This is one of my two big brothers, Bill. Bill was seven years old when I displaced him as the youngest member of our family.  Despite our ...

Here in our little bit of Holland, we have good days, and we have bad days.  We have happy days, and we have sad days.  We have delightful d...

This is by no means an exhaustive recap of the month of April.  Just a look at some of the fun we've had.  And, um, that doesn't mea...

There is a semi-annual ritual at our house each spring and each fall which I refer to as The Great Sort. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? ...

I think I could win a tabloid headline title competition with this one, don't you? Those of you who know our family well know that End...

Kids can be very, very funny.  Here are some things I've heard my kids and their friends say lately that I don't want to forget. J...

As if the tale of the Christmas tree that lasted 'til Easter wasn't proof enough.....here is more evidence that, here in Holland, w...

This morning, after I'd asked him for the third time to take care of his "stuff" that was in the family room, Justone informe...

1.  You know how I said I was completely swamped ?  I'm still swamped.  The much needed TLC my house needs?  Haven't been able to gi...

  Superkid's favorite current phrase:  "Let's just say...." As in: "Let's just say that today at school, I was...

I've always been a little confused by references to "the luck of the Irish."  Is that supposed to be some kind of unfortunate...

We still have some of our Nativity sets on display.  I collect Nativity sets.  I like to display them for as long as possible.  The Bionic ...

Yesterday was Monday.  As I've mentioned before, Monday is Family Home Evening at our house.  Last night, however, we weren't at ho...

Nice to see a few summer flowers on a cold, dreary day like today. I had fun at church yesterday.  I'm always glad to be at church, b...

It is just getting more cheerful by the minute around our house!  Here is the latest. If you haven't noticed already, I'm a big fa...

I found this when I was going through the files of our children's artwork that my brilliant husband, B, has scanned into our computer.  ...