Eleven | Homemade

"Happiness is homemade."

How do I relax? I retreat to my kitchen. I love cooking and baking, it's soothing and comforting to me. I love to get creative and some days it can be a good way to take out my stress. I even blog about it here. This week was taking an adventure in homemade yogurt. Is there anything better than feeding your family with true love from the kitchen?


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Ten | Joy

Last week was busy with being out of town and I didn't get a chance to update my P52, so here is my week 10.

"A day without laughter is a day wasted."
~Charlie Chaplin

How can you not smile when you see his? Big cheeks, happy grins, life is good!

The joy of a swing, this is Calla's favorite thing to do. This week was our last week of snow here (FINALLY!) in Minnesota. We happily watched most of it melt this week. I'm quite happy to see it go. But we wanted to make sure the kids had one last change to tromp around in it before it left for the season.

Nine | Quiet time

"I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear.

I can feel what the heart cannot feel."
~Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Each day we have quiet time. I cherish this time, because even mommy gets a break. Today it was so quite from the older kids.. I had to go see what was going on. I loved hearing the conversations between barbies from Calla. Five years old is a hard time, she's trying to be independent (she thinks she's going on 17 already!) but I love her creativeness while she plays. It warms my heart, and makes me smile and reminds me that I'm going to miss these days.



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Eight | Siblings

"Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family. Having both is a blessing." ~D. Hedges

This week I had fun just snapping some pictures. As normal, Oliver is the only one that will sit semi-still for me! But I had fun editing them too. I love this one of the kids looking out the window. Here are some of my other favorites I took this week.

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Seven | Change

"No one likes change but babies in diapers."
~B.Johnson

There's is a lot of change happening around our house this week. Some good like the cute fluff we decided to switch Oliver to! Nothing cuter than a fluffy cow butt! We are loving all the benefits to cloth diapers. Then there is change going on that no one ever wanted to think about and it's going to be life changing. Right now we are living one foot in front of the other and one day at a time. Together as a family we will get though what ever change is our way.

Six | Snow

"A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations,
but look what they can do when they stick together!" ~Unknown

And when they do stick together, kids will find hours of fun playing outside! I can't take credit for this picture, my husband took it while out playing with the kids. But I LOVE it so I wanted to use it for this week. I don't want to forget the snow balls that were made or the angels created in the snow, or even how it all tasted. Our kids have a blast playing outside in the winter, even now when we are wishing for warmer weather.

Five | Best Friend

It use to be just You and Me,
but now I'm all alone.

I snuggle up and wait
for adventures when you are home.

This is Avery's best friend Taffy. Snugly soft kitty has been with him since day one. They have gone on several adventures together, helped with keeping away fears, gone though surgery a few times together and held several tears. Once inseparable, but now he snuggles on his bed while he's in school. But even though most days Taffy spends his day amongst the bedsheets, a journey awaits when the school day is done!


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