Saturday, 7 AM– Get self and 4 kids up. The kids had two Missoula Children’s Theater performances that day, but before their 10AM drop-off we had a few things to do. 8AM — Arrive at Bountiful Baskets pickup site and wait in line for 20 minutes to get my fruit and veggie basket, which...
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Last night we had a double birthday party, for Josh who is turning 15 and Ranger who is just one! We are so blessed to have these boys in our lives!
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We had one of the most laid back Super Bowl parties ever at our house last evening. The teenagers went to another party, leaving John and me, our two youngest daughters, our married kids and their babies. We knew the halftime show would be too risque for us, and spent that playing games and...
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; Last year’s family picture was an exercise in shivering. We took it at a local park, and with all the time it took to get everyone gathered, then get the shot set up, we were all pretty darned cold by the time the photo got done. This year when it came time to...
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Sometimes with the holidays coming on, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed with everything you want or need to do along with all the normal stuff. I’ve found that if I focus on it 20-minute segments, I can stay positioned atop the heap of to-do’s instead of buried underneath. Start by making a...
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A couple weeks ago while speaking at a homeschooling conference in Boise, I had the chance to meet Kevin Swanson from Generations Radio. This ministry aims to look at life from a biblical perspective, in a way that supports strong families. I greatly enjoyed Kevin’s presentations at the conference. He is an extremely lively...
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Doing a 2 mile fun run this morning with some of my favorite people. Wish us luck! I’ll be the one at the back of the pack.
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I’m going all Penelope Trunk on you today, thinking about quality of life and how to get there. This morning my 10 year old and I went for a run. She and I (and two other of my kids) are running a 2 mile race on Saturday, so we’re in training. The other two...
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Gardening is in the forced-march stage. By now we’ve just about given up on weeding, because more pressing concerns are filling the day. Many lovely things are hitting harvest time all.at.once, and we must keep eating cabbage and cucumbers and zucchini or else have no space for milk and eggs in the fridge. Tomatoes...
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Last week was my annual week of mega-cooking for church camp. Five days of planning and two days of shopping culminated in a Wednesday-thru-Sunday camp that consisted of 12 meals and a bunch of snacks. There were 100+ campers most days, which means we served around 1250 trays of food. It was our biggest...
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