Judah busted open his lip at the park yesterday. He is 17 months old, so he did not break Caleb's record of stitches at a young age. As ...

"Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness,  That the bones You have broken may re...

Wow! What an amazing day! We ate all the food that we never eat, saw a few animals, played with the wooden toys, and rode rides! We ate: F...

I've been meaning to post this for awhile!  Such a fun experience for our family to be part of helping work on this home, as well as ...

Noah is doing a great job with his reading. He is almost done with Sing, Spell. He is on book 14 out of 17. :-) Here's what he is readi...

The boys were really needing haircuts, and Emma needed a trim. Caleb was pretty adamant about keeping his hair as it is, just trimmed up (ou...

Scott, my brother, as a little guy... I have frequently said that mothering Judah is like being in a time machine.  I am four years ol...

I can't believe I didn't post about this!!!  We took the kids to Legoland for the first time, on a homeschool day.  It saved us quit...

Emma and her piano teacher, Ms. Sarah Mitchell I am a writer.  Well, technically, I am a reader and a thinker, and that frequently spi...

Dear Caleb, Tomorrow, you will be eight years old. You have been really excited that you will no longer need a carseat. You also wante...

Tomorrow, Emma has her first piano recital, followed immediately by her ballet recital. These things are always a learning experience-I have...

We had such a lovely day in Carpinteria a couple of weeks ago. We did a field trip to the Carpinteria Salt Marsh (which turned out to be led...

We did a "Spring Day" at the Painted Pony Farm in upper Ojai. It was a lovely day of holding chicks and bunnies, feeding and petti...