I wish I could bottle these days. We are enjoying my favorite season…Indian summer. I just looked up “Indian summer” in the Farmer’s Almanac online, and apparently there are numerous criteria that must be met for “official” Indian summer. But for me, a string of days in the 80s in the middle of October qualifies. We’re trying to make the…
I do my best to keep everyone safe around the house and yard, but with three active little ones I often feel like we are merely one small baby step from calamity. I’m spinning plates in the air, and at any moment, it all could come crashing down. Just look what my 12 month old has learned how to…
My husband is a big fan of fairs. The Ferris wheel, tractor pull, watch-a-calf-being-born variety. And, of course, the baby photo contest at our local fair, held over Labor Day weekend. Since I’m the main photographer around our house, every year he asks me to choose some pictures, get them printed out and framed, and enter them at the county…
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. (Psalm 100:1-2) Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on…
Being a mom is a calling from God. It’s my vocation. My primary vocation at this time in my life, primary defined as that which consumes most of my physical, mental, and emotional energy. So I need to make sure I have physical, mental, and emotional energy to expend, right? For now, I have no plans to run a 10k…