Benjamin loves to take a January vacation. This really stems from years of working in retail and being unable to take much time off in November and December. Disney World is a favorite of ours (okay, mine) to visit in January because the temperatures are nice in Florida then and…

Y’all, we’ve wanted to rip up the dingy carpet on our stairs for so long! But we were so scared of what we might find underneath and how much it might cost if what we found underneath wasn’t anything we could work with. But…

It’s taken me awhile to write this one. Perhaps it’s because I suddenly have very little extra time or simply because it’s been hard to come to terms that this fairy tale of a year is now up. If you are new around here…

When I was younger, I wanted summer to last forever. I loved the hot warm sun and hours of playing outside. I loved the freedom of no school. I would have given up Christmas and my April birthday if that meant we could just keep June, July, and August on…

Last year I found a vintage American flag at an antique store. I brought it home and found the perfect place to hang it up, proud of myself that I was decorating for the Fourth of July for the first time in my life. I was sad to take down…

How It All Started My house wasn’t good enough to invite people over. That was my excuse, anyway. When we built our house, my husband and I made the decision that it was time to start inviting people over. We couldn’t use our home or location…

In my own experience, the Sabbath is a notion I’ve read a lot about in the Bible, but don’t hear mentioned much in today’s modern Christian theology. In a time where productivity and busyness reigns supreme, resting seems counterproductive. Recently, my husband and I…

Around fifteen years ago, I began a blog. It was a free one at Blogspot and it was in the early days of blogging. It was called Baby Makes Three and it chronicled our new family and my adjusting to motherhood. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing…