…. 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.

Have you ever met our sweet Pixel?

We haven’t blogged her much since she first came home as a baby in April.  She is 7 1/2 months old now.

But that doesn’t mean, she gets no attention around here! 

GUESS WHAT?

Our blog here has been nominated in 3 different categories at The HomeSchool Post, for the

HomeSchool Blog Awards!

The categories we are nominated in are:

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There’s a small country town out in western MA, that holds a lot of heart strings for me.  My aunt, uncle, and cousins have lived there my whole life.  Growing up, I spent a lot of time there with one… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

I’m always taking random photos, that I love to have because they made me smile. But they wouldn’t necessarily make a whole post.  So I thought I’d try putting them in bunches sometimes, and doing a post now and then, about some of these little things that make me smile. Then I may

So we finally got the fair!!  It was the event of the summer we always look forward to.  (Well, one of them.)  It was a HOT day, (and humid), and we did get there a little later in the day than planned, but we got to do and

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

{A} was just a toddler, barely walking, when my mother called one day a few months before Christmas.  She said, “I am shopping for gifts in this catalog, and I am going to buy {A} a baby doll.  Do you want the white one, or the black one?”

Those were her words.… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

We don’t really GO on vacation very often.   Usually it’s not an affordable option for us anyway.  Do you know most hotels only allow FOUR to FIVE people to a room, or else you need to book 2 rooms adjoining? They say it’s because of fire regulations.  So because we can barely afford one room… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

I have been talking for 2 weeks, about getting my hair cut again, because it’s driving me crazy.  This morning I mentioned out loud to Michael, how I’d really like to go get it done today.   But he said, “Me and the boys all need them too, anyway.”  We are rather spoiled, because our hairdresser… (READ MORE......) | 16 Comments