I am such a hypocrite

My kids are touring, um, visiting Vacation Bible Schools with two different friends this week, since our church doesn’t have a VBS. Caleb is visiting a missionary Baptist church, and Ellie is visiting a Methodist church– the two programs couldn’t be more different.
When I went to pick Ellie up from VBS last night, I [...]

Small town grapevine

I accepted a new job yesterday, teaching English and journalism at Gurdon High School.
You heard it here first– or maybe you didn’t. If you’ve ever lived in a small town before, you know news sometimes travels faster than you realize.
I went to the university president’s office this morning to tell them about my new [...]

Slow domestication

Lannie warmed up a frozen pizza for lunch, since I was at work and he was home with the kids today. As the oven door creaked open, Caleb came running from the other room. “Momma! Momma!”
Lannie: “No, Momma’s not home. Did you think I didn’t know how to open the oven?”

Grace

My neice Grace, looking precisely like her cousin Elizabeth.

Silver Dollar City

This is our Branson vacation in a nutshell. We bought season passes to SDC and spent 5 out of 6 days there. The kids (and grown-ups) had a great time!