It’s been awhile since I posted! I have had lots of family dynamics going on and, as much as I love to write, real life relationships...

I was cleaning out the texts in my phone today and ran across the one that said, “We lost him”. It’s the text I sent out last October 3,...

Awhile back I wrote a post called, “Let Them be Boys“.   There is plenty of scientific evidence that proves that boys are hard wired very...

Do you ever wonder what in the world you should do with a child who is stepping over the boundaries?  The problem is that the answer can...

I’m excited to be writing for Hip Homeschool Moms as well!   You can check HHM out on FB and at hiphomeschoolmoms.com  This is my first...

I was talking to a dental hygienist that was cleaning our son’s teeth. She mentioned that our son needed to brush better around his gums....

As homeschooling moms we try hard to provide our kids with the best curriculum, experiences, and well-rounded education. But unless our...

We have a houseful of boys.  Five to be exact…not counting my husband.  Most of these boys are teens right now and it has become clear to...

Sometimes I feel like I am raising another species.  Yes, I mean our boys. I love them, but sometimes I really do not understand them.  I...

(*Contains Affiliate Links) I grew up in the church. I heard the gospel hundreds, more like thousands of times. It’s amazing how you can...

I don’t know what family devotions are like with your kids, but at our house over the years, the words “torture”, “frustrating, and “epic...

Raising teens can be a daunting task.  When our kids were young, I would push thoughts of what those years might be like to the back of...

Our eight kids along with our two son-in-laws Our oldest daughter, Brittney and her husband, Jacob lost their baby (our first grandchild)...

Let me start out by saying that I love my husband.  I love that I get to be home with my children.  I feel privileged to home school them...

I realized that I have been avoiding writing this last entry about the Gift of Isaac.  It just felt too final.   Maybe if I didn’t finish...

When I was pregnant with our fourth child, I was SURE it was a girl. It was one of only two pregnancies that we did NOT find out the...

Have you ever wondered what it really means to suffer for Christ?  The thoughts that always come to my mind are missionaries in foreign...

(*May contain affiliate links) Teen Years: All of what I wrote in “Elementary Years”  still holds true during the teen years, but as...

Elementary Years: By now you know your child pretty well and although they do go through changes during these years, they will seem...

After 30 years of parenting 8 kids, I can tell you that this is the age where things are the simplest. I know sometimes it doesn’t feel...