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 […]

Creed James is six and a half months old, 19.9 pounds at his last checkup, super content, and has yet to decide to roll or scoot or crawl. He stays put, plays with toys with passion, talks and reaches for me, and feels he has the right to sibling entertainment as often as he wishes. […]