Cooking quotes

During Ellie's morning catnap Charlie and I were prepping dinner to put in the crockpot.  He stood on his step stool next to me, picked up the onion and bell peppers I had put on the counter, brought them to his nose, and pronounced, "I love that smell!"  And as if that wasn't a good enough quote, a bit later as we were chopping said veggies I reminded Charlie that we have to be careful because the knife is very sharp and we could cut ourselves.  To which he replied, "then we have to go to the doctor to get new fingers."  Ummm, yeah?!

Fun(ny) birthday quotes

This morning I woke still a little sick with the flu which is not a great start to anyone's birthday!  But, I awoke to the sound of Ellie asking for "Mama", so naturally I went in to greet her.  As we sat in the dark, rocking together I heard the familiar thud, pat, pat, pat of feet.  Ellie lifted her head from its resting place just below my chin, removed the thumb from her mouth, whispered "Cha Dee", then replaced the thumb.  I smiled and asked what she had said and she repeated her whisperings and enthusiasm.  It delighted me to hear the happiness in her voice to know her brother was awake.  Moments later, the door popped open and Charlie entered saying, "I was looking for you!"  A beautiful morning!

And just before Mark left for work I said "We're middle aged!"  He looked at me a little exasperated and said "No we're not.  Middle aged is 50.  It's all in your mind."  To which I replied, "so we're going to live to 100?"  "103."  Well!?!

This was taken in October, so I was a little younger than I am today!

Another Day in Paradise

Currently sunny and 16*F. Loving it!

Happy New Year!

We were blessed to have friends spend the night New Year's Eve. We ate good food, drank good drinks, caught up, and played a game! All with 3 sleeping babies upstairs!

We spent New Year's Day at a friends family farm. We sang, snacked, and played out in the snowy cold. A wonderful time had by all!