Crusoe

September 11th came, and while it will always be remembered as a day that changed America, it's also a day that changed our family--Crusoe Conrad Steele was born! This year we went to Owens (woo) and got a free balloon for all the kids (is...

We enjoyed some perfectly warm days last month. Wading and swimming in the lake are favorite pastimes. Crusoe was particularly tired this day. I feel much braver when a sister joins me! All that red hair. We stumbled upon a carnival kicking off free summer lunches. BOTH CORBAN AND...

May started with the most beautiful weather (weather that, really, we've had for most of the summer; I mean, gorgeous!) We printed the illustrations of our books and put them on display in the Performing Arts Center at the local high school. This was so much...

Why should I feel discouraged, why should the shadows come, Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home, When Jesus is my portion. My constant friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me; His eye is on the...

Having a fourth child is hard. (Betcha thought I was gonna say something uplifting and inspiring. HA.) Even our great days (and there are many!) are just plain ol' hard. So much talking, touching, needing, crying, diaper changing, sock losing, complaining, laughing, screaming, eating, messing,...

Guys, I'm super sorry, but this post will be short on words and looooong on photos. No time for editing! He's already three weeks old now! And we're all doing great. So great. In sleep, in health, in nursing, in harmony. We're having a blast...

The last post ended with Saturday evening, September 10th, wondering if tonight was the night. (It wasn't, but it was close.) The hard contractions fizzled out by evening, so we went to bed and hoped he would come soon. Sunday morning I had one hard...

Crusoe was due to join our family around September 6th. We've had babies as early as 9 days before their due date and as late as on their due date. But when my friends Bryanne and Alisha went a week over with their 4ths, I...