I half circled the big oak tree and parked the car. As I reached over  and grabbed my bag, purse and notebook  from the passenger seat, I p...

over and over and  over

Okay. I can admit it. I'm glad they made me go to the retreat. The speaker (Bev Bradley) was super and spending time with Eva was a tre...

Let's see how quickly I can do this; it's 2:31. go 1. I don't really  have time to post, but I'm laying girls down and onl...

When I had my weekend away, I started a list of habits / qualities that we need to work on. First on the list was obedience followed immedi...

Lexi loves to pray. Sometimes, I think it is a power thing, but really ~ do I dare tell my child she can't pray?? One of the things I ...

You know the 'taste test' game? Where you close your eyes, someone feeds you something, and you have to guess what it is? Lily pla...

again. There is a house on Kibler, a little further down the road than us, that just screams 'perfection'. Every time we pass it, I...

So. Today was the big day! I forgot my camera, so I just have a couple of phone photos. (you should be able to click on the photo to enlarg...

1. Well. The 5K is this Saturday. We're down to only 3 runners. Since I am not going to be participating, we decided to not have any o...

I love how much these girls love each other. (and I just choose to ignore how much they also bicker and scream...) Today, Lily was playi...

Every once in  awhile, I'll look on Craigslist at exercise equipment. I haven't walked (for exercise) since Dollar General opened t...

For perspective,  I was going to sweep this pile into my dustpan before taking a picture. Considering the size of said dustpan, I didn...

We had a visitor yesterday. When Lex' saw her on the porch, she excitedly squealed, "We have two puppies!" Of course, ...

by Lexi, 2 1/2  She drew her first person Friday evening, sitting in Aunt Marin's lap but in all the  hubbub , I didn't save it :...

I looked out the kitchen window to see Lexi completely naked holding a gun in her right hand and Josiah's hand in the other. Their arms...

During my un-well time, I could feel myself becoming more and more selfish. Or maybe that selfishness was in me all along and I just became...

What I failed to mention in my last post was that we started tearing into the kitchen at noon, knowing that my brother, his gal, and...

So. Ya'll know how I feel about decent looking floors. Up until about just a few hours ago, I  did not have a decent looking floor in m...

breakfast in the sun love that girl!!

To kick off my 43rd year, 43 little-known things about me, in no particular order 1. If I had to choose between a cleared off horizontal s...

We played the  funnest game ever last night! I'm telling you - we laughed so hard most everyone had a headache! I learned it from S...