Let me paint a picture of loveliness for you. Imagine, if you can, a tall woman with long, brownish-blondish hair.  Her weight is undeterm...

The other day, I walked in the kitchen to discover Chase shoveling food into his mouth from a bowl using only his fingers. At once disguste...

The Real Bloody Mary, image via As I mentioned a few days ago, we are in the middle of The Remodel . Now before any of you hunt off to searc...

This afternoon, my boys came begging to have a lemonade stand. Seeing as how we had zero lemons in the house, and I had zero desire to driv...

Oh, little neglected blog. Will I ever make you a priority again? Here's hoping. I have the best of intentions. What I lack latel...

Today at church, I noticed Hannah staring at me out of the corner of my eye. At first I ignored it, as she is sometimes fond of countin...

The other night, I was in my bathroom washing the make-up off my face. McKay came in and a conversation ensued that went a little something...

Chase has recently begun sprouting the beginnings of a mustache on his upper lip. It is thrilling to everyone, of course, except his older b...

The other day, my kids were flexing their bicep muscles and showing off to each other. Not one to be outdone, I lifted my shirt sleeve and ...

A few days ago, while driving in the car to church, the boys were bickering and competing with each other over highly controllable things li...

When Hannah was about two, she got into a little bit of trouble. I found her one afternoon, standing at the open door of the fridge, eating...

Hannah came running in, her cheeks flushed and her face set. She sighed, an exasperated release of air coming from her tiny chest. I waited...

Last night, I had a friend coming over to get some updated corporate head shots. With the backdrop and lights set up, I snagged the first k...

Last week, McKay got his braces on. In case you lost count, that makes TWO children in orthodontia. (Ah, money. How I miss you. We used t...

Yesterday I gave a talk in church on personal revelation. I think it went rather well. Except for the part where I accidentally and inadvert...

Teenage Stie, in all her scary, big-haired, mini-skirted glory When you're a teenager, you sneak out of the house so your mom won't ...

Said by Hannah at lunch yesterday: "I might be a little bit mental, but I've got a great sense of style." I'm just wonderi...

Since we are celebrating spring break around here, I decided to pretend I'm a good mom and took my kids to the zoo yesterday. We had a ...

Said by Hannah in all seriousness this morning: "I'm so surprised there aren't any paparazzi trying to take my picture." G...

A few weeks ago, the Husband and I had the brilliant idea to have the kids do extra jobs around the house and earn money to buy each other p...