Are We There Yet?

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold Her hardest hue to hold, Her early leaf's a flower; But only so a...

Rocks in My Dryer hosts a wonderful fair (carnival, whatever) every Wednesday called Works For Me Wednesday . It's a great place, if you...

It's getting so a deer can't get up early enough in the morning to avoid the Paparazzi. (This is a " bright-eyed-deer. ") ...

The idea Sunday afternoon was to head out to a pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins, but the little boys needed naps, so we took a little driv...

Theresa and Anna visit with one of the farm's friendly draft horses . This hay pyramid was a big hit with everyone! Getting ready for th...

Pray For Us!

Sunday morning, and a little time before I have to head out for 10:00 Mass. The roast is already on, the little boys are playing nicely with...

This is the first poem I ever learned (after the Guardian Angel prayer) and the first I have taught all my children. It's a fun, easy fi...

First Installment: 1) Never put concentrated liquid dish detergent in the dishwasher. (Seriously. Don't do it.) 2) Raising your own foo...

Anna tells us this morning, "I don't know why, but my nose doesn't seem to be working..."

This is the little autumn village we display every year. This year it's on the shelf in the kitchen under the bulletin board, high up e...

O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. When on ...

"He devoured fasting as a man devours food. He plunged after poverty as men have dug madly for gold. And it is precisely the positive ...

I love St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Francis of Assisi! But, their feasts today and tomorrow bring to mind something that rankles me a litt...

How can I possible find words to offer adequate thanks to the Holy Guardian Angels? Not only to my own dear angel, but to all of the angels ...

Well, at least there weren't any that we could see, though Michelle teased us about seeing "orbs" in the sunlight that filtere...

We wondered what they stored on these shelves in the main room of one house. This seemed to be a food preparation area in what we thought ...

THE ROCKIES ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!! THE ROCKIES ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!! The men in our family, none of them at home with us, unfortunately, ha...

Went on a little daytrip today. Here's a peak at what we're seeing on the western side of Colorado. Above: The peaks above Silverton...