Since the Barrett family loves an excuse to party and the birthday of our Blessed Mother is an excellent thing to celebrate we had cake. I baked a blue cake and Katie and Erin iced it in white. Kelli was in charge of sprinkles….a few of which even made it on the cake. Today the […]

I came to this link over at Danielle Bean’s blog and I had to post it here as well. Be prepared to mist up. Peggy Noonan

Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God, heralded joy to all the world. For from thou hast risen the Sun of justice, Christ our God. Destroying the curse, He gave blessing; and damning death, He bestowed on us life everlasting. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. For from […]

I can not imagine what the people who have lost everything must be feeling. To have worked your whole life and have it all wash away in a storm, well I just don’t know what I would do. The loss and frustration must be overwhelming. These days I am just offering up all little sufferings […]

Erin and Katie were playing the same internet game, simultaneously, on both my and Dave’s laptop. Ryan was stuck downstairs on the PC. Erin asked me if I played games on the laptop when I was a kid. I explained that there was no such thing back then in the beginning of time. “What did […]