Chili from Don’t Try This At Home is hosting a blog carnival about chores. When I first saw this carnival, I thought about how excited I was to read everyone else’s ideas, but knew I had nothing to share. As I thought about it, I remembered something that I am planning on implementing [...]

Being part of a large family (6 kids) life was never dull. Pretty much all of us were very opinionated and it made for colorful dinner conversations and family debates. There are lots of funny stories from growing up and I could probably go on for days.
My parents were always big about [...]

It is fun finding the surprising things that bring you joy. Of course, there are the obvious ones like the Lord (who I am nothing without), my husband who is an amazing man, my children and the little amazing things that they do all day, spending time with my friends, etc. But, I [...]

I spent Labor Day weekend working with my family on my parent’s home. We all were together (less one brother) and were looking at pictures and reading old school papers. In doing this, I realized how much we have changed over the years and how surprising it was. Sounds kinda silly, but [...]

I’ve asked my wife, Heather, to guest blog here by doing a couple posts on her recent trip to a