This past Sunday I was talking to a friend at church. It started out as a normal conversation about the funny things our kids do/say…
If you’re even a semi-regular follower of this not-so-regular blog, then you know that I published a book a few years back. That book offered…
I’ve been working on what I call the “blog book†a lot lately. It’s the “parenting book†I’m writing, using a lot of stories I’ve…
For the last couple of months or so, hubs has been commuting to Hot Springs (about an hour and half drive from us one way)…
This Mother’s Day post is dedicated to the teenager in the house, who remains the sweetest child of mine. Now, don’t get me wrong. The…
That was the semi-random question asked on the way home from guitar/voice lessons the other night. Only semi-random because, being the nerdy family we are,…
This week marks what has become an annual occurrence that I call “Kidcation.” The kids get a vacation from cleaning their rooms, milking goats, feeding…
Today the 5-year-old becomes the 6-year-old. The one I affectionately call Wonder Boy on this site isn’t a baby anymore. He has graduated from kindergarten…
While I was out gallivanting on my Harry Potter London experience (speaking of awesome, more on that later), Bryan took the kids on a day…
Well, the world did not end on December 21, 2012, as some believed the Mayans had predicted it would. But a few days later, it…
I’m intentionally taking a day off from Jeff Goins’ 15 Habits of Great Writers Series today. My baby boy is 5 today!!! And he’s already…
So last week, I was all “to-do lists be damned”and was bound and determined to not to anything I didn’t want to do. This week,…
It should probably be called “momcation” but kidcation is what I used last year, and I’m nothing if not consistent. So the kids left yesterday…
It’s good to have goals, right? The Girl (11yo) recently decided to become a vegetarian. Now for someone like me, who believes the definition of a…