Chris and Jenni

Here was the scenario the other day, sitting at the lunch table with all the kids:
Cait was throwing a fit about something. She’s developed an aversion to the word, “no.” I’m not exactly sure what I was telling her but I do remember trying to get her to say “yes, mama.” She was looking at […]

Yesterday would not be one of those days that I would entitle, “I was a really good mom today” day. Well, at least part of the day wasn’t. Breakfast was finished (I had made my kids Mickey Mouse waffles, Aidan had been asking for them for several days), it was a cloudy morning and I […]

I agree with my mom, I think now after one thumb sucker and two binkie lovers I prefer thumb sucking, so I’m okay with Cait sucking her thumb :) We have never attempted to get Aidan to stop sucking his thumb, although I have asked him to stop sucking his thumb during the day as […]

You see the picture of our sweet little daughter who has just figured out how to suck her thumb. At the same time we are attempting to help our oldest child learn to stop sucking his. Right now he is crying in his bed because we put a Band-Aid on his thumb to see if […]

This is an area that I have yet to become very consistent in. I desire for my children to grow up in a home where the reading and understanding of God’s word is more important that pretty much everything, school, housework, or whatever other activities we allow them to be involved in, knowing and understanding […]

Sometimes when I get home from work I just want to sit and veg on the couch. Especially when I didn’t get much of a lunch break and I have such a short drive home that there isn’t really any time to decompress from the day. Tonight Jenni made a simple yet elegant dinner consisting […]

Wow, I don’t know if I would have the courage that Representative Ted Harvey had in speaking out against abortion. A very touching story.

I am going to be hosting an Early Pregnancy Test Co-op. Are you interested in having a few of these handy? They are 99% accurate and really easy to use. They are capable of detecting human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, at levels of just 20mIU/ml/hCG. That means you can begin testing accurately just 6 to […]

I’m thinking about cloth diapering and I’m looking for any of you who have tried it and know what brands are best. I think the biggest thing I’m wondering about is how many to buy from the beginning.  So the brands I have seen myself are Fuzzi Bunz, but the more I look the more […]

Jenni and I are having alot of fun reading my Christmas present, “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers” It is so much better than the movie. We just finished the first half. I highly recomend it. It has had us laughing rather loudly on more than one occasion.
I was talking with Douglas Easterly tonight […]

I would like to get one of these Food Mills next time I need one, which is not too far around the corner. They are portable and you don’t have to prepare something special for your baby just feed them whatever you’re eating. So far I have just made all my own baby […]

Last night I had a dream that I was at my brother Andrew’s house and they just happened to have an ultrasound machine there, so naturally we did an ultrasound and guess what? My baby was a girl! Well, it would be fun if the dream came true, but then again I am glad […]