Life of the Lorenzens

Halloween was kind of an after-thought with the excitement of Emily's birthday party on Sunday, but we still went trick-or-treating.  Em...

Lincoln got a special present, too.  Grandpa Boote was super excited to give him his first red tractor.  I know we live in Deere country, bu...

Emily had a great birthday celebration!  It began at preschool on Thursday when she got to wear a birthday crown and bring ice cream cookie ...

It is hard to believe our big, little girl is four years old today!  It is such a joy to see her learn and grow every day.  Her biggest acc...

This Saturday I had the privilege of attending the Rise and Shine Women's Retreat at our church .  Austin took care of the kids for the...

Carving pumpkins is by far my favorite part of Halloween. I was pretty disappointed when the pumpkins I had purchased earlier started to shr...

Lest you think I totally slacked off after the great toy sort (which did wear me out), I thought I'd better report on my cleaning projec...

I've been doing pretty well with the small tasks, so today I decided to tackle a bigger one.  Back when I was all-wise and all-knowing p...

This afternoon we attended a super fun birthday party for one of Emily's best friends.  It had a Princesses & Pirates theme, and th...