I’m not dead.
Though, right this minute, that sounds like a nice alternative.
For more than a year and a half, dreamboat husband Nate & I have been planning to tear up the carpet in our living room.
Whoever had white berber laid did not invision 6 kids ever living here. Or 3 dogs. Especially not [...]

Generally, I try to go grocery shopping when Nate can be home with the kids. It’s not that I mind taking them with me, but there just isn’t room in the cart for the groceries…

My girl Evan is special. I mean that in every sense of the word. 
She’s precious, she’s eccentric and she’s weird.  We love all those aspects.
Today, the kiddos were playing outside. I ushered them into the house for lunch and told them if they ate well, they could take a popsicle outside to enjoy.
This idea elated [...]

It’s true that we LOVE having a bigger family. (I say “bigger” because I still don’t think of us as a “big family.”)
I love that it’s teaching my children to always be considerate of others, to continually look for opportunites to serve and to share, and to understand the blessing of children from a very [...]

You may have noticed I’ve been absent on here the last couple of weeks. Things have been CRAZY with a capital C-R-A-Z-Y!
Here’s my quick version of a recap:
It started with cake. All Ferris wanted for her birthday was “cake.” Anytime anyone asked what she wanted, she said, “CAKE!” She wasn’t disappointed. We did get her [...]

My “big boys” were having a tough go at it the other day. I was in the mood to get some real cleaning done and was trying to get them on board with the idea. Instead, they fussed. That’s not allowed!
I was standing at the kitchen sink, washing dishes (which is where I am most [...]

As you know, I’ve been busy. Things are crazy around here these days.
School, housework, graphic design projects, dishes, laundry, registering all of our town’s Babe Ruth / Cal Ripken baseball players, preparing for a baby shower we’re hosting for a friend, laundry, baking cookies, dishes, and all this while my husband goes a mile a minute [...]

My kids like to cook. All of them. Even the boys. (Well, I suppose the jury is still out on little Gray, since he’s only 6 months old. If his enthusiasm for eating is any indication, he’ll like to cook, too.)
For Christmas, I found them a neat little kids’ cookbook. It has pictures that help [...]

This is a Public Service Announcement:
Army men — the little green kind, not the large human kind — can be washed and dried. I mean, they survive a trip through the spin cycle and permanent press.

No harm done. Much better results than trying to wash crayons.
Just in case you were wondering…

Tonight is our annual “Praise & Pie” service at church.
It’s one of my favorite services of the whole year… And it’s NOT about the pie. To be honest, I’m not really a huge pie fan at all. I just enjoy hearing the ways God has truly blessed those around me!
So, yesterday I made two pies. [...]