Yesterday, Hewitt came into the living room where Jim and I were. He went up to Jim and was clearly upset about something. He started to complain and yell about something that had happened. He said something like, “Somebody poked me in the eye, and it was Col…” But he was immediately cut off by Jim […]
One of the first festivals we ever sold soap at was Autumn on the River in Bethlehem, Indiana. It’s this little town right on the river filled with very friendly people. It’s our last outdoor show of the season, so sometimes the weather is nice and sometimes it’s not so nice. Fortunately, we had a […]
Jade decided to scare Daddy: Then she decided to be silly: Then she went back to being scary: But you really have to watch the video to see Jim’s reaction: I love watching him play with the children. He’s such a good Daddy.
I generally feed my family very healthy food. In fact, the whole reason we got dairy goats in the first place was so that we would have healthy, raw milk for the family. I do believe that it’s ok to have some unhealthy food occasionally, as long as it’s not the norm. So if we […]
The girls were in need of some Daddy Time. So Jim gave Jade her first set of braids: So then of course Indigo needed her hair braided too: He eventually had them both braided and looking beautiful: Then they got to check out themselves in the mirror in their room: He’s a VERY good Daddy! […]
Jim and the older children were away selling soap at a Bar-B-Q Festival this weekend. I never sleep well when Jim is away, so last night I went to bed early and fell sound asleep. I woke up to being attacked!! I was kinda disoriented so I just yelled for Jim to help (he was […]
Our absolute favorite restaurant of our entire Disney vacation (and this is unanimous) was: It had the most amazing family buffet you can imagine. We didn’t take pictures of the food (because we were too busy eating it), but they brought around huge skewers of the tenderest food ever. My mouth is watering just […]
Jim and I were in the living room talking with visitors when the boys started carrying in garbage bags of clothes and dumping them in the middle of the living room floor. What the heck?… Turns out our neighbors were generously sharing a bunch of hand-me-downs with us and were dumping them over the fence. […]
. Any guesses what those words are? Brett (who is reading over my shoulder even though she is supposed to be in bed and I have reminded her 3 times to get to bed) just whispered, “I love you.” Good three words. In fact they’re awesome three words. But they’re not the three words I’m […]
Jim and I have been taking a walk together every day. It’s awesome. We leave the children with some chores to do and a reward if they get them done by the time we return, and then we disappear. For at least 45 minutes. We walk, we talk, we sweat. Good stuff. We actually have […]
Well, it has been an exhausting week. Thursday morning the last of the April goat kids were finally born (I’ll get photos up later). Twins – 1 buckling and 1 doeling, both adorable and healthy. But the best part about Thursday morning kids is that Jim and I got to enjoy our Thursday evening date […]
As homeschooling parents, we try very hard to teach our children things that will be useful for their future. Things that show how talented they are. Things that when other people see them, they say, “Wow, you are such amazing parents and your children are incredible!” In order to be successful teachers, it is very […]
I just sat down to pay bills. I looked at the water bill and said to myself out loud, “Hmmm… wonder why the water bill is so high?” Apparently Jim heard me and replied, “Because I filled up the humidifier while we went to the China Garden Buffet.” You what??? Apparently Jim set the humidifier […]
Today is the 18th anniversary of my first date with Jim. Jim and I met during my first weekend at college – the University of Virginia. September 8th was the football game against Clemson. UVa had not beaten Clemson in a ridiculous number of years (over 30 if I remember – Jim would know). For […]