In a rare moment of sharing without finding a way to be upset with one another, Oil and Water were reading a look and find “Where’s Waldo” t...

For the past six weeks or so, three of my older children and I have been using Mango Languages and their Homeschool Curriculum for teachin...

Elliot has regained the weight she lost in her first week, reached her birth weight once more, giggled in her sleep, learned to really, ...

Blaine took some newborn photos of Ellie. She already fights the newborn curl… she was adamant her legs be straight. Apparently she’s enjoy...

Life is just a little bit crazy right now. Blaine went back to work today, and Ellie met the pediatrician and got checked out. She’s doing f...

Elliot Adelaide made a grand and scary entrance into the world yesterday evening. Her birth story is here , should you care to read it. She...

At my last midwife appointment, my midwife said she thought I’d be having a baby within a week. Exciting… nervous. I’ve been through labor j...

My first review for the new year! I was a part of the Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Review Crew for 2013, and am again for 2014. I have sever...

Pierce was having fun with my and Blaine’s boots the other day. It reminded me of photos of yesteryear, with a similarly aged Eden… Fun...

Guest post by Alexandra… Our part of the world has been pretty dry this winter. Not much rain and not much snow, until last week. It rain...

My dear husband surprised me last week with a potato/onion/garlic bin for my kitchen, freeing what I had been using for fruit, something tha...

Liberty was struggling yesterday with trying to figure out which way to twist the salt grinder to be counter clockwise. She was feeling fool...

So you all may be slightly disturbed at just how large one baby belly can be at 35 weeks, a photo. I have outgrown nearly all my clothes, ...

Pierce still wears a diaper to bed. All of his sisters except Charlotte regularly pitch in and put his (cloth) diaper on. Tonight, Sterling ...

I stayed home from church yesterday. Self diagnosis: bronchitis. I can’t remember the last time I was in my own house, entirely alone. Proba...

I've been making my own soap for nearly two years now. I was cleaning out the bathroom cupboard a few days ago and found half a dozen ba...

I got a recliner. After many pregnancies wishing for one, and many newborns without a rocking chair, I’m thrilled with my craigslist find – ...

I am not enough. There’s not enough of me to go around. I’m tired and sore and wishing the next weeks away, longing for the day I’ll feel n...

I took Blaine's van to Bible study the other night. It gets better has mileage than my big van, so whenever I head out alone, I take t...

Life has become mere endurance. At 32 weeks pregnant, I’m miserable beyond words. I. Hurt. Everywhere. But, baby kicks and rolls and from al...