A year ago we enrolled our Addi in a three year music program called Let’s Play Music.  At the end of this fun three year program Addi...

To say that our part of the world is windy is like saying water is wet. It goes without saying that most days the wind will be that...

I was so proud of her — bright gleaming mama pride as she flipped, ran, jumped, stood on her hands, vaulted and rolled. Papa, Daddy,...

I have never heard the voice of God before. I’ve never been given the gift of direct, open communication on His end. When I’ve heard...

Landon and I joined Addi’s preschool class to Pastor’s Jason house to visit his families baby chicks and chickens. They have many very...

It’s been a long time coming. Addi has shed, in the past several months, too many tears over her  need for a baby bunny. Too many times...

The first thing that I think of when something this horrible happens is: what kind of a world did I bring my children in to? How could I...

Much of motherhood is so scary. There are so many unknowns. There are so many decisions to make. And often the outcome of...

We woke up to a fresh blanket of new snow. Yep, that’s springtime in Montana! Snow days are normal, anticipated and always annoying! Addi...

i am so frustrated. with life. with everything. i am anxious. and afraid. i feel like i have lost control of myself and that hurts. i...

We had a very, very low key weekend. Saturday was taken up grocery shopping in the big city. On a plus note Elizabeth was also there and...

We left the house late Thursday evening and headed to the grocery store to pick up milk. My famous last words: All we need is milk! Along...

I’ve lived here all my life and our big blue sky still takes my breathe away. Papa instructed the kiddos on proper rock skipping...

It lasts seconds. Literally seconds. By the time the fire engine siren signals the start, to the time the last egg is snatched off the...

This year we dyed two dozen brown eggs. I pulled the egg containers from the fridge as Addi practically ripped them from my hands, eager...

It infects them all, no matter their age or size. From what I can tell no person with the Y chromosome is immune. Unfortunately for us...

And so it begins. The gradual transition into mischievousness – the I-know-its-wrong-but-I’m-going-to-do-it-anyway phase! (Addi entered...

I haven’t traveled to too many places, but I can confidently say when spring hits Montana there isn’t a more peacefully, beautiful place....

To Addi, any piece of nature – a feather, a stick, a pine cone, a shell, a fossil, a shiny rock (and sometimes human garbage) is...

It’s a delicate process, choosing the perfect wand. Is it long enough? Does it have the right bend in the precise spot? Does it fit my...