Positives and Negatives

My 4-year-old, John Luke, has an interesting habit. When I ask him a negatively-worded question, he answers differently than most of us. For example, I might ask him, “Are your shoes not in the shelf where they belong?” Most of us, if the shoes were NOT there, would say, “No,” in agreement that the shoes were NOT in the shelf. […]

March Update Letter

I seem to be getting later and later with the monthly updates! Sorry about that. I hope you are doing well! On February 19th, I turned 39! (I’ve finally caught up with Jack Benny :D) We celebrated with our friends (he turned 43 on the 21st). We actually put 39 and 43 candles on the cakes! And Robby got relighting […]

The Flowering Cross by Beth Ryan

The Flowering Cross is a beautiful children’s story about how a little girl’s love impacts a crochety old man’s heart for Christ. It tells how a family’s service to a neighbor showed him the love of God. This is a light, sweet story, geared to children of all ages. When we received this book from Thomas Nelson publishers via BookSneeze, […]

Lasagna – the veggie way!

OK, so we like lasagna. However, since we have been trying to eat modified-McDougall, we decided to adjust it a little. And this is NOT, by the way, a McDougall-friendly recipe, but it also isn’t quite as bad as “real” lasagna. Saturday, I boiled 10 pounds of chicken. I used part of it in chicken pot pie (that recipe will […]