Chris and Jenni

Aidan and Ellie bowling with the Wii from Christian Burns on Vimeo.
Aidan and Ellie bowling with the Wii - although this looks like a one-sided game, like many guy vs. girl video games end up being. I think Ellie would much rather play house :)

There is just one more day left to post a recipe to my Recipe Contest! Hurry and you can get added to the list of all those who’ve entered the drawing for a $35 gift card to Crate & Barrel, can’t wait to find out who the winner will be. I’m going to make the […]

Well, I was totally surprised this morning when Guenna and I went out to the chicken coop to do our chores, feed and water the chickens and check the eggs. There were 10 eggs to collect! 8 large and two banty eggs! Wow, that’s a lot of eggs, I was thinking we wouldn’t start getting […]

I’m wanting to have a discussion about Meal Planning Tips on my Homemaking blog. Please come and join in the discussion, I think we can all glean some great ideas from one another on this subject.

We got snow today! And got the chance to play in the snow and build a snowman. The conditions were perfect, not too cold or windy, and all bundled up.

The boys built the snowman…

…while Guenna and I went to check the eggs and feed the chickens. We got five eggs today, and I am pretty […]

Last night we, Aidan and I, spent the evening in the Urgent Care. Aidan was running to help mom set the table and slipped and fell and hit his cheek on the piano bench leg and split his cheek open. From the pictures it’s hard to tell because some of his owie was sealed up […]

Cait’s got her two first teeth, and as you can see she’s pretty happy about those sweet little chompers. They came in a few weeks ago but this is the first good picture I got of them. :)

So far we have 10 entries for our Recipe Contest! You will have to go and check out all the recipes, they all look so delicious!! And thanks ladies for all of your hard work and for participating in my contest. There are still 9 days until the last entry needs to be in so […]

I got this guy to work for me. He’s going to be doing some reviews on my Joy of Homemaking blog. I know, he doesn’t really have the appearance of a “homemaker” and yet he is the reason why I do what I do. He’s already done a post about eating sustainably on a […]

Boys to each other - “You’re Mr. Funny Pants!” Ha Ha Ha ha ha ha!!!Over and over and over again.
Then they told us, the boys at church say that. I guess that is better than somethings they could pick up from other boys :)
Have you ever wondered how boys or girls for that matter, […]

Aidan - “Daddy, can we put on those costumes?” Mind you, they had just removed ALL of the costumes and girls dresses from their hangers in their closet and the discipline had been, applied.
Daddy - “No, you’re not going to be able to put on those costumes.”
Aidan - “Um, daddy, can you go ask mommy, […]

We had a fun day today. We were promised some new chickens off of freecycle, and the kids and I went to go pick them up. The farm was neat, they raise goats and they had tons of them. On the way to get the chickens we went through the baby goat barn where they […]

Guenna Knows Her Letters! from Christian Burns on Vimeo.
About a week and a half I ago I discovered that Guenna knew several of her letter, with just a little bit of work she now knows almost all of her letters and she’s not even two yet! She will be two in two months. I was […]

Cait’s Crawling is Improving! from Christian Burns on Vimeo.
We have officially reached the sweep every day mode!

You have to check out my Homemaking blog, I’ve been organizing again :)