and now I really could use some chocolate! ~ I'll miss those sweet curls but I actually like the new look better than I thought I would...

I am such a dingbat. ~ I just walked outside to get the diapers off the line and thought, "Mmm something smells good!" Which is od...

Brandon told Lily, "I don't know what I should get you for Christmas." (He is most definitely not a procrastinator!) She imme...

Tyler was finishing up a major project at work. Things were stressful, to say the least. We’re used to our papa working 40 - 45 hour weeks a...

I know. It's hard to believe but it really is true! LilyPie can count to six !! ~ what a big observant girl!

I woke up and knew instantly ‘today is the day’! ~ It was Sunday sixteen years ago, to be exact. We decided to skip church and went for a wa...

beautiful Baby L ~ I am not always big on technology but I do love ultrasounds! I usually prefer the bare bones sonogram to the more modern ...

Once upon a time I used to sneak into the kitchen to cook dinner. Doesn ’t work anymore. Hasn ’t in years, actually. Which is fine ‘cause I’...

Most of what I do to save money is so second-nature to me that I forget it might be 'news' to someone else. Dish soap for example....

or maybe not

Up until a week ago we hadn't been to the library in ages! Honestly the thought of taking these 2 boys to the library was less than appe...

I'm always trying to figure out ways to painlessly stretch our money further. Painless is key here. I mean we can only eat so many beans...

I hate to send a kid to bed hungry. Now I know my children have never been truly hungry, starving hungry, but still I don’t like for them to...

this video is kinda long probably no one but family will care to watch it... We sure are thankful for our little girl!! (and all our other h...

Central provided t-shirts for everyone to wear to Racing Day. Needless to say they didn't have any sized 24 months so inspired by this ...

not bad for a first-day-back LilyPie reading her note from Papa Jeremiah's note to Momma ~ much better than an apple!! ugh....MATH so...

Next Sunday is our annual meeting at church. For the past few years, the staff has gone all out to make annual meetings not boring. This yea...

I feel sortof like I belong in Harris's family you know, from the book We Eat Dinner in the Bathtub . ~ We've been moving stuff all ...

Twenty-one years ~ Lana & Luke graciously offered to come stay with the kids. We of course took them up on the offer! Tony & Brandon...

No, I havent' been baking up a storm ~ This has been a big week for LilyPie!! She is now completely weaned and she’s figured out that th...

I'm not usually late to a party sorry! Now this is not going to be the most fabulous food you ever tasted. But it's pretty good and...

...I am mourning with those who mourn and praying for comfort...

Josiah has spent the last 15 minutes helping Lily walk, excitedly calling out every few seconds, "Lily's walking, Lily's walki...

We celebrate communion every week at our church. Yesterday Tim Bailey was sharing a sort of combined ‘communion mediation’ and a ‘her...

We have baby chicks!!! We found them on Monday. Our little hand-me-down black hen (which we haven't seen in ages so we figured killer-d...

Lily Pie has a couple of new words. She always says them together with great expression and often looks at her hands while saying them. The ...

I’ve been seriously interested in herbal remedies ever since Josiah was about 4 months old. I’d read an article with a recipe for a sleep ...

Tyler and I have been wanting to take Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University classes for quite some time. We figured we'd better g...

who, for only the 2nd time since March 30, 2007, got to sit through the entire church service ~ yep that would be me! Lily had to get a few...