Recently I attended a mom's conference called Hearts at Home, where I was able to share with other moms how Jim Bob and I manage our home life. One of the questions that came up is how Jim Bob and I spend quality time with each of our children.
When we realized that Jubilee was not with us we wanted to honor her little life with a memorial service because every life deserves to be recognized. We felt like she had been a part of our lives for 18 weeks and we had so rejoiced when we found out God had given us another baby, and then our family needed to grieve and to be able to take a sigh and...
I met my mother-in-law before I ever met my husband Jim Bob. I had applied for a job at a yogurt shop where my friend was working at the time, and Jim Bob's mother was the manager there. She was such a godly mentor and role model for me, because I was...
During playtime it can get loud in our house, especially during the colder months when the kids are playing with toys that beep, blink and play music. Sometimes we'll gather up...
Like all busy moms I can't always jump on the phone when I'd like, so texting is a great way to touch base with people. I communicate with my best friend on a daily basis by text...
Most people's homes and lives are going to be different than what ours is like, but when it comes to spring cleaning, we have some items that everybody deals with and tries to check off their to-do list...
We're often asked why all of our kids' names begin with the letter J. There's no quick answer, but it started with our first child. Emotionally, we loved the Bible name Joshua. So we named our first child Josh after him. At the time we thought if we ever had another boy somewhere down the road, it would be fun to...
It helps my heart to talk about my miscarriage of Jubilee. I know it's difficult sometimes for people to really know what to say, and I know I felt that way at times in the past when I realized that someone had lost a baby that they were carrying and I wasn't sure how to best console them. But I think being able to acknowledge that there was a little one -- a precious life -- helps.
Our family loves Valentine's Day and always looks forward to it. My husband Jim Bob and I like to have a special day to celebrate it, either before or on the day of Valentine's. We write sweet notes to each other, which is something we do all the time -- we'll write a little sticky note and leave it somewhere for each other to find, or we'll leave each other a voice mail. But on Valentine's Day...
Even though we're able to spend a lot of time with one another in our family, we still have to keep tabs on who's doing what, who needs to be where and what's on our to-do and shopping lists. We still use a hard copy calendar, but we've come to rely on technology more and more...
My husband Jim Bob always says jokingly that around our house about every 30 minutes there's some kind of a crisis that takes place -- we have to stop and drop whatever it is we're right in the middle of, whether someone got hurt or something in the house broke and there's water everywhere...
