We KNOW how busy you all are, during these last countdown hours until Christmas!  So we will make this very brief!

First, you probably have noticed how slow Our House Of Joyful Noise is, as of late!  I’ve hardly been putting out blog posts. On purpose. Reason being, …….well

When I saw these swans out in the water one stunning autumn day day, it really made me smile….

I recently came across this little blogging tip, and had some fun trying it out.

My son {S} is always collecting bugs lately, and bringing them in the house, and I am always sending him back out with them! But this time, I had to take some photos.  This

∆ Fair Warning: This is like a 10 minute read.
If you’ve got the time, I’ve got the verbage.
So grab a drink, sit back, & relax.

The Prelude

There are days when I feel like I have 50 things to get done that day. I

I have a admittance to make.  I never read those FWDs (forwards), that show up in my e-mailbox. No matter who has sent it (and I get them from people I truly love), I just delete them, without even opening them first.  Because the thing is, there are just so

Just sharing some photos with you, from our most

beautiful, joyful, memorable, perfect Easter Day.

These lovely flowers were sent from a family friend.  She’s always so thoughtful

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they

entered,they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. ~Luke 24:2

I am still very much growing, in my faith, and particularly in my Catholic faith.  I

For this past St. Valentine’s Day, I had the urge to throw a fun little party for our kids.  The more I got thinking about the little details, (which I love to do), a theme sort of started snowballing in my head (which is often the case, when I think), and I got beside myself… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments

…. I just need to shut the hell up.

Listening more to Him, talking a whole lot less, and letting Him handle the details.
That’s one of my new plans for 2011 prayer.

At last, I have gotten it all together enough, to share with you all a little bit about the purpose behind our prayer request for {A} a couple of weeks ago. We understand that some of you may not view it as that big of a deal