This is the last week of school. The boys are so excited and I am excited for them. Ivan especially cannot wait to call himself a first grader instead of a kindergartener. It's the last Monday to have this. This today, with all it's weaknesses i… more »

This morning I wrote a limerick before school for Ivan. He's leader of the week for his class and was supposed to bring in pictures of himself to share. I couldn't find any and he didn't want any old pictures either. He wanted pictures that Kris had… more »

I'm a little behind on photos and uploading and dishes and vacuuming and reading and pretty much everything else in my life, but I'm having a good time. Easter was almost a month ago, but just so I took a few pictures of the boys and figured I might… more »

"Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.]" Colossians 3:21 (Amplified) This… more »

Aron was first up this morning, after me. Green flannel Christmas pajamas and skinny four year old bare feet curled up in my lap for a little while. His stillness, my sleepiness and the knowledge so evident in his older brothers, that it won't be… more »