Okay, so sad to admit it, but bribery still works. Caleb has been staying clean and dry during the daytime hours, being motivated by underw...

Today when I picked the kids up from church I heard the words every parent longs to hear: "Your children have the best manners of any c...

Noah was 7lbs. 4oz. at birth, and the doctor said they normally give babies two weeks to get back to their birthweight. Well, at Noah's...

Well, things are pretty crazy in our life, needless to say. Still working on renting the house, etc...still working on a job for Ben (altho...

At 1:41 pm on Thursday, October 26th, 2006, Noah Benjamin Hester was born. He weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz., and was 21 inches long. He is wonderfu...

Okay, I know that many times my friends who have had to endure the wrath of pitocin have joked that it must be from the devil. I personally...

Well, on Thursday evening (my birthday) Scott and Cher-ami went into the hospital to be induced. On Friday morning, October 13th, she gave ...

Caleb has become quite the chatter box!! Here are my personal favorites: Upon noticing the reflection of several things in the lamp next to...

Okay, so I saw the midwife today...she says I am 1 cm dilated (which is nothing much to speak of) and "soft" (I can't remember...

Emma (to Grandma): I don't think mommy should go to work with you guys. Mommy stays home and works all the time. She washes my clothe...

So, this Thursday Miss Emma starts pee-wee soccer. Now Ben played soccer in high school, and yes, even I have some dusty old soccer team pi...

So, we are moving back to Ojai. I can't exactly tell you when, although I think I've already moved, technically...The kids and I ar...

Okay, so a few people have asked, since it's been so long since I posted. Well, we've been without internet (and still are technica...

Miss Emma's prayer for lunch today: Thank you God for this day, and thank you God for our toys, and thank you God for our new house, and...

So...we are in our new, teeny tiny house!! I call it that affectionately...it is absolutely a miracle that somehow, the Lord enabled us to ...

Well, Ben has been working really hard...long hours at the camp, then his Paid Call Fire Academy on Saturdays. Anyway, this Saturday is his...

Okay, now, I do not mean this in any way to put down people who work in a coffee shop. Because really, the camp coffee shop is not at all o...

Well, tomorrow morning I will start my new job...I am going to work in the coffee shop here at the camp. Now seriously, I am thinking, why ...

Tonight the staff at the camp had "prom." I don't exactly know how it all came up at first, but I know that they took the ide...

Well, needless to say, with no close friends or family here in Crestline, it makes it a little difficult for us to get out. But, all the su...