Our ward Chili cook-off sparked something in Will this year.  He made a fabulous black bean Brazilian Chili (say that 10 times fast).  As he was adding the bacon and the sausage I couldn’t help being a little surprised with the sausage.  Who gets sausage in links these days, anyway?  It looks like we do! [...]

We carved pumpkins for Family Home Evening this week.  I helped Annie with hers and I botched it something aweful!!  As I was cutting out the fangs for the pumpkin, I accidentally did a triple root canal/nosectomy removing all of them plus the nose, creating a rather large cavity.  The blood sucking pumpkin very quickly [...]

So I secretly want to be a superhero.  When I was younger I walked around most of my life thinking I was indestructable (That feeling now only occasionally favors me with its presence).  Of course the Heroes show is just feeding my dillusions.  I’m amazed each week at the introduction of new super powers.  The [...]

After the kids are in bed each night, Will and I usually end up flipping on the TV and snuggling on the couch.  I make the snack and open all of the windows, the double doors and the garage to let a breeze through the house.  It really is heavenly.  Well, my world has been [...]

We wanted Hudson to see the elementary school he would attend next year so we took him to the Harvest Festival they had over the weekend.  What a fabulous festival!  Hudson was almost fearless in the face of the “flying bathtub ride.”  He and I rode together.  He can take on spinning tea cups like [...]