The Ochsners

We went caroling with our youth group last night, riding on a decorated hayrack around Sully, and surprising some older folks with a poinse...

This will be our family's last fall that none of our children will be attending school. Next year, Ezra will be nearly five, and will l...

Elliot is starting some potty training, so I thought I'd pull this video of Ezra out of the archives.

Has a hard time adjusting to the season change. Almost picked a Tulip last weekend, illegally...behind the Scholte house. Loves his gumbo...

Today I got some pictures of the three boys on our lawn.  The two youngest desperately needed haircuts.  I didn't realize how bad it was...

"Do it again, Zachary!" Make an on-line slideshow at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Here are a few photos that I haven't gotten around to posting that are from last month. Two little boys showing off to two big boys at o...

After running, packing, shopping, swimming, resting, going down the slide, swimming again, snacking, swimming again...little Elliot just cou...

Wise quotes from Winnie the Pooh: “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy word...

We've got another four wheeler driver. At first, Ezra was excited. Then he decided it wasn't fun to share a pretty special toy with...

I shot three month and three year pictures last weekend while in Grand Rapids. The backyard of the Buys' house was beautiful, and the b...

Zachary is growing quickly - two and a half months already. There have been several times that I think, "I can't wait until they c...

Today I had an entire hour to myself, with all three boys sleeping. This is very unusual. I usually don't know what to do with myself....

Last weekend Ezra got to watch a tractor pull a stuck combine out of a muddy rut with a chain, so this week he has been pretending to pull t...

Ezra 2.5, Elliot 15 months, Zachary 6 weeks "If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?"

Tonight we had our first outing as a family of five. We grabbed dinner at "Iowa's Best Burger Cafe" five-and-dime on the inter...