Making it home, the art of homemaking.

We have a couple birds we’ve started to watch out our dining room window at breakfast each morning.  Sometimes an occasional fat Robin, but often we see the same gray bird perching on the fence.  The gray bird has been building a nest.   this...

Vision

We just got home from a celebration. A family trip yes, but to us a celebration that was 10 years in the making. Ten years ago we started a journey to become debt free. We were under debt from school loans, car loans, credit cards and the bondage of not knowing how to...

Our (classical) homeschool curriculum

Years ago when I had only one little toddler at home, I was surprised at how excited I was to teach him. It just came naturally, since he was a baby.  Over the years I’ve realized that as a mom we teach our kids from the moment they are born. Introducing...

Hope in God (a year after miscarriage)

I have an app on my phone that brings up pictures from the years gone by. This morning as I opened it up, one of the first pictures that popped up was this one.  A year ago Jonah and I were in the hospital after a very long night (and long couple months) of...

Dixie-Anne’s 9 month photos

We have a sweet little niece named Dixie-Anne. We don’t get to see her nearly enough, but whenever we do it’s such a delight to see those chunky little cheeks and grins. She’s a sweet little chunk for sure! This summer my sister-in-law, Annie, asked...