A Growing Violet

It amazes me how quickly time passes in our lives. Our days blend together so easily as we get older. When we were children, time seemed to ...

We had an incredible Easter this year. This was by far my favorite Easter to ever experience in my life. Gregg's parents flew down wit...

I have been a horrible blogger lately. The past few years have blown by at an alarming speed for me. I'm sitting here wondering how it j...

My sweet hubby and I have been under the weather the past few days. Usually, we're able to take care of one another and Violet but this ...

Conversation between Violet and her Dad... Violet - "Is that bacon in your burger?" Gregg - "It sure is." Violet - ...

The day we have been waiting for has finally arrived! We have finally adopted a kitty into our home. It has taken us a long time to actually...

Our weekend blew by before we had a chance to digest any thing. Monday rolled around and we were taking Violet to Texas Children's Hospi...

After getting some rest and sleeping late, we finally woke up and started to make phone calls. My first call was to the pediatric plastic su...

Our lives have been crazy busy and down right hectic lately. School started back up nine weeks ago. This is Violet's third year with Cl...

It hasn't sunk in yet that Violet just turned eight. I look at my baby girl and am amazed at how quickly she is growing up. Seriously, w...

How is it possible you are turning eight? My heart can't grasp how quickly you are growing up. Happy 8th Birthday Baby Girl! Your Mommy ...

Violet has been taking part of the Vacation Bible School this week and we have been taking one of her friends along with us. It was raining ...

From a very early age we have tried to instill a love of reading in our daughter's heart. Her Daddy and I are voracious readers and we...

Violet has been involved in  Keepers of the Faith  this year, a program that was created to install Christian values and attitudes in our c...

In my enthusiasm for next year's curriculum with Classical Conversations , I have been searching out books. More specifically, read alou...

We had the wonderful privilege to stay in one of the  Sundancer Cabins , in Gleenwood Arkansas recently. Our particular cabin, the Dream Cat...

While getting Violet settled into bed tonight, she asked me a series of questions. I have several teacher friends and family who would appr...

The past few days have been a bit of a challenge for our little family. Violet has been testing her limits to see if she can get away with ...

  My homeschool co-op had the privilege to tour the George Ranch Historical Park today. We had a most wonderful day filled with demonstr...

I think I have now heard the funniest excuse ever. Violet's door just slammed and as I went to check on what happened, and if she was ok...