Sister Victoria!!

 For those of you that don't know, little Ms. Tittlemouse left on January 6 to become a postulant
with the Sisters of St. Thomas Aquinas in Phoenix Arizona. We are very proud of her and expect she will do quite well there.  Of course we miss her terribly, but won't want her to be anywhere  else. Here is a picture of her in her fancy new attire!

Catching up with Pictures

Well I know its been a while - but you know - 8 kids and stuff.  I know that there are people out their with more than me who can keep up with blogging  and still get dinner on the table and do school and laundry and make beds and....well you get the idea.  I on the other hand am not one of those talented ladies!
So, here are some pictures of my cutie pies. Our little lady has grown so big! She had her first birthday in May, my how time flies.

 

 

Ok that's not my little cutie pie - well not the girl anyway. That is the Fierce Bad Rabbit on his birthday. Pirate, you know. Behind him is his made from moving boxes pirate ship. Ahh the wonders of duct tape.

 

 

Pirate treasure.

 

 

 









So I know its summer now but I had to post this.  This was our one and only snow storm that we got on PALM SUNDAY. Weird huh.

 

 

 

Lighting the Easter Fire.

 

 

Two Boys on the Alter, thank you Lord!

 

What a pair!!!

 

Spanky and his gang.

 

 

The tiny princess learns to stand.

 

 

 

 

First time receiving the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Sacrament of Holy Communion.

 

 

 

 

Well I know Mama's aren't suppose to say it - but my baby is so so cute.

 

 

 

 

 

Camping out in the living room when the upstairs AC went out. What a party!

 

 

Well there ya go! A brief overview of the last few months. Lots of fun in a large family!



WOW, its been awhile!!

Well I just wanted to say that I just looked at my blog for the first time since December! I realized I miss it.....and it was kinda cute!  So I'm going to make another post - but not today. I think I'll put some pictures up, so stay tuned!

Sweet Insanity

Well things here are crazy everyone, just crazy!  We tried to start the GAPS diet this past week  - boy is it tough!  So after a week of the intro diet we have decided to move on to the full diet.  If you have children, and you ever decide to try this diet be sure to do it in the summer when they are not in school.  It brings quite a lot of havoc into your life! 
So today we were wanting.....something. If you have ever tried a limited diet before you understand what "something" is.  Its something that doesn't contain anything you have been eating over and over the past week and it has.....taste. Well faint hearts never create tasty food and so dear friends I have a recipe for those of you who are limited.  In honer of the occasion I deem it....

This isn't my image - things are too nuts here for taking pictures!

SWEET NUTSY WUTSY!!!

(because life can be a little nuts)

 

 

Take a scoop of walnuts (like 1/2 cup maybe)

add about 1 TBS. butter

a generous squirt of honey

a shake of cinnamon

maybe 1tsp Vanilla

 

 

Put all this in a blender of some nature and blend to the consistency you like.  Our first batch was rather smooth but the second (well we had to for the sake of fine tuning the recipe you know) was quite chunky.  We decided that this would be tasty on a banana or on apple slices.

 

Have a nutsy week everyone!





DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!!

Picture updates

Well I haven't posted any pictures of my little ones in a while so here they are!  Some are a little old, but cute none the less - at least from  my perspective!

 

 

 

 

Art for the Sole

Well, its not a painting.....its a shoe actually.  However, the craftsmanship of this shoe is such that it can be considered art from a bygone era.  How wonderful that it isn't a lost art!