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Jacob- made the freshman baseball team and is taking drivers ed and had his first “drive” today
Curtis-was just awarded the Prudential Spirit of Community Certificate of Excellence Award and a Presidential Volunteer Award for his 80+ hours of community service
Caleb- busy being Caleb and is no longer being “naughty” on the bus (trust me, that’s [...]

Go get the book ‘The Princess and the Three Knights’ by Karen Kingsbury from the library. Then Dads, read it to your girls (yes, even the older ones). It’s a sweet story. You won’t regret doing it. Rebekah has loved the story so much that we’ve renewed it twice.

After reading the selection of quotes, (and maybe I am way off) I was under the impression that birth control is bad. And I do think it could be (and very much is at times) misused. But in my opinion birth control has its place. And an important one at that. And maybe where I’m [...]

Sisters and Mom,
I want to know what you all do that refuels your tanks from the demands of motherhood. Jared & I like date nights, but seem limited to fairly short ones because of Jessa. Although I thoroughly enjoy being out with Jared I’ve recently felt that the short time away isn’t enough [...]

Dennis Prager, a talk-radio host, has a fun “happiness hour” segment every week and he lets anyone call in to talk about what they think about happiness. Last week they talked about “Is happiness a moral obligation?”
I think a lot about happiness, and more and more believe that there are foundational beliefs [...]

What is the most important attribute a mother can have?

This last weekend I had a very sobering talk with a good friend.  She was sharing some personal things that have been happening in her life.  Without telling the details, I’d like to share a little thought about some of the lessons that came from this conversation. 
We know that  we are all given gifts.  Gifts/talents [...]

This past week I have been working on the New Family Search. Terrell and Cindy were so nice to give us a little lesson on it a few months back. But something new I learned is that we can access our spouse’s info. We were thinking we couldn’t (and maybe you’ve all figured out by [...]

This one is for you Allyson–You know how you were wondering about sunday appropriate videos? Well, we pulled out our Badger Creek Family Reunion becasue Rebekah and Joseph couldn’t remember a thing about it. That is now their #1 Sunday video…and they’re sooooo excited about the family reunion now. You should have that video [...]

Curtis wants to spend his own money to see Avatar. The problem is Troy and I don’t want to spend any money previewing it. It is rate PG-13. Has anyone seen it? Why is it PG-13? Would it be appropriate for Jacob and Curtis to see. We’d appreciate an comments. Thanks