We don't get out much. Well, we do get out much but usually it is to work or swim practice or church activities or horse activities or volunteer activities or homeschool …
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My brother and I were born thirteen months apart. With identical blonde curls and mirror image faces, everyone thought we were twins. I sometimes wonder if that means I looked …
Typically two things happen at my house when we plan to fast during Lent. First, we forget it's Lent until about a week in. Second, we don't make it all the …
Like most households, the chaos of our day always comes to a head at dinnertime. Last night, after driving home in a blizzard, I found myself up to my eyeballs in bedlam. …
Time is a precious commodity for any mother. And I find myself on the losing end of the battle to find time, make time, and balance time more often than …
I am a girl and a mother of a girl teenager. So I know a thing or ten about mean girl behavior. In fact, I was the unfortunate recipient of …
It’s hard to believe a year has passed since our last Christmas update. Each year the kids stay busy with church activities, sports, 4H, homeschool co-ops, and piano. We are beyond …
After Thanksgiving we hauled out the Christmas decorations and decked the house for Christmas. By we, I mean my mom. She was visiting so I made her clean the house, …
About a month after moving into our new hobby farm, I told my friend Michelle that I was homesick. The whole hobby farm gig was beautiful but it was also …
I'm not a Halloween grinch. But I am close. Its a stupid holiday, really. In a nutshell - parents spend oodles of time, money, or some combo thereof on costumes …