Life of a "non-working" mother

Uncle Josh is back from the Navy and came out to our house for a visit.  The kids really took to him as shown in this image:

When all is quiet in the house, and has been for a while, a mother starts to wonder. Something's not right. Usually my services are requ...

When we moved to this house in the country last year, Ginger wasn't 2 years old yet. This is the only life that she remembers. She is so...

Yesterday, Ginger and I went out fairly early to catch some fish on the lake. We had a good day and pulled in 4 decent sized bass. Ginger ...

Ginger is a very girly girl. She always wants to dress up, wear dresses, play with shoes, and carry around a purse. The other day I found it...

Ginger really is about the toughest little girl I have ever seen. She probably fits in best here at the ranch than any of the other kids. ...

The whole family had a blast swimming today. I can tell that the kids are really getting used to the water. While a few weeks ago Sterling w...

This afternoon 2 clowns from the Ringling Bros circus came to the Leonard library. They did some fun tricks and made the kids laugh. I have ...

Winter is like a fish in the water. Since the weather has gotten much nicer, we have been using the pool a lot. After naps, the kids love to...

We had a special treat of ice cream cones for dessert today. We were all admiring Ginger's cuteness, and she was happy to comply. At one...

We have turtles in our lake. At first I didn't believe it. I mean, turtles live in zoos and pet shops, and Florida... not in OUR lake! S...

The kids really like helping out whenever they can. Ginger and Sterling braved high-90s temperatures and very high humidity to help load our...

Every Sunday, immediately after the "amen" of the opening prayer in sacrament meeting, Ginger shouts out, "I go my classes?...

Grandma and grandpa Ashurst came to visit. Grandma had some fun with the kids on the trampoline.

Winter started hear journey into speech with dual fluidity (speaking both english and dutch.) Jessica was determined that Winter would be ...

Today Ginger caught her first fish by herself. She caught this beautiful bass from our pond. Joe loves to do a quick 30-minutes fishing sess...

The kids always like to use their blankets as capes. Sterling will come to me with his blanket and one of those large black paper clips and ...

Today, as I was stretching after my workout, Ginger sat next to me and started imitating all the different poses. It was super cute. I wish ...

Ginger loves to wear dresses She loves to sing She squeezes her cats, chickens, dogs, and ducks (sometimes with bad consequences) She loves ...

My objective for this blog is to keep a sort of journal for my kids. I found out today that a blog can be printed into a book, and decided t...