We've been out....

I haven't written much lately.  There's several reasons - most involve my life being so busy that I haven't had time to document the insanity!  The other is that I want to write without boring everyone and myself.  Honestly, I'm probably the everyone who reads this anyway - so mostly I don't want to bore me!  :)  I had surgery a bit ago - the recover was longer than I thought it would be - and so there were a number of good meals that we also said to ourselves - we need to blog about that.  But did I?  No.  I...

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Confessions and I NEED MORE COFFEE...

I try to remember her like this when bitty girl {now a HUGE three...sniff} is talking my head off. She was communicating even then.   This morning I was going to sleep in.  Now, sleeping in around here is usually not what most people think of sleeping in.  BUT hubby got E up and out the door for school and I was going to sleep.  I'm an active person and sometimes my mind is the most active in the middle of the night.  Poor...

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Surreal moments with my children, my chickens, and a warm winter day.

I had a surreal moment yesterday.  It was a simple moment.  We were leaving our local grocer after stopping by for a few items needed for dinner preparation.  The girls had climbed into the car.  Brad had walked over from his office and met us there.  I placed grocery bags in the car and leaned up.  As I did I took a breath.  That’s it.  A breath.  Suddenly I moved back in time.  Two years...

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~Christmas 2012~

{Please click picture and zoom in to read!}  ...

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Wisdom for the new year!

Happy New Year  From our Family to Yours!  {please click on photo to view}...

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Taos Tortilla Soup

We had some family in town and needed a good dinner without a whole lot of work - after all who wants to spend the whole time together in the kitchen?  What to have?  Well - our WHOLE family LOVES tortilla soup.  My amazing sister-in-law makes a mean version.   Honestly, when can any family say that every kid and adult actually all like something at the same time?  It's like the alighting of some strange planets.  But...

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