The Joyful Johnsons

After 3 hours of preparing and packing we left for a day of bike riding and fun at Shiloh National Park. We took Jimmy's truck and my v...

Yesterday I began the daunting task of moving Clay and Sam into a bedroom together. Clay has had his own room upstairs, and Sam has lived i...

Here are Clay and Sam walking down our newly paved driveway. Sam riding Clay on the four wheeler.

When we got home from visiting my parents, Jimmy had a big surprise for the children--a new sand box! He worked on it all weekend when he wa...

Our last day of school was Friday, May 23rd! Hooray! We finished a few days early. We are off for 10 weeks! We left to go visit my paren...

I plan to share homemaking and homeschooling tips from time to time. I know that one day my daughters will ask me, "Mama, how did you ...

I call my children by the wrong name almost every time I call them. I don't know why it is so hard for me to just say the name of who I...

I did it! And I didn't fall down! I finally tried out my new rollerblades today. I didn't realize how hilly our driveway was until...

I came home from the homeschool conference refreshed and ready to start our new school year! But first we have to end THIS school year. I ...

Yesterday a friend and I went to Starkville for the state homeschool conference. I left Leah and Clay with her husband and her three childr...

Recently in Leah's Sunday school class they were discussing Jesus and his earthly father, Joseph. They talked about how Joseph was a car...

Jimmy and Sam This was taken a couple of months ago, and I have ALREADY FORGOTTEN what happened to Sam's face! (That's why I am blo...

This is the BEFORE picture of our driveway. The gravel had been scraped off and the road graded. Clay and Sam playing in the dirt pile. Th...

Monday night was the annual Keepers of the Faith Awards Banquet. Olivia and Julie are in Keepers at Home, and Clay is in Contenders for the...

I had a fabulous Mother's Day! The children presented me with two beautiful painted canvases (by Olivia and Julie), lovely handmade car...

Julie--10 Sweet Julie always has a smile on her face. She is so happy and kind! Julie is a writer--she writes plays, poems, short stor...

We are finishing up school May 28th. This is our current school schedule. We begin our day at different times on different days, depending...

We are now a family of runners. Jimmy has run off and on since he was young. Olivia, Julie and Clay began running over 2 years ago, and I fi...

My 2yo Sam has a unique security blanket--MY HAIR!! He like...

My older children frequently ask me about things they said or did when they were younger, and my answer is usually, "I just can't r...