Adam and Eve

A poem written by Joshua:

Adam and Eve

When the earth was made God took a rest,
When he took a rest he saw earth was best.
He made a human named Adam,
When Adam got lonely God sent a Madum,
Her name was Eve.

Eve and Adam ate the fruit and got kicked out,
Now they have to wander about.
I think that's all their story.

WOOOOO!!! HOOOOOOO!!!
The front yard is finally done!!!

Garden gnomes

Grandpa Barlow dressed Caitlin up like a garden gnome and had her pose with the giant pumpkins. So cute, and so typical Grandpa! All the kids are excited that Grandpa got two really nice giant pumpkins this year.





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Ever thrifty decorating projects

I am still trying to decide if I am proud of myself for my thrifty obsessions, or if I should just admit that it really can be tacky. Anyhow, here is the latest "I don't want to spend money but still want nice things" project I cooked up. We needed an area rug to soften and warm up the living room. If you have ever priced Area rugs you know that it is not a small purchase. I couldn't swallow the cost. So instead of forking out the dough, I took the kids on a carpet store scavenger hunt. We rummaged through remnants and old samples and ended up buying these pieces for .50 cents each. The kids had a great time arranging them and when we had our pattern just so, we duck taped them all together from the back. And there you have it. I high quality unique area rug for under $20.00!





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Harmony

Fish and Chips

Michael has always told me stories of his dads fish and chips dinner. David spent time in the UK in his youth and loved the culture there. He brought some of it home with him and started cooking fish and chips for the family. Today David made his famous dinner for us, newspaper wrapping and all.


Michael and I love to Drench ours in malt vinegar. I had never had it until I married Michael, and now I am hooked as well.


David even insisted that in order to eat our dinner we had to bring two shillings and six pence. But when he realized how poor we all are he took pity on us street rats. So good, and so fun!

It's a boy!

It's a boy, everyone! We are thrilled. He looks healthy and is very active and wiggly. Hooray!