No Sacrifices, Just Committed!

Surrounded By Rice Farms

Whenever we leave our home, we always pass one rice field or two. I never really thought about it, but we could be passing fields of grain that may later appear on our kitchen table. You have to really be passionate about your work if you’re a farmer because the livin’ (or workin’) ain’t easy. [...]

Whatcha’ Readin’? One Moose, Twenty Mice

I love to read even though I can’t tell you when I last read a book from cover to cover. I have read quite a few magazines because that is about all of the time and attention span I have to spare. It is really important to me that my children read and I also [...]

Did You Remember To Say Thank You?

There is something about the simple words thank you. I say them often, which sometimes may be a little too much, but my sincerity is there. When my oldest turned five, he had his first birthday bash, which included more than just family as guests at his birthday party. It was a joyous and blessed [...]

Tot School #1 - A Peak into Our Week

  
Our summer was filled with lots of outdoor fun, laziness, and little if no scheduling. As a result, we have spent the last few weeks cleaning, organizing, and scheduling (Mommy) to get our lives back to “normal” and ready to start the new school year.

This is the first year I have to file an affidavit [...]

Gold Star Moment #1

I’m easily impressed, so you can imagine that when my children do anything, I am usually beaming with pride. Oh yeah, there are other times they can also make me shake my head and wonder what they could have possibly been thinking of (Did they learn that in school? Ahh…ahh.), where were they when they [...]

HR Ascension Report #1

  
These are my students. I claim that their enthusiam will continue for all 365 days (with a few holidays) to follow. May they come everyday, eagerly, to the study table craving any wisdom that God has given me to share with them. May the fallout and battles that occur be only what we read about [...]

A Walk to Start the Day

We enjoy going for walks in our neighborhood. As far as country roads go, it’s pretty peaceful. On an occasion, we will see a bulldozer being driven down the road, horses and cows being moved to a new grazing location, and cyclists spinning their wheels on a get-away bike ride because the roads are varied [...]

Crayon Rocks

I have been trying to find a really thick crayon that can be securely held by the little fingers and withstand the grip of a 22 month old. My older two are past the stage of breaking and removing the labeling from the delicately made Crayola Crayons that come in 64+ colors. I appreciate the [...]

Everyday Should Be Punctuation Day!

Some may consider it a bit absurd, but as an English major I find it to be the coolest thing. The correct use of punctuation as well as grammar is often overlooked in the blogging world and far too much offline when it really matters. I don’t profess to know it all and as I [...]