Melissa | March 9, 2010
One of the springboard’s for this week’s Blog Hop was “tell us why ministering and serving others is worth the time and effort.” My brain’s a little overloaded these days and this pretty much tipped the scales so I asked my kids. When asked what serving was, Mia responded, “You do it to food” but [...]
Melissa | February 22, 2010
We were, in fact, one of the places that received that “once-every-hundred-years snow.” You can read about it here, here, here, and here. We are finally in our meltdown and back into the “swing of things.” With 39 inches of snow on our roof, we had some spectacular icicles. Hopefully, this post marks the end of [...]
Melissa | January 5, 2010
Ok, so I’m double-dipping in this Blog Hop since it’s running again.
Here’s the photographic remembrance of Ty’s first Grinch Reading.
Melissa | December 29, 2009
So I’ve processed about 180 pictures so far and still have over 50 to go. Here are some favorites from Christmas Eve. For a more complete set, check out our Photos page.
Melissa | December 1, 2009
In our family, Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the Annual Grinch Reading. It’s been going on for over 20 years when my father and his best friend from forever bring their families together to celebrate the birth of our Savior. Even with college, marriage, and moves, everyone seesm to find their way home on the [...]
Melissa | November 24, 2009
Ok. I don’t have nearly the time I would like to do this topic justice so I’ll just leave you with this…
http://www.mrrebates.com/?refid=14726.
If you shop online at all (I pretty much only shop online unless it’s groceries), you should shop through a site like this.
http://www.mrrebates.com/?refid=14726.
Basically, you get a certain percentage rebate depending on the retailer. We’ve [...]
Melissa | November 10, 2009
…as in, I ask a question (or more). You get to leave a comment with an answer.
Child Welfare Information Gateway states, “over one-third of Americans have ever considered adopting (Harris Interactive, Inc., 2002; Princeton Survey Research Associates, 1997), but no more than 2 percent of Americans have actually adopted (Mosher & Bachrach, 1996). “
Have you [...]
Melissa | September 28, 2009
Disclaimer: This is not a list of the MOST IMPORTANT, so do not feel like you must list the highest priority or the obvious, which will end up having the same thing repeated by everyone over and over. Try to be specific and creative. This your three items with a sentence or two explanation.
1. Every [...]
Melissa | August 25, 2009
This week’s blog hop is supposed to make you laugh. You’ll probably only laugh at the following if you’re an engineer (or married to one). That’s probably why it’s so funny to me…I’m both
Engineers Explained
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People who work in the fields of science and technology are not like
other people. This can be frustrating to [...]
Melissa | August 18, 2009
We’re doing recipes again. Here’s one of our family favorites–for two generations now. Everytime we’ve made it for friends, it gets rave reviews.
Chicken Roll-Ups
1 batch makes 4
I usually make a double or triple recipe
This is single recipe -
3 oz. cream cheese
2 Tbl melted margaring or butter
1/4 tsp. salt and pepper
2 Tbl. milk
1Tbl. each of the [...]
