I was just surfing cooking websites and stumbled upon a 37 step recipe for brandy snaps . Honestly, I sat scrolling through the whole recipe...

In my spare time, I like to read and blog. A year ago, I would have said that I love to scrapbook, but I've become torn. I discovered di...

As you know, I'm a book addict . I've been reading Mansfield Park for quite awhile. I'm new to Jane Austen and I absolutely love...

So, this Santa discussion led to a real-life talk about parents who think we're ruining our kids' lives by doing things differently ...

You know that I have strong opinions about homeschooling , and vaccines , and well, everything else. It's just my nature to be opinionat...

When we were first married and I didn't know the Clarks very well, we got into a talk about Santa. (It was Thanksgiving and we were all...

I've just ordered the book, Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends after reading so many good reviews. I'm eager to start reading...

I love to read. I go back and forth between non-fiction and fiction. I love to learn new things, but I also need a break from that sometime...

This past weekend, Kyle asked my mom to babysit so we could go to Oktoberfest for the evening. We kissed everyone good-bye (and that takes a...

I'm very protective about certain things. And they aren't important things at all. In fact, they're very simple, very easy to re...

This is what I caught Isaac doing at the dinner table last night. He didn't know anyone was looking, he was just quietly admiring his bi...

I recently received a private message on a Mommies forum that I'm a part of. The message went something like this: We really appreciate ...

We visited a new church this past Sunday, a small church with a small building. (We like small churches.) Before service started, we went i...

I LOVE living in the city. I like my neighbors, enjoy talking over the fence with them in the evenings, sharing cookies and lemonade when th...

This past weekend, I chopped my hair. I mean, literally *I* chopped my hair. And you probably never guessed, but this too boils down to my l...

Here's one more reason to homeschool: Two boys were punished this week for refusing to kneel on prayer mats and worship Allah during a c...

The other night, we had a Family Game Night and they all chose: Kyle would whisper ideas in their ears before they started, then the acting ...