So, Ben has had to work pretty much every Saturday except when we went to Sacramento for his test. Which is okay, because we really needed ...

Ben has another interview with the City of Santa Barbara for a Public Safety Dispatcher Position. I am not sure what to ask for prayer for,...

Okay, so Ben no longer has to wear a patch. The opthamologist got all the metal out of his eye, and gave him a clear contact lens to wear o...

So, Ben got some metal in his eye after doing some welding/grinding at work on Saturday. So, we ended up going to the emergency room here i...

So, we have some decisions to make, and we are just in desperate need of God's wisdom. Please pray for us as we decide about the Fire C...

Definitions of mercy on the Web: clemency: leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering...

Well, Noah is now a hefty 16 lbs.!! And although they didn't measure his length at the doctor's office, our tape measure thinks he...

I know. It really is pointless, it won't even stay like this for one day, let alone a week or more. But I still have to do it!! About ...

Okay Ben has an interview a week from Tuesday with Aera energy. They're an oil company, but basically the job pays pretty well, and has...

So, Ruth was picking up grain in the fields. And she was going to add oil and put it in the oven to make bread. And she was picking A LOT ...

Emma saw a boy outside trying to do an "olly" on his skateboard. She asked my mom about it, who explained that the boy was having...

Okay so I am laughing so hard, I am about to fall off my chair. Evidently, I had some setting that meant that I was supposed to moderate th...

A- Available or married? Married, seven years next month. B- Best Friend? Becky, when I read that I cried. Seriously. I am actually still ...

Yesterday, my brother's friend was over, and Caleb and Emma ran into the door way so they could see who was here. Caleb politely introd...

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...