Hoppy Easter!!!

Our 2014 Easter in pictures!

Lily (6) , Grant (18), Alan (17), Josh (13), Joel (9)

Grant and Alan

Alan dressed for work and the Easter Bunny

Grant dressed for work and the Easter Bunny

The kids Easter Baskets aka: Easter treat bags

Elena (19) hiding Easter eggs

A hidden Easter Egg.

A relaxed Easter Bunny

Now he is a little hoppy

The Easter Bunny and Joyce (17)

Josh, Josiah (17), The Easter Bunny, Cyrus (15), and Nolan (14)

Joel, Odell (13), Anya (11), Ekie (12), Grace (9), The Easter Bunny, Naomi (11), Lily

Grace, Naomi

Josh looking for eggs

A random shot

Nolan and Joyce looking for Easter eggs

Anya

Odell

Annual Easter Bunny speech

Joel and the Easter Bunny

Elena

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

Warmly,
A Dragonfrye Mommy

Just a Cheeseball of a Day!!

The prep

The sign

The craft

The Cheeseball guys

The feast

The reason for celebrating

The kitty

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Blood Moon 2014

Early this morning a few of the kids dug out this

so we could get a close-up look at this

It was very neat.

Warmly,

A Dragonfrye Mommy

A Quick Hello

It has been a tiny bit stressful this month.

Have not been in the blogging mood.

BUT

I will never tire of this face

or gifts from My Man

or creating when I get the chance

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

I'm Still Here

I have not been very blog motivated the past few weeks.

A little busy.

A little tired.

A little blue.

A little stressed.

Very much looking forward to warmer days.

The few photo snap shots I managed to take.

Not many.

But here they are.

A much needed bagel treat from Jeff and Grant.

YUMMY!!!!!

Now, aren't you three little cutie pies!!!

Chocolate chip, strawberry, and roast beef with cheese.

See Cutie Pies!!!!

Thanks to Elena and Josh for their creative help!

Making pie crust is not super fun but the end results were worth it!!!

My spring boy ties.

These next two have matching dresses.

The little ones wearing these will be official cutie pies!!!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Gonna Miss This...

But you're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days
Hadn't gone by so fast

These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

~ Trace Adkins - You're Gonna Miss This

Lily's St. Patrick's Day outfit

A gift from Josh

A Bunny of a Day dress

Post Cards from Paris dress

Crazy Paisley dress

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Is it all Over Yet?

Sigh.
 

Whoever does not wander through the dark wasteland of his heart

cannot enter into the new and peaceful land.

~ Christian Metz

That is what is going on on a personal level, in my heart, where few see unless you happen to be close by when it is bubbling out in all of it's yuck. I am not even sure I can label it character growth. I think my growth has stalled.
 

Stuffing it all back in where it does less damage to those around me, I move on to snapshots of the last few days.
 

Four Etsy shop dresses almost finished

 

A girl who can even make Ramen Noodles look tasty.

A cat who has found a new home.

Sad.

Good-bye Blackie.

I liked Blackie.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

FuN THinGs

How fun!!

One of my Etsy dresses was included in GrandmasCrochetCotta's treasury list FuN THinGs a few days ago.

My Little Dragonfrye Paris Dress

Lily was very theatrical the evening we took these pictures. She got the blowing kiss idea from the movie Space Buddies.

Very cute!!

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy

Back into the 21st Century?

Maybe into the late 20th century...say 1980s?

No more Ingalls of the twenty-tens.

No more hand wringing out our clothes.

I think Jeff payed 75$ for this washer.

It is old but looks good and still works and spins our clothes.

One thankful mom here.

Warmly, A Dragonfrye Mommy