Andrews Family

Working on Olivia’s Halloween costume brought back a lot of good childhood memories. Every summer, Rachel & I would pick a pattern and Mom would help us prepare our sewing projects for the Saunders County Fair. As I remember, we had the modeling competition on Monday (I was even a trophy winner and went to State one year!) and the [...]

If you’ve checked the photo gallery today, you see that we (finally) added photos from Halloween and I thought I should write a bit about Olivia’s costume. I’ve been wanting to get back into sewing for a couple years now and just never found the time while I was working. Then I had a newborn and time [...]

Since this is a week to recall our many blessings and offer thanks to the Giver of all good things, I couldn’t let it go by without a heartfelt post of appreciation for our sweet little turkey. The last month has brought all sorts of fun for Olivia and it seems that she truly is learning [...]

Last week wasn’t so good for me. On Sunday after a "nice" lunch, we stopped at Lowe’s and they had a pretty ceiling fan at a reduced price. It would fit perfertly in Livy’s room (picture) where the old fan was almost dangerous at high speed. So that afternoon I started to install it. Her room is the [...]

We had a good day last Sunday. After Mass, we decided to have a treat and go out for a nice lunch. Jenny picked one of her favorite places - The Olive Garden. Jenny likes the soup & salad, which is what we usually get (she especially likes that you can get a deal on the combo for lunch). I like [...]

In case you hadn’t heard, Microsoft recently released Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) and Windows Media Player 11. And if you hadn’t heard, you probably will soon since Microsoft is going to be pushing IE7 out via Automatic Updates. Don’t worry though, it will prompt you to choose to install it or not and you can always [...]