Sarah

I just got rid of my last cloth diaper. Crusoe will likely be in diapers for the next 12ish months, but our diapers were SHOT and I couldn't deal with the leaking anymore. Though we would still save money by buying another set of cloth...

02 December, 2017 /

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...

14 July, 2017 /

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,...

06 December, 2016 /

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...

03 October, 2016 /

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...

22 September, 2016 /

25 baby weeks came in May as well as did my special day James made me himself my birthday cake and hid 'round the house mint candies to take Jaeda's gals love to dance with a man my business cards came as pink as we planned then I found this shirt to match my cards and...

24 June, 2016 /

Dayenu by Sarah Steele A little word I knew it not But once I heard I ne’er forgot It seared my soul With iron hot Dayenu means enough I chose to write it On my skin Remind my heart Where it has been Lest I fall prey To lies again It means more than enough It’s rested there For nigh a year Pulsating...

08 May, 2016 /

You likely already know this by now, buuut we've got Baby Steele #4 growing away! We knew we'd like one more for our family, but we couldn't decide when. So we didn't. We just told the Lord of our desire and asked Him to lead...

01 May, 2016 /

Corban and Jaeda have been feeling the work that comes with making money. They are starting to value their efforts, and, after several failed Dollar Tree purchases (failed meaning broke while we were yet in the parking lot), they've also come to appreciate the value...

29 April, 2016 /

On Grief in Times of Joy by Sarah Steele Joy It's found in the first cry Of your first child It's in your first home And the papers you filed In your true love Of five, ten, and more years And in deep life friends Who have laughed, cried, and cheered It's in your best job And...

01 March, 2016 /
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