Oh, wait...Friday won't take away my troubles. Is it Saturday, then? Ummm...no.  Saturday will have no more success taking away the ...

Joshua and Hannah finished their first ever standardized tests this week.  Praise the Lord!  As a special treat (and since we had the tes...

 The morning was great.  We got up, made it through our morning routine, even read a few books with the little kids.  School time was smo...

We haven't updated much about the general comings and goings in the Crew.  Things haven't been out of the ordinary, but they certain...

When someone in your household is into trail running you end up viewing many short films meant to inspire and encourage a love of the sport....

At tthis point it has been several days since I wrote this post.  I wanted to put a link to kiviak and Inuits who go under the sea ice to co...

A few weeks ago Jeremiah fell and hit his nose on the frame of our couch.  Instead of rushing him to the doctor we decided to wait it out a...

By God's amazing grace, I managed to miss out on all four rounds of the Great Stomach Virus of 2014-2015.  Managing morning sickness was...

This little girl nearly gave me a heart attack a few moments ago. Cautious is not really a word that I would use to describe Rachel.  T...

The kids cooked dinner last night.  Mostly. I asked Joshua to head up a team to make waffle batter.  He is well prepared for such a tas...

With everyone being sick on and off, the kids and I have been very much out of routine.  Sure, we have our meals at fairly regular times and...

Photo from https://www.lehivalley.com Mmmm...wasabi peas. Great for adults. Not so good for 2-year-olds. And how would I know?  W...

 Our rental house is situated on four wooded acres.  As far as I can tell the property contains approximately zero evergreen trees.  Since i...

Here's a good way to get your exercise in for the day.  Put your 2-year-old into a big boy bed for the first time.  Make sure his bedroo...

I know, I really owe you an actual post with more than two paragraphs of text excuses.  Sorry...this post will not be it.  But rest assured...