Friday, March 12, 2010. The visitors center was being remodeled, but we did get to walk around the grounds and take some pictures. We have arrived at the American Girl Place! We took a break from shopping to browse the Farmers Market across the street. Madison had crepes with strawberries for lunch. Yummy! Is this girl excited or what? .

Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Open Chapel is here to help them find their families, living or dead. Many members of the ward have stepped up to help and so we have been able to give one-on-one attention most of the time. And that is really important for beginners! A great number of those who have come are Maori.

Thursday, July 3, 2014. So way back on May 22, also known in my house as the last day of school. Yep my parents came over bright and early to get the kids off to school and DJ and I went to check onto the hospital. I was induced so it was nice to be able to arrange things early for the other children. I asked him what the name was and to my great surprise it was Eleanor! Did we just decide on a name? So we love her a.

What could be more green than a garden? How better to eat? And to save on food? Add a few chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese. Monday, October 5, 2009. How do you know? How do you know something is good for you? Our garden food tasted good. The work was a blessing too.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010. I think that I may be able to, baby step at a time, wiggle and finagle my way into homesteading while I am still here in the city. It is going to take some planning, but I am going to make up a plan and present it to my family. As long as the family feels this is something we want to do, then we can step in and start making things happen.

Saturday, May 14, 2011. Montebello 2011 Mini Herp Transect. This year I decided to take my 4th annual Montebello solo 24-hour shindig in the late spring just for some variety. Everything is way too green this time of year, especially after getting a tremendous winter rainfall this year.