Grandma Robbie gifted the three youngest kidlets with these wonderful kite launchers, and they were a huge hit.  You pull back on a rubber band and release, and the kite zips through the air.  It was the perfect contraption for the wide open spaces on the farm, and kept people…

One of their very favorite things to visit at Grandma and Grandpa’s farm is the stack of hay bales.  Climbing, jumping, leaping, sitting . . . it’s all good, any time of the year.

I picked the middle kidlets up from Grandma Kathy’s  house last Wednesday, and we headed to Bismarck for a sleepover at the house of one of my dearest friends.  It was a special evening because another one of my best friends drove there for the evening as well, and while…

Dr. Peds and the neighbor dads were up at 4:00 a.m. starting the fire pit to roast the Independence Day pig.  This year Mr. SP excitedly got up to watch, along with a couple of neighbor kids.  They may never get the opportunity again, because they talked so excitedly for…

The big kids were all in North Dakota, and this guy was busy, busy, busy all day.  He played in the dirt.  He played in the mud.  He ran around our neighbor’s yard playing soccer and climbing on their playset while the grown-ups ate a leisurely supper and enjoyed the…

Unlike her little brother, who despises all cameras in existence, this girl is always excited to be photographed.  She’s one spunky character, and I certainly do love her.

Someone told me many years ago the flute and clarinet embouchures conflicted.  If you played one, you wouldn’t be able to play the other as well.  While that didn’t stop me from playing both, it did take a little bit of the joy out of it for me.  It turns…