Author Archives: Sonja

About Sonja

I am a wife, a mom, a homeschooler, a Christian, a scrapbooker, a cook, a baker, a reader, and a thinker. I am many other things, too, that are not so easily defined. Right now, God has been calling me to be faithful in what He has given me to do – to be the best wife, mom, homeschooler, friend, etc. that I can be. In essence, He has told me to “bloom where I’m planted”.

Dr. Phil

Well, tonight Dr. Phil was on David Letterman. We could not believe what he said! He is now advocating single parent homes. Dr. Phil said children prefer to be from a broken marriage than to be in one. He has … Continue reading

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Olive Garden Stuffed Mushrooms (Copycat) Recipe

Olive Garden Stuffed Mushrooms (Copycat) Recipe Jef & I absolutely LOVE the Olive Garden’s stuffed mushrooms. Since Christmas is coming, and some of you mgiht be having buffets or Christmas dinners (or might jsut want to splurge), I thought I … Continue reading

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It just keeps getting better…

This morning while we were praying, Jef’s cell phone rang. He got a call from one of the places where he’d dropped off his brochure!!! So Jef got to work three hours today!! 🙂 God is good!!

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The boys also played football with their cousins. Jacob, Daniel & Jonathan tossing the ball. Nicholas had such fun with the football that Matthew & Jacob got him one for his birthday! June 2005 

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All of the boys got to play! Nicholas, Daniel & Jonathan (you can see a bit ofMatthew’s red shirt). June 2005 

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The boys had fun jumping on the trampoline. Here you can see Matthew & Jonathan on the trampoline and Jacob looking in from outside. june 2005 

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Grandma & Nicholas. This picture was taken in June 2005. This bear sings “Singin’ in the Rain”. The boys got it for Mom for her birthday. We had a party for Evva at Doug & Marie’s house (Jef’s brother). 

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It’s a God Thing

A few weeks ago, I ran out of Swiffer Wet Jet cleaning pads. “No big deal,” I thought. “I still have my mop. I’ll just use that.” No such luck. My mop is an O-Cedar mop with a removeable head, … Continue reading

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“Look, Santa! A plane!!” Our boys are fascinated with planes, even though they fly over ALL the time (we live north of McCord AFB).

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Santa giving his elves instructions. The boys sure talked his ear off!! My goodness!! They were just asking questions & talking, and Nicholas was talking in Nicholas-ese, so he wasn’t always understood … Santa was so patient, though! He took … Continue reading

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