Huntley

This weekend is bringing one major project to the Thompson household: Spring cleaning in Huntley. Oh, the horror. It's amazing what kind of messes can be created by nothing more than cold weather over a winter period. From the inside to the outside of the house, we're hitting everything...

What happens when one of your dogs decides to convince the other dog to do a little destruction on one of your favorite things? In this case I was upset, the dogs knew it and I am trying to move on because they are a big part of the family...

Sunday night my family and I made taco salads for dinner. Having five kids you can imagine how many accidents happen. This dinner was no exception. We no more than got the salads made up and dished out to the kids when our 4-year-old made the wrong move and his salad went tumbling to the floor...

Since moving into our house in Huntley about a month ago we have been chomping at the bit to get the front yard planted. We were finally able to get it done over the weekend. I talked with a few people about whether they thought planting grass seed before winter was better than planting right after...

We are into Fall now and one thing my family does is we decorate for the season as well as the holiday. I am just wondering if you do it too. It's kind of fun to show our support of the season and fall is one of our favorites. It's harvest time and the feeling we get with the freshness of the air makes it like another new beginning...

No, I am not a farmer. Not even close to being one but it sure feels good when you can harvest something and provide something good to eat for family and friends. That's what happened at our new house this weekend. We have 5 apple trees in my yard in Huntley and they are ripe for pickin'...

Welcome to a brand new weekly video blog post called "The Word." Every week I will taking news from around our area and giving my 2 cents on what is happening. Hopefully we can come to some positive resolutions to a few things and make our community an even better place to live...

We have a lot to be thankful for in this nation of ours. We have so many freedoms that many others do not. One of those freedoms is the ability to load up the family, find a fishing hole and drop a line. This is something that I have enjoyed since a I was a small kid and something that my children now look forward to...

If you are planning on getting married soon, or just want to get out, enjoy some live entertainment and rock the night away, this is your ticket.