Our 8th anniversary was yesterday. I thought about writing a poem about my husband. I had a great opening line: “I married a man who lived in a van.” That was it though. I’m not a good poet. I am good at lists however. So here is a non-exhaustive list of 10 Things I… Continue reading Happy Anniversary
Category: Family
Hunting in Pairs
Life with Twin 1 year olds They hunt in pairs and some days I wish I could just find a place to hide. Their names are Kate and Lucy. Really they are much cuter, but if you think I’m exaggerating click on the picture…
Valentine’s Day and Other News
Sure enough, there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers on the table Sunday morning. In the hurry to get ready for church I had quite forgotten about it. But when I started down the stairs, I heard Emily scream, “Maggie! She’s coming!” It sounded more like she was announcing a tornado. The flowers were beautiful,… Continue reading Valentine’s Day and Other News
Valentine’s Day Dinner
We’ve made it back from our traditional Valentine’s day dinner relativley unscathed. A few years ago, Chris and I decided to make Valentine’s day a family holiday. We let the girls dress up and take them out to a nice restaurant for dinner. It was VERY tempting to bribe them out of it this year. … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Dinner
An Esau Moment
The following story is about a year old, but some of our friends recently enjoyed it and suggested we put it on the blog. Here is the Spencer trash pizza story: Chris was working on the house one Saturday while my sister, the kids, and I were away at a shower. I can’t recall why… Continue reading An Esau Moment
A Field Trip to Reverence
Once a month we try to do a fun field trip with some other homeschool families. This month we went to Abrams Planetaruim, my favorite so far. Emily and Maggie were completely absorbed for an hour and half. I have to say I was too. I’m pretty sure I spent most of my childhood confusing Astronomy with Astrology,… Continue reading A Field Trip to Reverence
Green Grass
Today was one of the days when I was peeking over to the non-homeschooling side of the fence and thinking that the grass just had to be greener. Thankfully the Lord has given my husband the personality and patience to live with 6 women. So when I said/yelled, “Don’t you see I’m ruining everyone’s life!” … Continue reading Green Grass
A Queen’s Bed
This time last year we were bursting out of our 900 sq ft ranch, so we took advantage of the market and bought a house double the size. Of course it needed a little TLC, but nothing we couldn’t do ourselves in just a few short months… Well, we’ve been almost (a word I’ve begun… Continue reading A Queen’s Bed
Quick Holiday Photo Tips
I woke up this morning to the big girls hovering over me with plans to remove a mole from my shoulder with a barrette and a comb. It could have been worse, I know a dad who once woke up with a scalpal between his teeth. Meanwhile, Chris was in their bathroom trying to fish flushed Dixie cups out… Continue reading Quick Holiday Photo Tips
To lie or not to lie?
One thing Chris and I have been very intentional about in our parenting has been to never lie to our children. This might seem like an obvious thing to do, but it is easier said than done. Yesterday, it was really put to the test. Mr. Tumnus, though generally a nice kitty and particularly good with… Continue reading To lie or not to lie?
Talking Wall 