The Way Women are Portrayed at Arcades: This BUGS me!!!

family, little boys, parenting, toys, video games

Am I the only one annoyed by this? We try to be good parents. We monitor every single thing that comes into our house. The boys only get to play video games on the weekend, and even then, it’s Mario, Sonic, or Lego characters. But what happens when you take your children to a restaurant/video game arcade? And not just one particular one, but pretty much all of them? Scantily clad women waving flags on the motorcycle game. Ughhhhhhh. Why? […]

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“I wanna live like there’s no tomorrow..”

accomplishment, beach, California, toddlers

Today I took all the boys to the beach, by myself. Yes, it was a bona fide foolish thing to do. I might not try it again any time soon. It’s been warm here, and I just really wanted to go to the beach! The boys very excitedly dressed in their swimming trunks and packed in the van. We’ve never gotten ready to go somewhere so quickly! Do you have a soundtrack to your life? I am one of those […]

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Screwdrivers, Food, and Price Increases: Yes, it makes sense!

attitude, baby milestones, blog, blogging

Have I mentioned that I only have 4 weeks of teaching left for this year? Surely I have mentioned this because I am plumb GIDDY. The last few weeks of teaching are a lot like the last few weeks of ANYTHING. It’s getting a little sloppy. People that say “finish strong” are basically just getting on my nerves at this point. So here’s what’s been going on: 1.Caleb developed a sudden fascination with a screw driver today. The toys took […]

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Why I Don’t Blog About the News

Bible, blog, faith

Sometimes when it feels like the whole world is in an uproar, believe it or not, I DO find it hard to go on my blog and talk about what’s going on in our little bubble this week. I do read the news. My heart does go out to the suffering. We do teach our boys about the world they are growing up in. We do our best to look at all sides of each issue. This just felt like […]

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“What delightful things we might do, were it not for Mrs. Harmon Andrews!”

attitude, books, parenting

Don’t you wish we could all be as cool as JD? Do you see his pants? There’s a granola bar stuck to his pants. We had a time getting it off of there, but do you know? He didn’t care. It didn’t matter to him what his pants looked like. He isn’t trying to impress anyone. Just think how much fun we could have if we weren’t trying to impress ANYONE. Oh, don’t even try to say that you AREN’T. […]

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One Simple Lesson That Brought Joy Back to My Life

Bible, blessings, faith, parenting, pictures, prayer

We look super happy in this photo, didn’t we? We were sort of happy, but we were stressed. Alan has enough school and family work to fill his plate, but he does well. I’ve already said a thousand times that the first year of home schooling has been a huge challenge for me. I was surviving, really. There was more stress than joy in my days. I was living frustrated. I ran into a mom that I sort of know at […]

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There’s Something Strange in the Neighborhood…

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This week my website theme (basic framework for what my pages look like) went BONKERS. I inserted a fix, thanks to a wonderful family that I know here, that made my home page look regular again. (Thanks again, Geno!) All of my old posts are almost completely unreadable.  The side bar crosses into the regular part. The white part that used to go behind the words is gone, and I have no idea what brought this all on. 🙁 I […]

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13 Wonderful Things That Are Happening at Our Homeschool

big family life, brothers, Classical Conversations, Easter, education, home school, parenting

I put this list together throughout this past week. Would you believe we only have 5 WEEKS of home schooling left for this year!!?  Have you ever had a new job that just took all you had and then some? Well, that was my first year of teaching, and I cannot wait for summer!!! A lot of good things are happening right now, though. I need to keep that in mind when I’m feeling beat down! I made a little […]

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Super Easy Crock Pot Roast for the Life-is-Kicking-My-Tail Days!

crock pot, food, parenting, recipes

In the great tradition of helping out new mothers, our friends Chris and Corinne brought over this roast, just after we had Joshua. I remember this day like the back of my hand. Corinne was 39 weeks pregnant herself, and she looked exhausted. We asked them to stay with us and enjoy the roast too, and I so enjoyed their visit. I have loved every single one of their visits. They are such an outstanding couple! We always laughed so […]

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This Scripture changed my week for the better.

God, Jesus

I had several goals for 2015. The only one I’ve made much headway on was “study Jesus in 2015.” In fact, this week I came across a commentary, on Luke 8:16, that profoundly changed my thoughts! I have never been real big on reading commentaries or even the study notes in the several study Bibles that I own. In fact, Daniel ripped out so many of the first pages of my oldest study Bible, I don’t even know what version […]

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