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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Wordless Wednesday

Every Boy Should Want to be Like His Daddy…

but this might be taking it a little far…

You Know You Need to Work on Brother-Sister Relations When…

This morning, while we were all working on our chores, my eight year old daughter, Lily, came to me with a request.

“Could you tell Lenny [her 13 year old brother] that there is no password to get into the upstairs bathroom?”

“And could you them him that if there was a password, it wouldn’t be “LILY’S [...]

Our Annual Visit to Trinity Acres

 Last month, the children and I took a roadtrip to visit Julie of Trinity Acres and her family in Wisconsin.  We visited last year about this time of year.  We had such a wonderful visit that we decided to go back again this year.  Julie has a great post about our visit – complete [...]

Monday Fun in the Kitchen with the Littles

 

This afternoon, “the Littles” (Lily and Peter) and I had some fun in the kitchen making Cranberry Apple Muffins.  This is a new recipe for me that I found at allrecipes.com through a google search.  I modified the recipe with Whole wheat flour (hard white wheat) and sucanat (a type of raw [...]

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: There is Hope for the Future of Our Country

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These beautiful Catholic girls (with Hope in the center) are the members of the Good Citizenship Club.

God Bless America!!!   

If They Could Have Walked in My Shoes…

As some of you know, I delivered my daughter, Mary, stillborn over 5 years ago.  It is an experience that I would never wish for anyone, friend or foe.  However, on this day of great decision, as I await the results of the Presidential election, I am vividly reminded of Mary’s lifeless body sitting in [...]

Applepicking 2008

Yesterday we had a fun afternoon picking over-priced apples (3 bushels worth) to make lots of homemade applesauce.  Yum!!!

Peter helping Dad with the first batch of applesauce…

True Humiliation

My daughter, Lily (7 11/12), started making paper airplanes while we were sitting this morning watching the USA Women’s soccer team win the Gold medal.  We were all amazed at how well her planes were flying.  She told us that her daddy had taught her how to make them.

While struggling to get his to fly, [...]

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Well the children and I are back in Vermont visiting my parents.  Last night we went out to dinner and on the car ride home, I asked my mom to be sure that Peter (3 1/2) didn’t fall asleep, as I was driving. 

So she diligently kept him awake by asking him questions.  She started with the [...]