So its obviously been a long time since we posted on blogger. We were pretty faithful for quite a long time but have decided to move on and ...

We had a fun spring break playing. We spent the last day at the zoo where we found this fun statue by the gorilla enclosure that we never no...

Caught all the kids, quiet as can be, reading books in the playroom. Hooray for kids that love to read!

Heber earned his Faith in God award, Webelos badge, and Arrow of Light. He is off to Boy Scouts!

Heber's last pinewood Derby!

A little experiment with boiling water in 10 below zero weather (-30 to -40 with windchill).

Took our Berkshire pig to the butcher. He weighed in at 217 lbs. and we sure are glad we got him there before these sub-zero temperatures.

What happens when you run out of things to do on Christmas vacation and its cold outside? We are not sure what this is called but we are cer...

Both Blackberries and Pineapple have been on sale which means time to make freezer jam and can pineapple chunks and pineapple jam. We have g...

Blast from the past. Anyone recognize this awesome juicer?

Gingerbread house that Heber made at school as part of their study of shapes. Who knew shapes could be so delicious.

A few shots from the Ward Christmas party. The kids made reindeer food and got to see Santa.

Its been a chilly December and its not even winter yet. Likely winter's revenge for such a warm winter last year. This was kind of a wet...

Old Man Winter must be thinking of waking up as we had a nice dusting of snow this morning. We thought the tractor looked fun in the snow.

The kids celebrated Fall with a little romp in the leaves. They are always so excited and eager to rake up the leaves each year. Its like a ...

So the old windows in the original side of the house were the original windows from 1962. Single pane, aluminum, lot of moisture during the ...

He loves his pig nipple.

This is from our ward trunk or treat and Chili cookoff that we had at a park in Westerville. Amazingly there were 2 Lukes with Yoda's on...

In the form of wonderful Summer Sausage! We got Original, Cheddar, and Spicy with Cheddar logs of venison summer sausage as well as steaks a...