Claire's Calico Corner

  Hello dear Readers, I know it's been a while since I've blogged...   I hope you've all had a wonderful last few weeks filled...

  Dear Readers, This week I realized that God has the absolute perfect plan. I know we all think 'God, why does this happen to         ...

        Dear Readers,   We've had an amazing weekend. Even though Mason broke his foot. Yeah - it happened again. This time, however,...

             Dear Readers,  We have just gotten home from a marvelous trip to Flagstaff! Even though Dad had to work, we still had a great...

  Dear Readers,    The Shrader family has the crud. This cold thing attacked Dad, then Cate, now Mom and Benjamin.  Ugh.      But I'm...

       Dear Readers,  Yesterday was a lazy Sunday for the Shraders. We woke up to Mom making waffles, so of course everyone was in a good m...

                    "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is...

   Here are some pictures - it's taken forever to download, but here they are! The above photo was taken in a photo booth at our old fav...

Dear Readers,   We recently came home from Florida. It was so amazing to see all the MAROON!   The bulldogs won the game, too! Actually - ...

  Dear Readers,  a blur of our tree     I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas! We sure did. In fact, I'm quite reluctant t...

Dear Readers,  I love Christmas! The smells, the weather, the music, family, the celebration of our Savior's birth, and yes - gifts. We...

  Dear Readers, This weekend was absolutely wonderful. My wonderful  family ran all over town for me on Saturday and...