Last weekend I took a very last minute trip and by last minute, I mean I told Chris I wanted to see my Aunt and an hour later I was out the door. By.Myself.Yeah! to Boise, ID. It was one of the things I really wanted to do during our stay here and since we…

We've been catching up with a lot of old friends on this visit to Utah and have been bringing them mason jars filled with homemade magic shell.  It only takes about 2 minutes to make, it doesn't require refrigeration (which is a good thing because it has been so blasted hot here!) and hey- it's…

Kate was the only one I could convince to get up with me at 5:45 a.m. this morning (after a 1:00 a.m bedtime- darn you, Downton Abbey- still no love confession BTW) to go and see the hot air balloons take off. It's been at least 15 years since I've been and was so glad…

We started this whole series when we got to Utah. Chris & I had never seen it before. And now, we go to bed every night/morning at 2 a.m. trying to cram in as many episodes as humanly possible (yawn). When oh WHEN will Mary tell Matthew of her undying love?? How many more episodes…

1) Giving the children a proper introduction to  "tigers blood" snow cones 2) Sun-burned Charlie loves it 3) Kate rides the pony at Thanksgiving Point 4) A cow (no introduction needed) 5) Haircuts (fixes) by my sister, Annika, at her salon 6) Charlie getting blingy poolside 7) Kate offers to save us, if we need…

I'm cleaning house & offering up some vintage sheet quilt blocks again so you can make your own vintage quilt!This time around I've got 19 different sheets available: 16 that have patterns & 3 that are solids.  Sheets are going to be sold in 12" blocks, and you'll receive an assortment of 48 blocks.  Trust…

Leg 1 of the 2012 Moore Cross Country Extravaganza has been completed. 685 miles clocked yesterday.All I can think about when I look at this picture is that the Williams Sonoma outlet is in the background and how we didn't stop because Charlie had just puked 3 times. I had to forego WS and just press…

The last day of school isn't technically until tomorrow, but today was Henry's last day. I decided very last minute to make a teacher quilt for Ms. S. I originally was going to give this quilt to her for her birthday in May but then I decided that it might be nice to have drawings…

Father's Day card from Henry, 7.  "My dads name is Chris. I call him Pops. I call him dad too. He has brown eyes. He has white skin. He also has brown hair. He cooks for me. He plays video games. He also has plays with me too."I love you" he says to me. He…

I decided to cut Charlie's hair while he was sleeping. On his right ear. It was a last resort. It was the only way. Chris said he looks like a long lost member of Arcade Fire.