3/30/2012 It's Friday. At my house, it's rainy and dreary - not a fun Friday! About a week ago we had warm temps and were in shorts....

3/27/2012 Here's another wonderful Francis Chan video. It's only 4 minutes but it makes a point that I think about every day, especi...

3/26/2012 Last Friday I took my two children to Chicago, to fulfill the promise I made to my daughter last September that she could earn a t...

3/20/2012 It's been a week of firsts around here. It's the first day of Spring. Our daffodils are enjoying the sunshine and we are e...

3/16/2012 It's Family Photo Friday! Who can believe March is half over already?! Where I live, spring has already sprung and we couldn...

3/14/2012 Well, my daughter has done it! She's finished reading ALL of the American Girl historical books! Julie's books were the la...

3/13/2012 It's been almost 3 weeks since miscarriage #2. I haven't been blogging much, but I know people are wondering how I'm d...

3/7/2012 My boy is 4 and won't be 5 until next winter. He's a ways from being ready for Kindergarten, but he is old enough to want t...

3/6/2012 A few weeks ago the Girl Scouts celebrated World Thinking Day. For the troops in our council, it meant being assigned one country t...

3/5/2012 My daughter is zipping through the American Girl books, reading them in historical order. She's now finished Molly's books....

2/24/2012 This is another of those blog posts that I never wanted to write. Yesterday I miscarried a baby, for the second time. It was all e...

2/21/2012 Last weekend we took a mini-vacation. Since Christmas, we had set aside some money for a hotel stay but waited until now to find a...

2/20/2012 Kit. 1934. The era of Shirley Temple, typewriters, and the Great Depression. Having read all of the American Girl books in chronol...

2/17/2012 How can it be the middle of February already!? Another week has flown by. Here's a sneak peek at our week. Here's my son, ...

2/16/2012 If you're a parent, I know you can relate. The kids are playing nicely for maybe 2 minutes until someone starts crying. "...

2/15/2012 Happy Valentine's Day! Here are the beautiful roses that the love of my life gave me yesterday. Love them and love him! The ye...