We I have made a point of having dinner together as a family.  In the past, due to Jerry working at an office as opposed to now, working at home, the kids often times ate before we did.  Now we can have dinner together and we have some great conversations that way! This weekend we were having...

Some homeschooling mom friends decided to take a trip to the zoo and extended the invitation.  That was on our to do list for some vacation time the hubby is taking this next week.  It's fun to go with other people, but also exhausting when you've got so many kids, mine being the littlest,...

My kids are constantly cracking me up with their vocabulary.  Too many times I forget to write it down and then it's lost forever.  But today, I got a good one from Brennan! It is finally gorgeous outside after our very LONG winter!  I think we hit 60 degrees today.  The kids,...

.......and an update on our visas to Spain. Maybe everybody feels this way, but the Lord seems to always be dealing with me in the area of patience.  I guess He doesn't think I've learned my lesson yet.  Ha! I think back to when I was a kid and feeling that the Lord was calling me to ministry,...

I grew up taking vacations with my parents.  Our normal summer routine was to head to Homer, Alaska and fish for halibut.  We did that as often as 2-3 times a summer if we could.  I loved it and have such fond memories of being out on the water all day long deep sea fishing, combing the...

I wish I could say that I am this wonderfully organized mama whose day is completely planned out. I am definitely the fly by the seat of your pants kind! But there are aspects of our day that are scheduled, but that is mostly just meal time and play in their room time.  it will change quite a...