With Great Joy

Yesterday I was reading in Exodus- where Moses is asking Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, and Pharoah says no again and again.  Or he says ...

Thankful, today, for our backyard flock of chickens.  I really like our chickens.  We've been keeping chickens for seven years now, an...

I love Compassion International. Recently a woman at our church shared with me about her visit to a Compassion project on a recent trip sh...

As promised, here are the books Ella has read so far this year.  None of these books have been assigned to her; they've been chosen by h...

There is this progression of drawing that I love to watch in my kids.  Their "people" drawings usually begin with a head and then...

This was the second year of our handmade Christmas .  Mark drew Ella's name and made her a birdhouse.   Here she is, examining his ar...

Oh, wow.  Rough morning, here.  There was a bit of sunshine today, so I decided that after breakfast, chores, and our history read-aloud, ...