We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on Monday with friends of ours Tutu Girly. We had a great time! Wore green clothes, ate lots of green food, made some special crafts, decorated and ate yummy cut out shamrock cookies and even went on a treasure hunt for 4 leaf clovers around the house. The kids loved […]
It has been a week since the time change and let me tell you it has been great! Wonderful changes have occurred in our family schedule due to just one hour difference. Mr. Barela and I are getting a extra 1-1 1/2 hours of sleep because the kiddos are sleeping in. We haven’t been meandering […]
I have been waiting to blog about this for awhile but because it was a surprise and certain people read my blog I could not disclose any information. But now that the surprise is over and was a big hit I can tell you all about how my dad and I pulled off a very […]
I’m a runner. I love it. It’s my thing. I got up early before the rest of the house awoke and made a break for it. The days have been filled with rain, but this morning it had stopped for a moment so I took my chance. Thirty seconds into my run it started sprinkling…then […]
I was running with my running partner last week and we got to talking about coffee. How much we LOVE it, when we started drinking it, how we like it, how much we drink, what kind we brew at home, what kind we like when we’re out and about, what kind of creamer we use, […]
Last night the Little Mister and I had a fun time in the kitchen as we often do after the girls are in bed. We love to bake together, and let me tell you he is getting pretty good at mixing and measuring. We decided to go a different direction last night and make some […]
The last 4 weeks there have been significant changes at the Barela household for the better. All because of ONE wonderful idea, and an answer to many prayers, life seems a little bit more managable. On Monday’s our neighbor friend comes over to watch the kids for 2 hours. She is 13, lives right across […]
We have been having lots of fun with 2 big carboard boxes. Here are some pics of the endless hours of fun! Miss K Peekaboo Miss T All smiles from the Little Mister 3 Musketeers + Superman I think we may have interrupted someone doing their “business” in the box Hi Miss K! ***Ignore scary […]
On February 8 Mr. Barela celebrated his 31st birthday. We had a great weekend celebrating his special day. We had babysitters for Saturday night and we hit our town of Chico in style. We went to Brian’s favorite local restaurant, 5th Street Steakhouse, and then to see Slumdog Millionaire. The dinner was great as it […]
We have almost 4 days of healthy kids around here. There has been no screaming, crying for long periods of time, no yucky stuff coming from eyes or nose, no puffy eyes, ear aches or fevers. It has been just delightful! Now that this is past us (hopefully) I had to post a pic of […]