We had a restful Easter. Church, a meal together (fail: I made a ham earlier in the week. Didn’t think about ham for Easter. So in an effort to not double up in one week after two days of ham/leftovers, we had roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, broccoli, and homemade rolls for Easter instead. […]

We sold Aggie last night. We’ve said for a while it was time. She’s getting old, doesn’t obey the littles very well, and the older girls’ riding skills have surpassed Aggie. They need a younger horse. Liberty told me yesterday afternoon she’d put the last bag of feed in the feed barrel. If we’re going […]

Eden turned 16 on February 1. It was a whirlwind of a day. She went for her driving test, waited and waited at the DMV, passed her test (in the old 1988 GMC pickup, same as Liberty – I’d love to hear what the cop that gives the test thinks when they walk out and […]

A couple weeks ago, my van broke down. We were on the interstate, in the dark, on the way home from our homeschool co-op. The older four kids were at a friend’s house, so it was me and the five littlest. The oil light came on, things were weird, and I pulled over, fearing an […]

Only in a world with boys: my peanut oil jar was outside after frying a turkey in the fryer out there. I found it out there empty and brought it in to wash it. It has a perfect BB hole in it. Sterling’s response: “I wondered what I hit! I heard it but couldn’t find […]

For my birthday in November, Blaine gave me a gift card to the leather company. For a little while, I ignored it. I finally watched enough videos to figure out what I needed to hand sew leather, bought a leather purse sewing pattern, and deliberated a bit longer. One afternoon I spent two hours picking […]