Outnumbered and Overjoyed

Speech Ruby is rocking and rolling. I keep saying it, but she adds so many new words and blends all of the time. This means articulation ...

An annual tradition since Eli started Kindergarten oh-so-many years ago! My kids love Boosterthon. They gather outside with their peers and ...

Eli turned 12 today. In other news, I haven't aged at all. As he has done several times now, Eli opted for a soccer party. This is our...

Maddux 5th Grade! I am having a hard time processing the fact that Maddux is in her last year of Elementary school. She has a young teach...

Camp was a grab bag this summer: Eli signed up to go to NGCC with the kids from FUEL, but had to switch weeks because of his Ohio trip, an...

When we were trying to decide where Eli would attend Middle School, one of his 'pros' for the private school was the fact that the...

Eli received the coolest of invitations this summer: the chance to go to Ohio for a week as a praise band member and junior counselor for a ...

This year was pretty uneventful for Eli and Maddux regarding swim team. They both still love it, but with each of them missing two meets and...

Let's be clear. This is not about Ruby. She is amazing. She is a blessing. She is an absolute bright spot. It's me who is not...this...

Last year, Maddux and Eli attended a new overnight camp that they both loved: Woodlands. The age breakdown worked so that they could attend ...

Another great year of VBX! (VBX is our church's VBS. Instead of a daytime Vacation Bible School, our church has held our camp at night...

And she knows it! We started working with her a few weeks ago to see if she could say 'four' and use her fingers to show it, antic...

Not a new topic. I blog about Ruby's path and the dangerous place of comparisons often. Ruby's journey as a fish and my easily trig...

About a month ago, Maddux earned the privilege to read to another class. Her teacher had the incentive in place, intending for the 4th grade...

Always my favorite time of year. This year the kids rejoined us (last year, I gave Lehr the 40th birthday gift of a fest with just the tw...