Yesterday was a little emotional. My parents moved out of my childhood home on Saturday.   Everything is fine and they bought a new hous...

I'm writing to share our experience in the hope that it could help another family with similar issues.   For the first seven weeks ...

Remember when blogs used to be nothing more than glorified family journals? I'm returning to some old-school blogging today with a loo...

I began blogging in April of 2008--  eight years ago this month !!   When I mentioned on my blog's Facebook page last week that n...

Macie will be 2 months old this week.  My other five kids range in age from 5 to 13.  In fact, we're at the easy part of the year when...

Homeschooling five children is not for the faint of heart!  For me, one of the most difficult parts is balancing everyone's individual...

(Click here for other posts in this series.) One question I've been asked several times since Macie's birth is, "When ...

(Click here for other posts in this series.) I'm shifting into a new way of menu planning.  Until recently, I planned ahead in t...

1) Spring! While part of me wants to hold on to winter because it means Brian is still home from work and we have lots of family time, the r...

Isn't it a little late to be doing one of these types of posts?  It's February now and 2015 is over a month behind us.  I'm go...