random picture i had saved. Hey, just wanted to say thanks for all your nice comments. I love to read them. And, thanks for reading. ...

(just so you know, all the people in this picture are continually holding fast... if I was in this picture, i'm afraid i would be clin...

see these cute kids... don't they make you want to buy blue/yellow SPIRIT SLEEVES?! we sure hope so. how i love pta... and cute kids...

(this is when drew participated in a sleep study at the university of michigan...  this is where they told me he had the highest IQ of any k...

hmm.  i've been asked to write about going back to school- choosing to get a PhD with a family. and, this post is hard for me to write...

This is a part that i cut out of my "choosing growth" post... cause it bugged me. i don't mind if you read it, it just didn...

every night i tuck my girls into bed and i smile. every night. sweet anna... saying her prayers. and ellie... cuddled in her favorite bla...

my darling cousin just got married... seriously, they are adorable. don't believe me, look at these pictures (i stole them off facebo...

do you have a child who SCREAMS as you brush her hair? is her hair the hardest of all your kids to brush because it is full of knots everyd...

just thought i'd let you know... i bought this. {from here } and. i love it. and... i needed it. so, thanks for working hard ea...

i tell my kids to stop growing. leah explains. "i can't mom, it's just my body."  then she laughs "you're lyin...

the professor finished it first and didn't love it. not a great ending, and he got tired of  Katniss Everdeen's insanity... he ha...

i hate dirty, long fingernails. like messy hair and mismatched clothes, long fingernails shout to the world that i am an incompetent mother...

yesterday i had time to be. and i remembered... God is good. Life is good. Men are that they might have joy. He wants us to be happy....

yesterday was a bummy day. i NEED to clean my house. it's the worst... piles-o-crap... from our trip and suitcases that i still ha...

This is me 9 months pregnant with Leah... i hardly even knew i was pregnant. My friends and family couldn't tell. I only gained 5 pou...

i was grocery shopping yesterday and it hit me...  my babies are gone. over the summer they grew into little girls. big helpers. yes.  w...

and so 2010-2011 begins. we got home late last night and registered the kids this morning. i LOVE being home. my home is my peace... how...

borrowing a tradition from the EYRE's, we are trying to start some fun birthday traditions. Ellie decided that every year on her birthd...