
Table Talk – Sink Space by Brenna Stull
Today's Table Talk is by my friend Brenna Stull. She's an author, speaker, mentor, teacher ... and a mom in the thick of things just like us. (But from the looks of her kitchen sink (below), she might be a bit more on top of it than than some of us (although we all...

Tuesday’s Tasty Tips by Jane Jarrell
Today Jane has a real treat in store for us... okay lots of treats. All variations of one sugar cookie recipe. What could be easier ... or more delicious. Just be warned - it involves butter and sugar. But many of the renditions include fruit. That's enough for...

Open Door
I've noticed that my younger children have bought into our empowerment experiment a bit more voraciously than my older 2. They tend to meet our tasks fairly head on with out a lot of lip, sarcastic come-backs or the all too familiar tween/teen sigh-rolls (you know the...

“Why do I have to do everything?!…”
I thought I'd share some of our week's highs with you. The first was for Jack. My little FHA (Future Hoarder of America) gathered and hid many, many treasures. He was in heaven when I sent him to the back room bathroom. Gone a little longer than most potty breaks...

New Tricks…
Every couple months, we get the amazing joy and privilege of having Jon's dad, Dick, come visit. To say he blesses us in an understatement. He's in an interesting spot in life. After acting as Field Chairman for New Tribes Mission in Bolivia for a few decades, he was...