26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose na...

It turns out that today was a perfect day for the dryer to die, not that I wanted my dryer to die!  I am 100% sure that it can be fixed.  I ...

1. Annie Loves Sunshine – Annie’s Godparents have a little song they made up called “Annie Loves Sushine.”  They sang it to her when we vi...

It’s been way too long since we have written an icon.  It’s been six weeks.  I think it would be enlightening to write the icon from last Su...

Here are t he murals in the girls room.  I imagined it more elaborate with green vine borders and flowers around the doors and window, but t...

So we lost a credit card the other day.  We knew it was in the house.  I had borrowed the credit card from Andrew to purchase some books on ...

For a Christian, our struggles and imperfections give us even greater depth of soul and fervor for the Lord, because we have worked so hard ...

Today, I was thinking that I do not keep up on this blog often enough.  However, on any given day my life is so full of things to do.  It is...

“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.  From ashes you have come and to ashes you will return.”

Outside my window… there is a slight spring chill. The sun is shining brightly as it could only in Texas.  I see lots of construction of hou...

Today marks the last day Eastern Christians can have meat until after Easter.  We’ve already begun our preparations in the pantry.  The ...

This is what happens when your mommy likes to play with paintbrushes.  When we decided to paint our kitchen, Alex started picking paint swat...

Sit back, pour yourself a glass of wine and grab your Bible.  This one is going to take a while to read. 1. "These Beautiful Things” ...

Modern mothers have been relying on psychology books to interpret child behavior for so long now that if all the psychology books ...

I have been driving myself crazy about my children’s behavior. Recently, I reflected back to when I was a child. I was not a bad child, but ...

Disclaimer : This video is probably only interesting to Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles.  It is literally a video of my kids walking through...

What a busy day.  Alex and I barely managed to squeeze in our Icon for today’s feast.  This is not something I would like to repeat.  One sh...

We have taken a week long break from home school, because Alex and Mommy were frustrated.  Alex was frustrated and that caused mommy to be f...