About Us

My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 22 years. Our children are Hope (19), Lenny (15), Lily (11), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (6). Six doggies round out our happy brood.

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Another Personality Quiz

Don’t know if I’m completely comfortable with this label but it’s probably true!!! LOL

HT: Alice

Potty Training Update

Since some have asked, Peter is doing great with his potty training. We are making steady progress every day. It must be the “potty training outfits”!!! And my head potty trainer, Hope, deserves major kudos!!!

Lily’s Thanksgiving Skirt

I decided to make Lily another one of those cute ruffled skirts. This one is more sedate as it’s for Thanksgiving and has three ruffled sections instead of two. I don’t think it is as striking as the other but I still like it!!!

I think that for the next one I [...]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Books on Tape/CD from our Trip

One of the highlights of our road-trips is the books on tape/CD that we listen to to pass the time.  For this past trip, I didn’t do much preparation.  I just stood in front of the shelf at the library and picked out a few that looked interesting.  This method has had mixed success in [...]

Welcome to our New Home at Lilies of Hope

I’m glad you have found your way to our new blog site.  Please consider bookmarking our new URL as the old one will only be up for about a month.  We are very excited about this move although my husband says that Wordpress “isn’t for mere mortals”.  He’s been diligently working on making my new [...]

Will the Real Potty Trainer Please Stand Up!!!

Well today is the day – the day we started potty training Peter!!! When I returned from an appointment this morning, two of my children had dressed up as “Potty trainers”. Funny, I didn’t know that there was a uniform for potty training??? They insisted that I take pictures for the them [...]

Woodrow for President by Peter W. Barnes & Cheryl Shaw Barnes

Woodrow for President

Recently, I discovered this series of books on someone’s blog (can’t remember who???). We’ve only read the first one about Woodrow the mouse who runs for president. It does a great job of explaining about voting, campaigns, and elections. It presents the whole election process in a very enjoyable manner.

The other books in [...]

Destination: Wisconsin – Part 3 of 3

Well our final morning in Wisconsin was certainly eventful. It started at 7 a.m. This was the first morning that everyone adjusted to the time change and of course, it was the one morning I had to wake everyone up!!! LOL My three oldest children and I headed out the door to All Saints Day [...]

Destination: Wisconsin – Part 2 of 3

Here are some pictures taken on the field next to their home:

Destination: Wisconsin – Part 1 of 3

The second day of our journey went very smoothly. After a 10 hour trip from Long Island to Michigan, the 6 hour trip from Michigan to Wisconsin seemed like a breeze!!! We arrived at Julie’s house and saw eight little heads peeking out of the various locations to survey their new house guests.

This trip was [...]