Some Favorite Blogs

I am thrilled with all our blogging activity; thank you to everyone for participating and for taking the time to write and to post pictures. I am really enjoying hearing from all of you like this; I hope you are all enjoying it too.

I'm sure this is obvious, but I have a fascination with blogs and I wanted to share a few of my favorites with you. Actually, I only read three regularly, and I don't even read them very often, but here they are:

Elizabeth Foss, a home schooling mom of nine, got me started on blog reading.
She also has a column in the Arlington Catholic Herald and has written a few books.

I also LOVE Conversion Diary. Jennifer Fulwiler always makes me laugh. She is also writing a book about her conversion story, from atheism to Catholicism, and I think she is now a regular contributor to Envoy. This is one of my favorite posts....

Lastly, Shower of Roses is a really nice blog because Jessica includes so many beautiful pictures and has lots of great ideas for celebrating the liturgical year.

Do any of you have a favorite blog (or blogs)? Do any of you have your own blog? Please share.

Our New Dog

By now I'm sure everyone know that we have a new dog. She's exactly what Ellie was looking for as a competition dog. However she is still adjusting to living with a family with small boys. She came from a show home and had minimal socialization and is nervous around new people, especially men and children.


I think with careful training and good socialization she will become a great family dog. She has already accepted the rough play of Joseph and Anthony and will now let Matt approach her. However I don't think she will ever be as nice as Sugar, our Human Society Rescue.

Just a Reminder

I hope this is readable. I just screen printed it.

Backyard Projects

Andrew has been hard at work everyday with some project in the back yard, whether it is installing a new pre-hung door to the garage, puting up an exercise bar between two trees, removing stumps, laying mulch, tearing up the back deck, digging out the ground for a new patio, fixing his boat trailer, or fixing the fence after having three trees taken down.

Philip has been loving playing outside with daddy all day and getting terribly dirty as well. I guess that is what little boys are supposed to do, though! Here are some back yard views:

L'Chaim

Hello family, not only is this my first attempt to post on this blog, it's my first to ever blog from a smart phone. Sorry if anything doesn't turn out.

Recently Tristan and I have been trying to eat healthier, but also, more interesting foods. For dinner yesterday, Tristan made a kind of salad called Nicoise. It had boiled eggs, green beens, potatoes, tomatoes, feta cheese, and kalimata olives. Quite tasty!


We're also trying to eat a lot more fruit, as I'm sure you can see!

Test

If you read this blog, please leave a comment :)
(Just a test to see if anyone reads The Boyd Family Blog.)

Let me clarify...

I made a hasty and impulsive decision to get some cats; adult cats from a home with no kids. Below is a note I wrote for Paul so that he could know what to say to the lady who gave them to us when he calls her.