Doug's dad is in the hospital after suffering heart attack. Stable but critical. We appreciate all prayers and good thoughts!

We've developed a timer strategy with Kate. When there's something she doesn't want to do, we give her a choice--do it now or s...

This is not about using Photoshop to get rid of clutter in the background of your photos. Though that would be useful, too. At NDISB we d...

Twice a year, on the first Saturday and Sunday of April and October, we get to watch the General Conference broadcasts from Salt Lake. I re...

Kate has been reciting "Hey-Diddle-Diddle," and when she gets to the end, instead of "the dish ran away with the spoon,...

Doug made this for Kate. Isn't it cute?

Friday night we had a ward activity (at church) with a soup dinner. Lots of different kinds of yummy soups. (I had two helpings of Sarah ...

What I'm currently working on:

I've seen this husband tag meme going around recently. I've been tagged by Bronwyn , so here goes! What is his name? Douglas Marti...

I thought this was amazingly cool: Man decorates basement with $10 worth of Sharpie . I especially like the wall clock, and the dimensiona...

Bronwyn called a couple of days ago and asked if I could come and give the Young Women some photo-taking tips for their Tuesday night activ...

Doug started teaching again yesterday. Yay! The fair job is over (that was an interesting experience all around) so we'll be getting b...

I have a layout (the Korean food one from this post ) in the Oct/Nov 2008 issue of Digital Scrapbooking Magazine . I didn't realize it ...

I won a drawing on Cotton Candy by Natalie , and got this cool camera strap. I picked this one for the fun color. (I'd just better not...

It seems like every week I get a couple of hits from ask.com, from people searching "How many sheets of paper can I send with one stamp...

Kate has learned the word "rampage." It's so funny to hear her talking about her rampaging dinosaurs. And today when she was...

Yesterday was our twelfth anniversary. Doug was gone all day (twelve hours--keeping with the theme, I guess) and Kate and I stayed home and...

Yesterday we went to the Puyallup fair with Scott. Doug is actually working at the fair this year. We weren't sure what his schedule w...

The jointed paper animals have evolved into jointed foam animals. It was completely Doug's fault--he's the one who came home from ...

Here's a neat video about Don LaFontaine , who passed away on Monday. We will miss his voice.