The Sweet Life of Uncle Mark

For those who have been hanging around our Place Called Simplicity for a few years you will remember Uncle Mark.  He is Dw’s oldest brother. Most will remember that back in 2010 Uncle Mark came to live with us in Colorado.  Dw and I had talked from the time we were first married of him…

Whew!! What a Week!!

Whew! It has been quite a week! I can’t believe tomorrow’s Monday already. Thursday night we had the privilege of having the Uganda Go 2010 Team come {along with their families} for dinner at our home. We were even able to Skype or talk via cell to the other members of the team that are…

Mmmmm….Mmmmmm….Good

The other day the home schooling group from our church toured the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, which began here in our city. All the chocolate that they sell in their 200+ franchises is made here….The smell was delectable…..and after the tour each of our three groups (approximately 15 in each group) were given a box…

Celebrating…..

That hubby of mine thought we ought to celebrate all of you and the friendship you and I have – would have been so fun to have you all join us!!! Kind of a celebration of what God has done to heal those words from my dad….so we went to dinner Thursday night at my…

My Day….

Disclaimer: If you do not home school your kids, please do not take offense at this post. Some of my closest friends do not home school and are raising awesome, Godly kids! This post is merely about life as a homeschooling Mom of Many. I have heard over the years scores of women say, “I…

The Homefront

A little catching up today…. Thank you for all your kind comments about Jubilee’s first “okay”. One thing I forgot to mention is that I have tried desperately to get her to hear her name in the song, “Days of Elijah” since it’s so special to us knowing it says, “It’s the Year of Jubilee.”…