Aloha and Holo Holo

Jeff and I spent the weekend working out the details of the African portion of our RTW trip. This will be the second leg of our journey, aft...

Our homeschool has always included language, in the form of Spanish and/or Latin. But this year, in addition to her Latin studies, we allowe...

Dear youth football coach(es), I am terribly sad to even have to write this letter. I mean, we are only four games into the season, and I ...

My youngest child is a lover. He simply cannot get (or give) enough hugs, kisses, lap time or 'nuggles (as he calls them). He recently c...

Our big kids have been waiting what seems like forever for Clay to have "other engagements," so that we could take them to Schlitt...

For a while, I have been researching and experimenting with essential oils and natural remedies. About six months ago, I was introduced to d...

A pooping incident occurred at my house today, which claimed as victims all the cushions of my patio furniture and every single stuffed anim...

The boys and I had a good time studying about Archimedes' Principle in Science today and building our own boats. It was actually pretty...

Back in August of 2011, Ruth got braces . We knew at the time that it was only Round One. She started Round Two today, on a more aggressive ...

Mustang Captains Getting a little help from coach This kids was on fire! He scored two touchdowns and pulled six flags. ...

Any mom with any number of children will tell you that laundry is a constant. As in, you are constantly doing laundry. Every. Single. Day. ...

Ruth actually started back to her CC classes two weeks ago, but the boys and I just started back today. There's no cute little chalkboar...

We officially put our house on the market. Within 24 hours we had an offer. It was a ridiculous offer, but getting the house read...

On Friday, Jeff and I had our sixteenth wedding anniversary. We celebrated with a weekend get-away to Grandbury. Neither of us had ever been...

Today, my daughter said to me, "I love when we are trying to sell a house, because it is always so clean!" And, my husband fairly ...

We survived  completed our first week of school and can officially say we have students in 7th, 3rd, and 1st grades and a preschooler! It wa...