At A Hen's Pace

Remember when his blog name was Bitty Bantam? He has different teeth now. He's looking like an orthodontist's nightmare (or dr...

Twenty-one years ago today, our lives were changed forever. B21, you broke us in as parents.  We had no idea what we were doing, but our h...

We already celebrated 25 years of marriage with a cruise last March. But today is the actual day! Sometimes, in all the busy-ness, our m...

She's a college girl now. She got a music scholarship, so she's been taking voice lessons, participating in choir, and singing wi...

She's thoughtful.  And so sweet. She's friendly...and funny! She is a joy and a delight. I always thank God for you  becaus...

I was so happy that my brother-in-law grabbed the camera and took these shots!  PR takes so many fabulous photos, but he's never in the...

Oh, my, these birthdays. They come around far too often. I can't believe that half our kids are now old enough to drive.  B16 just g...

So the birthday party was a success! I admit I was a little worried. B12's idea of a Lego building contest sounded fun, but didn...

No, he's not opening birthday presents in this picture; it's from Christmas. And yes, he's super-excited about getting jeans fo...

There is something about your youngest child turning 6 that signifies the end of an era.  I think I felt this way about him turning 5, too,...

 Wrappin' up my love this 24th anniversary... When they blow Gabriel’s horn Rip fiction from fact I want to get caught In some radi...

My baby girl is all grown up!  Eighteen years old last month. She's driving, she's busy with a job, she's paying some of her o...

Let it never be said that I am an uptight mother.  Or an obsessive-compulsive house-cleaner.  Or that I never let my kids do anything.  I ...

When we were in Ohio, we overlapped with both my brothers and their families for one beautiful afternoon on the farm where I grew up. We we...

Look at that Mona Lisa smile!  My baby girl appears even older and wiser than her eight years in this shot, taken by Papa Rooster at Mount ...

Well, we had a birthday back in May... But we didn't have a good picture of him, since he got his braces off in February...and Mama H...

Papa Rooster didn't have room for his big camera, but he did pretty well with his little pocket size, I thought! This was one of my favo...