Since Josephine was born I have been flooded with comments and questions about the laboring process.   Over a year ago I wrote this post about the importance of Pain in Childbirth, and because of that, I made it clear that I had once again avoided using painkillers while giving birth, not because I’m tough, […]

I have never shared one of my birth stories before, and I don’t plan on getting into all of the details, but here is a little bit about how Josephine made her appearance earlier this week. On Tuesday we welcomed Josephine Frances to the clan–which was a bit of a surprise to everyone, I included. […]

Well, lately I have been missing the farm.   This year, for the 1st time ever, I didn’t make it down to the farm for calving.   I griped about my husband’s previous job that sent him on many long business trips, but with that job, the kids and I enjoyed a lot of time […]

Confession – I am not a scrapbooker. Not at all.   I upload the family pictures I take to a very simple blog to share them with family…and that is about it.   I take tons of pictures but it is pretty rare that any of those pictures ever get developed.   And yet I […]