This is the first year in 11 years of marriage that we will be home on Christmas Day. (!) Because we travel to family (2 and 6 hours) and because we didn't want to be traveling on Christmas Eve or Day and because James gets those days...
The 2017 Stocking Reveal!
CORBAN: wrestling partners (always + first year at real practices)
JAEDA: a colored pencil (for all her drawing)
LIDDI: curly hair (first year we realized her curly hair was here to stay)
This is the tutorial I used.
CRUSOE: stairs (because he always giggles with glee
and...
I just got rid of my last cloth diaper. Crusoe will likely be in diapers for the next 12ish months, but our diapers were SHOT and I couldn't deal with the leaking anymore. Though we would still save money by buying another set of cloth...
Genesis 9:13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds.
It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.
There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure
of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is
confined strictly to people who...
My dad and brothers have been attending the Father/Son Retreat at Camp Barakel for as long as I can remember. When James joined the Hutchens family, he was invited into that tradition. And this year, for the first time ever, Corban was finally old enough...
September 11th came, and while it will always be remembered as a day that changed America, it's also a day that changed our family--Crusoe Conrad Steele was born! This year we went to Owens (woo) and got a free balloon for all the kids (is...
started school,
James' grandma entered heaven,
(we already miss her, but what a
long, beautiful life she lived!)
and the Steele siblings took a photo,
as did the LaRoy cousins,
our Steele kids tried for a photo too,
then they got it obviously way better,
Cru learned to drive (I told ya...
Jaeda turned five last month! She picked an ice cream theme for her very first friend birthday party.
I asked her if she'd like me to surprise her with a decorated house after she went to bed or if she'd like to help with the decorating....
Well, for some reason all these photos got uploaded in reverse order. I'm just happy to be blogging at all (no, Cru, I can't hear you crying; babies who are taking naps CAN'T.BE.CRYING). So journey with me backwards through July!
Becca came to see Paul and...
My baby brother (forever, sorry, bro!) got married last month! We're up to 8 beautiful sisters in this family!
James was a groomsman and my sister and I sang PLUS my other brother and sister-in-law were both in the wedding party and have two kids, so...