was so cute, the hospital used us in ...

I skipped out on church after the sacrament. It's easy to get up and walk out when you have a baby. Everyone just assumes you're g...

We had a really nice dinner with Derek and Sara last week. I hope my kids didn't wear them out too much. It was an unusual, and pleasa...

Several weeks ago I posted our range on freecycle. I got one reply, but then the person never came and picked it up. The next week I poste...

I have a group of "gardening friends". We get together on a discussion forum ( The Microherd ) and talk about all sorts of things...

It's that time of year again, back to school. I'm thrilled to have a child in school, so I can buy school supplies without my husba...

It's exciting, and it's sad. It's something I never imagined myself doing. My Mr. and I are building a new home in a new develo...

The boys are having a fun day with grandpa and sleeping over, so my Mr. and I decided we should do something fun. Go to a movie? Nah... Go...

It's been a little too long since baby CP's last bath, so I gave him one tonight, and now he smells so nice and his skin is so soft....

When I was little, my cousin K and I said we were "best friends and best cousins too". Here's to a new generation!

What to do.... My six-year-old (I can't believe he's six already!) has been lying lately. He'll tell us that his younger brothe...

My sweet, beautiful baby is 4 months old. He's growing so fast. Faster than my other children (at least it seems that way). I was tal...

Announcing Green Peas blog , discussion forum , and soon-to-be online retail store for all of your cloth diapering needs. One word of warn...

My friend L is getting married on Thursday (YEA!!!!). Last weekend we had a "girls night" party. We ate dinner at the Mandarin (...