In case you didn’t know… there is a crazy easy way to download and backup your instagram photos to your computer/hard drive.  Go to the website Instaport and the rest is pretty self explanatory.  First step is to choose what you want to back up, and the second step is to click download.  It downloads […]

Kate is our reader.  This girl seriously LOVES to read.  Right now she is into Harry Potter, kind of obsessively into Harry Potter. It’s quite adorable if you ask me.  Her last obsession was the American Girl Series, and before that it was something else. How do you get children to read?  Luckily this isn’t […]

Our little “Bundle of Love,”  Asher Caleb Slade joined our family on April 6, 2013.  What a joy he has been.  Now that he is 9 months old today, I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone by! We can’t even imagine life with out 26 pounder, crazy Asher baby.  Through a year […]

I know… it’s January 6th and I’m a little late in the game.  Here is what we are filling out for Family Night tonight.  It’s a mix of goals and memories, and something for us to hold on to and look back on.  I think I will attach a Christmas card pic to each one, […]

My sweet Kate was baptized in April.  Such a beautiful day and such a sweet daughter I have.  I couldn’t be more lucky.  Here are a few shots from our last minute effort to take some photos.  We did it in about 10 minutes in the backyard with a backdrop, and Kate was a dream […]

A person who will rename ‘nameless” alluded to my mother in a rather condescending way when stating,  “I just think it is ridiculous when women stay home and bake cookies all day.” First of all, no one talks down about my mother. Ever. Secondly, my mother accomplishes more in a single day than any human […]

So, it’s been a long time… a whole lot has happened including a new little one.  Baby Asher arrived on April 6th.  Now I am the lucky mother of 5!  I figured I’m just going to jump right in on whats going on today and try not to stress about catching up…  Why blog again??? […]