My most recent knitting project was leg warmers, as you can clearly see.  I think people should wear them more often. They are ridiculously comfortable. Singer doesn't really care about my leg warmers, though. Just that I scratch her under the chin. ...Read More

The menu I made the previous week said we'd be having Kale Lasagna on Sunday night. However, when I got ready to make it, it seemed I was missing a key ingredient: Lasagna noodles. Lasagna just isn't lasagna when you substitute another noodle. I don't know about you, but on Sunday evenings, the last thing I want to do is run to Kroger,...Read More

I sit here on my bed this afternoon, with Dorien asleep beside me. I am surrounded by my latest knitting project, my Bible, Scripture Memorization book, prayer journal, iphone, and a book from the library called My Ideal Bookshelf. And as I have circulated through each of the above mentioned items, I find myself thinking about things that might be things that you,...Read More

The hardest person to buy Christmas gifts for is my mother. Even when she gives me a list. Well, that does make it slightly easier, I'll admit, but there are times when I try to go outside the box.  Gift-giving is made even more challenging in that her birthday is only a few days prior to Christmas, so I try to think of...Read More

Brooklyn, age 6 years, 10 months 1st grade If you're wondering why you didn't receive a Christmas card from us this year, it isn't because you fell out of favor with me, it's just because I didn't send any!  As prepared as I was for the holidays this year, the one thing I could not get excited about was putting together our family...Read More

It's early January. It's pouring rain outside and all my little ones are sleeping in their bedrooms (or playing quietly behind closed doors). Singer is drying off from her recent potty break. A pot of beans is simmering on the stove. A loaf of warm wheat bread rests on the counter, awaiting a dollop of salted butter. Things could be worse. ...Read More

My sister-in-law, Anna, gave Kyle and I this fantastic mounted buck for us to use as a decoration in our house. She knows I love the look of a deer head on the wall, but really don't want an actual deer head. She found this bit of ingenius design made out of laser-cut cardboard! I assembled it the other decided it needed to...Read More

Me and three of my blessings test out the new flannel sheets on August's bed. A picture of four of my blessings hanging out together in our library on New Year's Eve. ...Read More

If I were superstitious, which I am not, I would say the year 2013 has had an inauspicious beginning. Meaning, unlucky. Isn't 13 supposed to be an unlucky number?  We're 5 days into this new year and thus far, it has thrown my family some very unfortunate curves. I show you the beautiful face of my son August to cast a more happy...Read More

Biscuits!!! (that's what we call those tiny hiney buns) In all his glory! WooHoo!!! Another picture? Really? (DD - notice those teeny-weeny Timberlands? They have gotten some USE this week!) The kids received these Hulk gloves for Christmas and have had more fun fake fighting each other.  Out of nowhere, Dorien adopted a pratfall, where he just crumples slowly to the ground after...Read More