“Wait! What?”

There’s no doubt that large adoptive families often create a lot of curiosity.  In fact we’ve had quite a few question aloud over the years, “Do they really all get along as much as it looks like they do?”  Well truthfully, that question makes me smile big because does anyone really think that we could…

It’s That Time Again…

It’s that time of year again…and while many are snapping pictures sending their kids off on a school bus or dropping them at school there are some of us who are standing by the kitchen table and saying to the kids gathered around it, “It’s that time again.” If you are a homeschooling mama like…

You Know You Want To…

I’m super excited to announce an upcoming mission trip to Uganda!!  I will be leading the team and it has been planned specifically shorter than most to accommodate moms!!  I would love you to join me!!  The flight prices are dropping like flies and are cheaper than they’ve been for a long while…and truthfully I’m…

Ruby’s Wish…..

Oh how we have loved all your guesses!!! And for the record, I wasn’t trying to be mean or ornery – one of Ruby’s sibs suggested how fun it would be to have people guess and well…..the rest is history!! We have enjoyed reading your ideas – they all sounded so very fun!  But I…

Her Wish Is Coming True!!

A few weeks back I shared that we had some very special visitors at our home – the wish grantors from Make-A-Wish!!  These two sweet ladies came to celebrate Ruby’s doctor nominating her to have a wish granted through Make-A-Wish.  Her life-threatening seizures and being medical fragile prompted him to nominate her.  The wish grantors…

Hardworking Farmers

We’re currently cruising through the beautiful farmland of Missouri taking in all the scenes of beautiful barns, old farmhouses and gorgeous wildflowers on the roadside. Before leaving Arizona Dw and his closest friend, Stan, were talking on the phone.  Stan is an agribusinessman with an enormous farm outside the town Dw grew up in.  While…