“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance.

The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,

as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied

a single moment in all your life.

You can turn over...

I'll tell you right now that I should be too ashamed to write this post.  But then I realized that these embarrassing posts are the ones that encourage those in the trenches the absolute most.  

Last night as I lay cuddling my Middle-est we talked about all the things he likes the best: Coloring, Star War, Coloring Star Wars, Riding Bikes, Battling with Swords, Cuddling with Mommy... &#...

Exciting news, Friends!  Today the boys held their second Lemonade Stand & Bake Sale and brought in a whopping $112 to support BIble translation projects!  If you haven't read about our goals for fundraising this year, or the ministry we are partnering with, check it out here.  Or you can simply visit this

Last Saturday Brody (age 6) was Baptized by his Dad in our backyard pool. So many loved ones, both family and friends, came to celebrate with us, acknowledging the eternal significance of this amazing event.

Brody has asked to be baptized since Caleb was baptized in the Pacific Oc...

The boys and I just wrapped up our first unit of History together as a home school family!  Caleb, Brody, and Asher had a wonderful time listening to me read "The Story of the World" by Susan Wise Bauer, and the exciting mystery of "The Boy in the Pyramids" by Ruth Fosdick Jones.  Caleb stayed up many nights looking through his Usborne Time Traveler book and the King Fischer Encyclopedia of HIstory.  

It's been a long couple of months, and writing this post tonight is no guarantee that I'm actually back.   LIfe is still a bit unsettled to say the least.  But the computer is up and the internet is wired, and I have a moment of quiet.  

In the past four weeks we moved into our new home, I began homeschooling all three boys, and my husband started a new job that is both exciti...

This past year Brody (6) went through a wonderful book in his Kindergarten Sunday School class entitled From Akebu to Zapotec.  A beautifully illustrated book about 26 Bible-less people groups throughout the world, From Akebu to Zapotec lit a fire in my son's little heart.  I wasn't even aware of what he was learning w...

I'm Blessed... for many reasons blessed.  But this week my most tangible blessing was my Mother-in-Law.  She came to visit us at the Lake for a vacation, but stayed because she knew how much I needed her.  

Giving From the Heart

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I mentioned last November (here) that I adamantly believe Thanksgiving is intended to be a verb, not a noun that takes place once a year.  

Yesterday, as we played the afternoon away on the lake, I was inspired by a thankful heart and found myself actively giving thanks from one moment to the next.  As healthy, happy li...