wintertime wonders

it's been a wonderful winter so far this year. we've not been continually dumped with snow. nor have we had to endure extremely cold temperatures for too long. the house has been roasty toasty with our woodstove blazing. we've enjoyed being creative indoors, accomplishing a few projects and lotsa crafty creations. and the children are big enough to get themselves ready for outdoor play without much help from the momma.

we've built snowmen, snow forts, a snow cave,

thrown snowballs, and gone sledding a few times.

the weather has been warming up quite a bit and the children are now itching for spring. the momma is content to keep spring waiting because she doesn't like mudland and has some more things to knock off her to do list inside before we give our attention to the outdoors again.
so we're making the most of our indoor days and loving our adventures with our bunch of kiddos.

shiloh will be 2 very soon.
once our shy, sober one,
she has found her jubilee and now is miss charming!

at 4 months, geldan has found his fingers.
he is incredibaby, a delight to us all!!!

Adam's Party

Here's a snapshot of Adam's camera.

This is a photo of the artwork at Chuck's Southern Comfort.

This is a video of the lights at the Whirlyball place.

Here is a motion picture of Margie's Ice Cream.


Lots of fun. Thanks gentlemen. And I'm looking forward to the wedding celebration next week. Hooray for Adam and Leslie and what God will do with them.

Christmastime cuties

geldan erik & shiloh jubilee

can these cute kiddos really be mine?!?!

Leannora's latest.

Here's what Leannora has been up to lately:

Wild children.

Look Out! There's Wild Children in There!




This is what happens when the Milligan children are left alone for a few minutes. (I think it actually settled down in there because they saw me pass with the camera.)

Chocks in da chotter

When we lived in an apartment in the northwest side of Milwaukee, we had a pretty spot right across the street. Hogan was just learning to speak, and Owen was a baby. We would take Hogan across the street, down the path, and throw "rocks in the water." Hogans best try at that request was, "chocks in da chotter." Its been a revisited phrase in our family ever since. Here are some pictures of us visiting that spot while we were in Milwaukee recently. It was the first time back since we moved away.

fun with bread

We're joining the Crazy club, I guess. We just tried grinding fresh wheat berries into flour, then making bread out of it. It was actually kinda' fun, and I was surprised how good the bread was without any white flour. I expected bread like the really hearty whole grain stuff I've had before, but it tasted better. Anywho, maybe we'll keep trying some more. I'm pretty sure it's a bunch healthier. Chances are, I'll burn out on making it really soon. I tend to be very faithless on carrying through on things.
-Mark