Once upon a time the first day of school was the Tuesday after Labor Day. In those days, summer break was really a summer break, as in it lasted all summer. My little brother Steve and I spent many hot…
Happy 4th of July, Mamas! Take a walk down memory lane with me as I share chronological pictures from 4th of July celebrations Ray and I have enjoyed through the years. This is our son-in-law Nate and his dad Rick…
The Confederate Army usually named battles for landmarks, while the Union Army usually named them for a geographic location. Thus the Union Army called the Battle of Shiloh the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, which was the landing along the Tennessee…
I was five years old when I first visited a zoo. My parents and my Daddy’s sister Dot and her husband Preston took their children Jim and Jack and my brother, Steve, and me to the Memphis Zoo. Here is…
Our older daughter wrote a series of ten easy Christmas devotions entitled “Come and Behold Him.” Ray and I plan to do these devotionals today through Friday and next week from Monday through Friday. It is a way to see…
A week after we were in Missouri with the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society, Ray and I went back to Missouri for the annual Homeschool Trade Association conference. We were excited to be at the conference in person after two years…
