Growth is a good thing! It's really important to kind of stop every once in awhile, and make sure that things aren't stagnant... Th...

Judah Sean Hester was born on March 18th, 2011. He weighed 9 lbs. even, and was 21 1/2 inches long. With a big head! =) His name means ...

I think every pregnant mom finds those last few days/weeks just a tad difficult. The anticipation of the new little one, being huge, not ge...

I know, I know... poor subsequent children who don't get as many pictures taken, or stories written down, or baby book entries as first ...

Noah came in early one morning and was sad that he couldn't find his toy airplane. He said, "Mom, I want you to pray with me that ...

Make 11 Years Fly By!!! 1. Get married young. 2. Have some good, clean...weird, fun. 3. Have lots of beautiful, talented children REALLY cl...

Tonight, we finished the biography of George Muller. It was so neat to finish, but both Ben and I had this bittersweet feeling... like we w...

To manage a life of pain, as a believer in Jesus, remember: This is all the hell you will ever bear. (M'Cheyne) I read this quote this ...

Man, I have been really bad at even mentioning this new child which will be coming soon. He seems to just go with the flow. At church, we ...

Tonight, we have my two nieces, Cadence and Lyric staying the night. We were reading a Bible story about Jesus walking on the water. We go...

We have never been much for organized activities. For many reasons, but as the kids get a little older, we are now taking advantage of some...

We are really enjoying the use of Rod and Staff books for English. This is our first year using them. I had researched until my face turne...

I don't know how to make those cute marks above the "u". Oh well. Anyhow, our family read-aloud is a biography on George Mul...

"Mr. Carter, do you expect the world to 'pad their corners' for you, because you are blind?" (excerpt from our current fam...

We asked our kids what some of their favorite Christmas traditions were... and of course, decorating Grandma and Grandpa's tree was high...

Well, for our special Christmas date, Ben took both Emma and I to the Nutcracker Ballet. It was very exciting, because at age 7, Emma reall...

One of the things that just amazes me about the living God, is that He knows us each so intimately, and allows us to know Him. It is astoun...

A day at thepark with our homeschool friends. Our friends, Kristen and Micah. My crazy climber. We had five moms, and 15 kids. How fun!...

The Whole Gang (Daddy was taking the picture) Obi-wan Kenobi (when he is old, hence the beard drawn by Daddy) Luke Skywalker Spider baby...

Wow, we had such a great time. I don't really know where to start, or finish, except to say that the Lord knew our family needed this t...