Standiford Family

On Friday, Kade and I went, with my dad, on a Father and Son Campout.  Our church does this annually and this is the first one that we all three have attended and Kade’s first camping experience.

It was held at The Res in Mishawaka, IN.  Kade and I got there a little after 6:30 pm, grabbed our [...]

On Thursday Mattey’s class, well really all the first graders, went on a field trip to the South Bend Chocolate Factory.  Mattey was so excited to go on a field trip since Megan’s gone on a few already this year.  She really wanted me to go with her but I didn’t think Kade would be [...]

In March Megan was called in for tryouts for the Major league.  Thankfully the coach thought she needed another year in Minors.  (Mickey and I didn’t want her in Majors yet.  She’ll get more playing time in Minors.)  She’s with the same coach as last year and Mickey is again helping out with the team.  [...]

This post has been a long time coming, sorry!  I already posted about the first half of Spring Break and this is what I did during the second half.  We got home from Ohio on Wednesday late afternoon and Kelly helped me pack up my stuff that night.Thursday morning, I picked my parents up around [...]

Every Wednesday for the last few months I’ve been going to the girls’ school to help with Mattey’s class.  I help the kids with reading in various ways, such as  reading books or plays in a group, and playing word Bingo.  I get a kick out of the kids.  There’s always one or more that [...]

My friend Jessica makes these darling rag quilts. Last month I had her show me how to make one since she will be moving to CA soon. I bought 8 yards of flannel and had to cut it into 7″ squares. That was a lot of cutting. Let me just say [...]

This year I wanted to get more into the celebrating of Cinco de Mayo.  I’ve really had a craving for Mexican (tex-mex) food the last year or more and I wanted to get in the spirit of it.  My sister-in-law is from Mexico and I’ve been asking her for food ideas.  She recommended some cook [...]