At A Hen's Pace

Isn't this a great picture of Bantam21? It was taken at the Easter Vigil, during the passing of the Peace.  His smile here looks so ha...

Speaking of B21,whose birthday was on Saturday--this young man has lost 50 pounds since last May!  It's the 50 pounds he put on while he...

Now that the school year has ended, I have the time to put in on a couple of big projects--helping Blondechick plan her wedding, and helping...

Well, we've been holding our breaths here, during B20's second semester at college.  His first semester was a little rocky .  He end...

Well, I managed to get in that post on parenting teenagers while I could still say that I had three of them. But no more! Today, my olde...

I know some of you have been praying for us and our decision about Bantam19 returning to college next semester. I know, because we've...

I'm getting nervous. B19, in his first semester of college, is struggling.  (I wasn't sure about going public with this, but he ha...

Pictures, or story?  I don't have time for both this morning. I guess we'll go for narrative--it seems like updates are overdue in m...

Look at that young man.  See that half-smile, the hands fingering his diploma?  He's pleased.  He's proud of himself.  He's fi...

Only one more year as a teenager! I can't believe it. The coming year holds many momentous events: graduation from high school, gettin...

Papa Rooster got a new lens for his camera! Blondechick16 survived camp, though she was one of the few who never saw a tick on themselves. ...

Blondechick16-- Blondechick's charter school requires all the sophomores to give a presentation called "Sophomore Passage" to ...

Bantam18 surprised us all by announcing, a few weeks ago, that there was a girl. Now, B18 has had his share of social difficulties, due to h...

So are we the only family fighting over this? Christopher Paolini is Bantam17's hero: the homeschooled teenager has written this fantas...

Today Blondechick15 and I go in to the new school to get her schedule done and to have a tour. In the meantime, here's the latest on Ba...

Well, I'm about 2/3 of the way done getting the old glue mostly off the walls in my dining room--last night I finished everything above ...

Remember the family photo shoot last fall? Well, I'm going to share some of our selections in a series of posts describing the members ...

We are in Kenosha this morning for Sunday morning service, then going into Chicago to visit my brother-in-law, his wife and our little niece...

I'm sure you've all been lying awake nights wondering what has happened to me and Striving Towards Divine Love . Neither of us has...

My blogging friend Blest With Sons has started a new group blog called Asperger's Syndrome: These Kids Are Cool! --and I'm going t...