Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their n...

from the dairy this time ~ Lana kept the middle kids (thanks!!) while Tony and Lexi went with me to Claremore. Let's just say that we we...

21.75 lbs of cukes and yellow squash today !! Sadly, our squash plants are mostly dead I don't know what it is about us and squash... B...

and her big bubs

It was unmistakable. The first time, when she said it to Brandon a few days ago, I wasn't 100% positive; last night there was no doubt. ...

Sunday using this recipe as a starting point I made a cake so fluffy that had I not run the grain through the grinder myself I would not ha...

You're finally going to let me try it?? lemme help well I'm working on it oh yeah, baby!! ~ that brings the total of summer-squash...

She's barely two ~ Daddy says we need to get more beads and set her up with a business! Wonder how many people would want to buy jewel...

One gets sick; all get sick.

This was stealing my chicken eggs I don't think so! Tony got him with a 22 (I'm all for gun safety; but I think we're being...

baby clothes for the last time. makes me sad. (sweet Lily, always observant, just ceased her chanting of "can you get me a vitamin C ...

(Lily's present to Papa, made all by herself) ~ Thank you, Lord for Tyler! Please strengthen him and give him courage as he leads our f...

from Lana and Algie's first photo shoot 23 wks (after which, Mimi was rewarded with a high five!)

We've been here before; at the beginning stages of fulfilling a dream. This time it isn't our dream, but our children's. How tha...

I'm not going to cry. I'm not going to cry. I am not going to cry.

Way back several years before we began homeschooling TJ wrote a paper on who he thought would make a great teacher. He choose me. "beca...

Jeremiah took one look at the salad I'd served for dinner and announced he wouldn't be eating his salad this evening. So I told him,...

NOT! ~ "So, what do they call you?" he asked as Lexi and I sat in his office. I looked at him blankly. "Nana? Granny? Mimi?...

Thanks to Kung Fu Panda and a tiny misunderstanding Jeremiah and Josiah have taken to referring to their er - privates as 'tenders'...

Tony came in the room with a big grin bouncing up and down on his toes like he does when he's excited. "Can I cut the grass ?...

Tyler took me to the sewing machine shop today. "I'll just be a few minutes," I told him. I really did intend to be just a few...

The girls and I were more than a bit crabby. As much as I prefer to be home I thought a change of scenery might do us some good. I needed a ...

making diapers! I don't know why I often put it off as if it's a dreaded chore; I suppose it's because the creating of diapers c...

of these cheeks!!

always watching you

Josiah you make me smile a lot ~ Oh, I miss them!! Is it really still only Monday?!? ~ you do realize what this means? I all by myself wit...

I thought I might like to look back sometime and see what I was reading had just read and/or was going to read soon in early summer 2009 Um...

Pre-pregnant weight!! From Lexi silly not my original pre-pregnant weight; I'll never see that again..... Seeing as how I generally gai...

When Lexi went down for her late morning nap Lily and I got busy nine pints (plus a tiny bit for tasting) of scrumptious strawberry jam de...

or most of 'em anyways. My guys are on their way to the family reunion in Destin (not exactly where I'd prefer my gentlemen to be in...