Janie

With the school year officially over, our family is looking forward to our second year of VBS participation! Last year, Monkey #1 was finally old enough to participate, and he LOVED it! It didn't hurt...

Easter has to be one of my favorite holidays. It is the perfect "new beginning" to me, spiritually and mentally. My family moved to Knoxville in 1993 from Jacksonville, FL, and my first introduction to...

I am done having kids. There. I said it. Commence weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. I am one of five children. My husband is an only child. We agreed before we ever got married...

Yesterday, Laura posted about why she doesn't celebrate Saint Patrick's Day (SPD). Today, I want to tell you why we do. Three reasons why we "celebrate" various holidays around my house (and celebrate is in...

I love to do crafts! I especially love to do them with my kids. Sometimes I love the idea of doing them with the kids more than actually doing them, but you know what...

Sometimes I wonder what on earth God was thinking giving me three boys. While I am not a girly-girl by any means, I admit that in a prior life, I daydreamed about frilly dresses...

I have to admit that as much as I love my kids, how easily I would die for them, how I would completely fall apart if anything were to ever happen to them, I...