Just a quick note to all my friends who read this, I took the plunge awhile ago and joined Facebook (after much prompting from some church friends –*cough, cough* Joe & Jamie.) Anyway, if you want to add me to your friends — even if I don’t know you in “real life” — use my [...]

Anyone else heard of the sport of extreme ironing?
It’s real. I’m not joking. Here’s their site.
Apparently, it’s catching on all over the world. It’s described as “the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.”
You really need to follow the link. Their gallery [...]

We’ve always been cautious not to tell our children what to pray, but to let them pray what’s on their own tiny, little hearts. Sometimes the results are amazing… sometimes we nearly fall asleep as they thank God for everything they can see.
“Thank you for the napkins, the salt, the pepper, my drink, Andy’s drink, [...]

Evan has recently picked up a new word. Her vocabulary is expanding rapidly. That’s exciting, but this newest addition is of the four-letter variety and it does not make me happy… at all.
Keep in mind that this is a word that her Daddy and I rarely use and we desperately try NOT to teach it [...]

Our house is fairly small, but our family and dogs are not.
We have two… dogs, that is, not families.
The first is a police canine German Shepherd and the other is a Boxweiler. (That’s a cross between a Boxer and a Rottweiler, for all of you out of the loop.) The point is that our dogs, [...]

Next week we’re slated to officially begin our lives as a homeschool family. We plan on doing it pseudo-year-round, so I’m trying to squeeze every last drop out of summer this week.
I took the kids to a secluded park today. We’d not been to this one before, but we’ll definitely be going back. It was [...]

Yesterday was one of those days. Thankfully, today is much better. But yesterday, whew! Let’s just say I’m glad it’s over.
It started like this…

… and ended with a migraine.
I’m so thankful that God’s mercies are new every morning.

Over at Rocks in My Dryer, Shannon’s hosting a fun haiku-writing contest. The prize is a whole bunch of cool stuff, but I only entered because I thought I had a unique idea for the content. Anyway, her contest required us to “write a haiku commemorating the whole back-to-school thing.”
Here’s what I came up with:
Rookie [...]

When you desperately need to do laundry and just can’t wait to play outside, wear Daddy’s firefighter boots.

Pants are optional that way.

Here’s reason #515I love my husband: He’s just plain funny.
Tonight during our spaghetti dinner, I asked each of the boys what sport they’d like to compete in for USA in the Olympics. (We can dream big, can’t we? They’re only 2, 4 and 5.)  They each gave me several answers and changed their minds a [...]