SALT for the spirit

A few weeks ago, I made a finger-knitted blanket for the little girl we are expecting in 9 weeks. I folded it up when I was done and put it ...

Introduction: A little about Easter... Signs of spring are here.  Birds are beginning to build nests.  Flowers are starting to blo...

I am not sure how many friends read here anymore, but for those who don't know via facebook, one month ago today our daughter, Elora Eil...

As posted to facebook " Dennis  and I have been reflecting on 2013 these past few days. This tenth year of our marriage was such a...

It's a slow start to our weekend here. I'm sitting in our living room which is lit only by candles. Dennis got home just a few minut...

"When the world can turn around and see a group of God’s people exhibiting substantial healing in the area of human relationships in th...

I am a distracted person. Flylady would call me Sidetracked. But what I think of as "the D-word" makes more sense to me. "Una...

My beloved grandfather turned 88 this Aug 3. Here he is with 6 of 7 great-grandchildren. We all gathered to celebrate and give him p...

"A fool's voice is known by many words" Ecc 5:3b The last twelve months have been such a rich time in our lives. We've ...

My little Emmeliese Elizabeth turned two today. I do love this third child of mine. She is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Big ...

I snapped this with my phone's camera the other morning. It's not great quality, but he sure is cute. :)

At Valentine's Day, one of our traditions is that I force anyone who will stand sort of still for a bit to listen to poetry. This is one...

Meeting little brother for the first time Those on facebook have already seen this, but I wanted to share here. (And, fyi, there are more p...

So... it's supposed to snow... We're in the 13-18" area. My facebook friends headed to the store to stock up on things yesterda...

My kids are fans of the PBS show, Wild Kratts which features Kratt brothers Martin and Chris in various wild animal related adventure. The b...

I've been reading Ann Voskamp's blog for a long time... before I actually understood what a "blog" was, really. She'...

I've been working on getting a prayer calendar together that will import to my smart phone. I've finally got this one on my Google c...

Recently, we got a Kindle onto which I eventually plan to load a bunch of homeschool books. To fill the gap between receiving the thing and ...

I love the first of the year, and while I wish I were evolved enough to join the trend toward not-making resolutions, I also love this parti...

I am home and pumping because my little Peter is in the hospital being treated for meningitis. :( I'm not exactly sure he HAS meningitis...

1. I can't believe that Peter is here. It is so surreal to think about my fourth child being here in this world now. He is beautiful. He...

He's here! Peter John Stewart, Monday Dec. 13, 2010, 7 lbs .4 oz, 19 3/4 inches long. A few more pics can be seen here .

It has been such a busy month or so for our family! We moved into the new house beginning at the first of November, fully intending to take ...

It is now the third week of October, and we have been "doing school" for about 8 weeks now, more or sometimes less, successfully. ...

It's after 11 p.m. here and I have a baby boy inside me who has hiccups, I think. Only they are the kind of hiccups that apparently cau...