Archive for the Family Category

It may not feel like Christmas outside…..

By Kimberly on December 18, 2009 / Christmas, Family, Fun, Holiday, Recipe / 3 Comments

…..but it sure smells like it inside! Mom and I have been baking Christmas goodies in my kitchen almost non-stop for the past three days. We haven’t done this in years. I can’t tell you how much fun we are having! Mom’s snowballs are so delicious and

A perfectly merry mouseketeer birthday party

By Kimberly on November 30, 2009 / EZ Pineapple Log Cabin Ruler, Family, Fun, Quilters' Heritage Celebration Show / 7 Comments

My little guy is turning 11. Tomorrow. My goodness, when did that happen? So we went to celebrate with the world’s most famous mouse yesterday. Perfect weather, perfect company, perfect day. We rode rides. Some tame…. …and others not so tame. We had a blast finding folks

The best guests

By Kimberly on October 30, 2009 / Family, Fun, Guests, Sue Hausmann / 4 Comments

We hosted some of our favorite people here at home over the weekend, Herb and Sue Hausmann. Of course, we think they are both terrific simply for who they are — sincerely good people and simply great friends — but during their visit this time, we got a bonus! Ever since

Checking in with an update

By Kimberly on October 20, 2009 / Family, Holiday / 2 Comments

Neglected…. Isn’t this tomato just nasty looking? I never knew tomatoes could grow “hair.” But that’s what happens when left alone and forgotten on my kitchen window sill. Like my tomatoes, I am a little behind in updating the blog. So sorry! It’s been awhile since I last posted.

Birthday books….

By Kimberly on September 13, 2009 / Family, France, Fun, Paris, Recipe / 6 Comments

In my previous blog I mentioned that my boys surprised me with some of the books from my “reading wish list” for my birthday. Notice a theme? Well, quite honestly it all began in last month when I went to see the movie, Julie and Julia. It

09/09/09 — special in so many ways!

By Kimberly on September 10, 2009 / Family, Fun / 12 Comments

For people around the world, Sept 9th was quite significant. Consider these fun facts: (Ahem…some text copied from CNN; Saeed Ahmed.) You probably won’t get to experience another single-digit date in your lifetime. The next one won’t roll around for 92 years — until 1/1/2101. 9/9/09 was

Let’s make a date…

By admin on July 10, 2009 / Do U do KMQs?, Family, Free Mystery Quilt, Fridays with Kimberly, Fun, Quilt Iowa 2009 / Leave a comment

First, I must apologize for not posting for such a long time. As you may know, we’re in the middle of relocating our household from Germany back to the US. This is the second overseas move in just 12 months! Although I consider myself a hearty, ready-at-a-moment’s-notice,

To quiet the riot

By Kimberly on June 27, 2009 / Family, Quilt Iowa 2009 / 4 Comments

Staying at a hotel can be fun and even feel a bit glamorous……when you’re on vacation. But not so much when you’re in the middle of uprooting your life and moving your entire household. For the second time in a year. Overseas. After about two days, well quite frankly, hotel

One last hurrah…

By Kimberly on June 24, 2009 / Family, France, Fun, Paris / 3 Comments

We wanted to do something special with the boys: take one special last trip before we make the transition back to the US. The weather was rainy here in Stuttgart this past weekend, but not in France. So we drove to Paris! On our way, we made a

Giggles and more

By Kimberly on June 9, 2009 / Birgit Schuller, Family, Fun / 12 Comments

First, the giggles… We went to dinner in the nearby village of Esslingen the other evening. I snapped these photos of our boys clowning around with some local sculptures. They’re just too fun not to share. Hope they inspire a case of the giggles like they did