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Play Day

While in Australia DaddyZabba spoke at the AEAF convention. While he was busy with that the girls and I went out for a day of shopping. We spent the day with a local (my friend’s sister who lives in Sydney). She took us to a little town not far from the city. There we visited… Read More Play Day

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Wildlife World

I wanted to write a bit about our trip to Australia. We had a super fantastic time. On BigZabba’s birthday we spent the afternoon at Wildlife World. BigZabba loved looking at all the bugs. She really liked the stick bugs. It was actually hard to try to find all of them on the plant. We… Read More Wildlife World

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Happy Thanksgiving

There are so many things to be thankful for. Here are my top 10, in no particular order… -the health of my family-my dear friends-the blessing that I can stay home with my children-my husband-my Savior-my home-my wonderful children and their smiles-my church & bible study group-bigzabba’s wonderful teacher-the husband & wife from our church… Read More Happy Thanksgiving

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Taronga Zoo

As you probably guessed from my previous post, we are down under! We have been having a fabulous time. Today we went to the Taronga Zoo. The girls loved seeing all the animals. BigZabba even took her camera with her so she could take pictures herself! One of the highlights was going into a koala… Read More Taronga Zoo

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Calmness

I am passing this on to you, because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil Show, you too can find inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed, “The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you… Read More Calmness

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Surf’s Up on DVD

Surf’s Up is out on DVD (Widescreen Special Edition) this week. The DVD has a lot of special features and I’ve noticed a lot of great reviews: Detroit News: Why wasn’t this animated movie about a penguin surfing competition a bigger hit? Maybe the world finally grew tired of penguin movies, which is perfectly understandable;… Read More Surf’s Up on DVD

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Try Again

My first attempt at a garden failed misterably. Apparently we (I say we, but really I decided where to put it) placed our planter box in a spot that doesn’t get much sun. Ah details details. So after talking with my expert gardening friend, I created a new plan. Hopefully these, “shade friendly” vegetables will… Read More Try Again