Beautiful Calling

{This is Chloe, Oma & I at my grandparents house in 2007. Chloe is almost 24 hours old here; & I’m a new mom! Excuse the quality; it was taken with Gram’s not-so-new camera and then scanned in.} When I was a first time mom, writing out a baby necessity list would have taken pages. [...]

Photo by Lif… Last week I asked about teaching little ones obedience without fussing. I was getting a little frustrated with my littles (1 1/2 and 3). We’re leaving soon, I’ve a lot to do and anything that they have learned about obedience seems to have flown out the window over the last few weeks. [...]

Photo by James Marvin Motherhood is a Beautiful Calling; trumped only by our calling to be helpmeets. Both of these are facets of our ultimate calling and by excelling and honoring these; we bring Him honor and glory! I would like to share with you an excerpt from an email I received several days ago; [...]

Photo by ilmungo  Unable to Meet My Commitment Today is Track & Field for Christian Schools and homeschoolers in the area. It is hosted by my church each year. I am supposed to be helping today; running tot and nursery for the T&F workers little ones. Instead, I am at home with two sick little [...]

A Dandelion for Mother’s Day (2007) This Sunday is Mother’s Day. It’s a day to celebrate mothers but also a day for moms to celebrate motherhood. This Mother’s Day my husband and I plan to attend my church, then go for Brunch at The Greens at Renton. They offer a special brunch a few times [...]

Our Season: Days of Play  I am blessed beyond measure; these precious gifts from above. They delight me to no end, and at times are a source of frustration. They make me laugh, they make me cry. They make me lift up my heart in prayer the way I never have before. Undeserved, the  Father [...]

Thanks Nanny-Granny for a yummy treat! My daughter was 3 in January and John is 20 months. John obeys fairly well if he feels like it and other times after being told to do it many times. Chloe obeys fairly well most of the time, but first time obedience? It doesn’t usually happen and many [...]

We’re (DH, not me!) driving down the highway; I just happened to have my camera with me! I keep a bucket in between the littles’ car seats. The bucket has books, small toys etc. in it so that they can easily reach them and entertain themselves when we are driving about. It has been a [...]

  I know, poor baby has a hole in his knee. Missed that!! LOL Do you truly enjoy the season of life you are in or are you simply enduring it? This is a tough question and I think if we answer honestly, most of us can say that at times we do both. I [...]

View Full Album Well, GG came for a visit, we had a great time, and now she is gone; time to get back into our routine. We haven’t done many crafts but we did fit in one day of “school” last week. We worked in Chloe’s favorite “schoolbook”  which is made my Kumon. It’s their [...]