On Thursday Mica pleaded before school that he NEEDED a new jacket.  On Saturday I said we had to go out to get a jacket. All the sudden he ...

Taking photos of a 16 year old is crazy. He wouldn’t stand still, and kept making faces. When is point out for him just to relax he’d hunch ...

Isaak gave me something not so wonderful, a head cold. It came on so fast. One day I was sneezing up a storm, then that night my head starte...

It’s been crazy at the Apel house!  I have been working 40+ hours at work at Schemmer, did freelance for my last job AIM, and started teachi...

My husband has a birthday tomorrow. A great gift for any artist is art supplies. I know, not the typical gift for a guy. My dad always liked...

1. Isaak has been talking about his friend David, since last year. He’s the one that stood up for him with the bullies in gym. We’ve had him...

You turned 16 today. 16 years ago I I had a c-section because I was low on fluid, you were breech and refused to turn.  About a week later w...

We’ve had a few storms that killed off some things, but not the beans! We always get tons of beans.  I should mention that Travis took a lea...

We finished the backsplash last weekend. I ended up returning one thing I bought; in the process I found something that matched our floor ex...

I’ve been feeling down lately. I have many reasons to look up, but hey it life goes up and down.  1. Someone dear to me had a miscarriage.  ...