Praise the Lord, I had enough time allotted to me yesterday to work on these overalls. I confess that there were a few rough spots. Entirely due to "operator error" on my sewing machine. In other words: me. Mostly involving the automatic button-hole sewing function. Whereupon I had not affixed the bobbin correctly and it kept jamming up. Entirely my own fault. Then,...Read More

  My happy little man, Dorien. Smiling and growing and chatty and just so stinking sweet and adorable. And almost 4 months old. Where does the time go?   And these two sweeties. Loving on each other. Good moments.  Proudly showing off the Cubs shirts Daddy brought them from Chicago. I told Kyle I want one just like Brooklyn's. It's awesome!  You  can't really tell,...Read More

 Anything and everything by the painter, John Singer Sargent. Including his famous work, Madam X. Call me crazy, but I sort of only recently discovered him (through David McCullough's Americans in Paris book) despite the fact that he painted in the 1800s. I don't think I've ever been so deeply affected by art the way he moves me. There are certain paintings, such...Read More

 As promised, here is a picture of the dress I began working on during our week at the Farm.A simple shift dress.   My first time sewing with patterns since the 7th grade and I think it turned out pretty nice! The fabric is a stretchy cotton that has substance, but it's easy to wear.   There's a reason I didn't zoom too closely on the...Read More

 It's officially hot outside and that means 2 things for me:1) I only want cold food2) and that includes home-made ice cream. I've been holding on to a recipe for coffee ice cream since last summer. The moment to make it just hadn't presented itself, but it did the other day. Fortunately, I have on hand the best coffee I've ever had: Leiva's...Read More

 Dorien attended his first wedding this past Saturday. And he did really well. He looked exceptionally handsome.  As did his older siblings.  Lots of yummy food!  Some crazy photo ops - Michael and Beth  Michael, Brooklyn and Ryan (Michael's roommate and one of B's favorite people)  Me and my precious children. Hard to believe the girl who never wanted any kids has three....Read More

 This is just real, people. A crying baby. One who is awfully close to rolling over...  Chilling together, toes in the water.  One thing the Farm is to many of us is a place to work on projects. Sometimes that's just a whole bunch of books you want to read. Or for my mom, working on her photo albums. Or for Lauren, sewing....Read More