Sometimes it's not the really great pictures that make me smile. Sometimes it's just the capturing of the ordinary and knowing that ...

If you'd like to participate or read more, head on over here! I wish I had the energy that Alif does.  And that I could speed up the w...

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Once a year my Dad rents a big ol' beach house and we all pile in - my family, my sister's family and my Dad & his wife Georgia....

I think it's a very good idea to take pictures of the Birthday person at EXACTLY the time they were born however many years ago.  Here...

11 years ago today I thought I might be in labor, even though it was one week before my due date.  I was - you were my only baby to come ear...

 Holiday spirit I'm always a little saddened by the commercialism associated with Christmas.  At the end of the Macy's parade at Th...

Remember to go see more Fill in the Blank Friday entries here !   1.    Black Friday is a great day to get amazing deals - we usually either...

I was stressed out yesterday.  I was hosting Thanksgiving, and I had a cold, and on top of that, I'd been out of town for the previous 4...

My friend Raquel has been doing these and it looks like fun, so here goes!  Go see more here . My Thanksgiving plans this year will inclu...

If you blog, you've probably read lots of times about how important it is to evaluate why you're blogging, and let your answers dict...

The kids and I left the house at 4:40 - stopped for gas and then out to pick Alif up from dropping off his truck at the auto repair shop.  O...

I was inspired by a couple of friends to write up what our typical day looks like.  I'll give the same disclaimer everyone else does, th...

God promises us in His Word that He will never leave us nor forsake us.  He also says that no father who loves his son neglects disciplining...

 But let all who take refuge in You be glad,          Let them ever sing for joy;          And may You shelter them,          That tho...

Do you experience deja vu? I do, and it's unnerving.  It's not often - maybe a few times a year.  But when it happens, it's ri...

A long time ago - years - I was really into scrapbooking.  I was pretty good at it, too.  As I got better I began to seek out like-minded ho...

Poor Caris.  She has allergy problems, and I'm not sure we even understand the extent of them.  She has eczema that is completely misera...

I love makeup.  Seriously, the other day Caris told me I should buy one makeup per day because it makes me so happy.  If I could I sure woul...

Just my weekly check-in: I'm all up to date on my reading!  Praise be to God!  And I'm sooooo happy to have moved from Leviticus a...