Indiana

Well we are "home" in Indiana--living it up in a small hotel room--doing the homeschool thing--I am so happy to be together as a family--even though these aren't ideal circumstances.  Jimmy pleads to swim--everyday. Chase would be happy to watch food network--all day.  Me--I just wish that we could be settled already!  Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, I am not sure that is in the cards for Joe and I--we always seem to be on the edge of something changing--jobs, houses, kids, dogs, etc...  I look at the farms that we are surrounded by now and I wonder/envy their lifestyle. 

Have I ever mentioned that I want a farm--not a big farm, but a farm that we can sustain ourselves by--raise some piggies and chickens--have a massive garden--hang my laundry out to dry--can my own produce--share with my neighbors--sort of farm.  I want my kids to learn the value of hard work, dedication, and reward that I think a farm would provide.  It all seems ideal--doesn't it! But we have to pay the bills and stick with what we have got--for now--come what may--we can face it together.......and the boys can have their daddy, who they missed more than anything!

Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving with some friends this year--I only took a couple of pics!

Jimmy's 6th Birthday!

Jimmy's 6th Birthday--November 15, 2011

ch-ch-ch-changes???

I have lost my camera charger! I can't find it any where! So no new pics to share--we have been keeping super busy around here--Joe still in Indiana--me and the kids here :[

But we have made some decisions in the last week that will change all that! Last week I started home schooling the boys--something I NEVER thought I would do--and the boys L.O.V.E. it--and shockingly enough so do I! 

So I am going to spend the next week or so preparing the house for us to be--together--not here--should be a fun adventure--RIGHT?

For Amber-----Candy Cane tree 2011

4th Annual Candy Cane Tree!

This year we had to move to a higher location--due to Ollie!

Links to years gone by--2010--the other links are on that post :] enjoy!

January 3 2012

Tonight I made--mashed potatoes with hamburger gravy--a dish that ALWAYS reminds me of my Grandma Walker--(who by the way is 90 and still cooks for herself and my 92 year old Grandpa)--I go back to being 6 again--peeking over the back of the stove as she made the gravy and hand mashed the potatoes (I hand mashed mine tonight--yum)--as I sat down to start eating--Jimmy took his first bite and said "Mom --you're skillin' it up--like a chief!"  He always has a unique way of putting things. 
Between today and yesterday where I made smothered burritos (reminds me of the Keddingtons) and Apple Crisp (reminds me of my Mom and Dad) I think I officially miss my family! 

What they always wanted!

THANK YOU!!!