Secret of Happiness is to be Thankful

I can't figure out how to post a video from youtube on here so you'll just have to click on the link to it. I feel like this guy is right on and I hate to admit that I'm a little guilty sometimes of what he's talking about. It was a good little reminder for me to be more grateful in all things.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOzNrO54xsY&feature=related

The spice of life...

These photos are of our youngest son, Ben, who truly adds a lot of spice to our home - definitely our spiciest kid! Over the years he has kept us on our toes. The boy has eaten just about everything you can think of, truly! Even at age 4, I caught him drawing on the couch the other day with a crayon. I thought he'd outgrown that stage, but once again, he caught me by surprise. Don't get me wrong, he is absolutely adorable and has the cutest smile you'll ever see. He brings a lot of joy along with the spice. Here are a couple of recent photos of him.

The above pictures tell the tale of another Sunday with Ben. He went to church that day looking very normal. I helped him get dressed, so I know everything was on correctly. Whe we picked him up from his Sunbeam class, this is what he looked like. I looked at him and then I looked again, trying, at first, to figure out what didn't look right. It was obvious that his vest was on backwards, which wasn't a surprise at all, but that didn't seem like that was it. Then I turned him around to get a look at his back and immediately realized why it all looked so strange! Apparently he had been pulling his arms out of his sleeves and messing with his shirt, which eventually ended up backwards. What a character! I don't love spicey food, but I really love this spicey kid!!!

Mmmmm

I love the smell of homemade anything just baked. It so happens that I just pulled this streusel-topped banana bread and matching muffins out of the oven and the whole house smells so yummy.

Of course, there has to be opposition on all things and there does happen to be a negative side to yummy homemade goodies...

Shocking!

I know it is shocking that I am finally posting something new. I can't believe how long it's been since I put something on here. Sorry about that. I have no real good excuse, so I won't even try to give one.

I finally downloaded the pictures off of my camera, so, even though they go back a few months, I will get them on here so you can see what we've been up to since we moved here.

My neighbor actually took all of these pictures. The first two were taken from her deck and it looks into our backyard. For those of you who have been asking me to post pictures of our house, this will give you an idea what part of our yard looks like at least. I absolutely love the deer and am excited that they are around.

I'm excited for the black mail value of the picture below! Ben was playing dress up at my neighbor's house and this is what they came up with. So hilarious, but very cute!