"We praise you that in this world of hatred and war, you still give us courageous brothers and sisters who offer their lives to th...

  Today we stayed home and did some holiday preparations.  The kids were super excited when I said we'd do handprint turkeys.  I comp...

  Did you hear that there was an election yesterday?  And does it look to you like those people in the wheelchairs are playing chicken? ...

  Yes, I know it's only November 4, but we had our family Thanksgiving dinner today.  Until last year we usually did this the week b...

Happy National Housewife Day! (And Happy National Sandwich Day, too.)

  The kids had a fairly good day--How bad can it be when you get to watch Freaky Friday and are in your jammies until 4:00 in the aftern...

  We didn't wait quite as long as we did for Jack's first haircut , but it was close.  Lately Alice has been asking for a haircut...