the Story of My World

One of my favorite architects in the world!  I love his buildings.  I love the Robie House, I love Falling Water and desperately want to SEE...

Matt was busy a few days ago... He built a entire fort of cardboard, toothpicks and tape (yes, now I need more school supplies). I know the ...

This was posted on a friends Facebook status: DAYS AGO. I cannot stop thinking about it. It IRKS ME. You...

in a possible far off distant future... Amy and Brett are adopting again!  From Ethiopia! A boy!  And it will most likely be an infant...

Probably about this time every year.. usually a bit earlier I start thinking my kids haven't done enough work- perhaps I am failing the...

So many blog friends, and even a few in real life are waiting for something. Waiting for God to move. Waiting to hear. Waiting for ...

We had a bunch of girls over last Monday to view the new American Girl Movie out... The girls came over and right off the bat they cla...

Here is the Kirsty Loo Hoo Girl Here is Kaitlin-- can you see her way in the back there!  My tall girlie girl! Her first ye...

 As I mentioned on a post before we are switching Matt from Math U See to Saxon a completely different math program.  We have many reasons ...

Earlier this Spring (yes, this post is REALLY late) we went to the Fort Bend Museum... we toured the museum and the John M. Moore Hom...

Currently loving ...the show  Love it or List It.... I like that it gets the  House Hunters and realtors in the same show as a renovation! ...

A couple of weeks ago-- okay more than a couple of weeks ago now.... we went to the zoo with friends from church.  Rachel and Ruthie are s...

MAY 2012 Obviously very long overdue post!  But here are the kids enjoying the pool for the first time this season.  They worke...

We are entering a different time period altogether. I have never graded, kept records or cared about transcripts! There has been no need. ...

If you are currently a home schooler and NOT on Pinterest well, I just don't understand!  It is wonderful!  Just having the INTERNET at ...

I cannot believe it. I want so much to keep watching and seeing the young man he is turning into but I also want to stop time... The kids...

Well, this has been a wonderful month... I have really gotten to stay at home, spend a lot of quality time with my family, just veg out and...

  She is a crazy girl!  This is almost a year ago. There are just no other words for this crazy girl! She just turned 11!  I can't ...

We started back up to school today.  We had ALL last week off-- because of a technical break but we had most of the week off before because ...

I had an aha moment this morning with my kids. Now hear me out-- I am NOT a dumb person and will not pretend that I will not have to have ...

We have been sick. Strep throat.  yuck. I bought a new rug a couple of weeks ago.. and it is one of my favorite things-- but it is gettin...

Alrighty Then! The Texas Education Code requires that public schools meet 180 days per year; public school students must attend 170 days...

Monday we had our busy day with theater AND history.... Emily is doing really well and I really like a lot of the ladies-- I am sure ...