The Joyful Johnsons

Tonight I cooked a meal from Egypt. I used recipes from The Global Table Adventure . Sasha, the author of the blog, mentioned that you wou...

Granmomma--on the far left--looking so pretty at Olivia and Brian's wedding. During the night last night, Jimmy's sweet mothe...

Leah turned 14 today. And how can that be? Sam will be 12 in a couple of weeks, and just like that, all of my children are almost grown!  We...

Leah and I were face timing Julie, and she told us about a fun thing she and Big Sam are doing this year. Once a week they are cooking a mea...

As I was reading chapter two of More Hours in My Day  by Emilie Barnes, I made many notes regarding a statement she made concerning values. ...

I have finally set my 2018 spiritual and fitness goals for 2018. They are subject to tweaking, but here they are for now. Spiritual Rea...

I started a new spiral bound notebook for 2018. This is in addition to my daily Erin Condren planner. I like to keep a spiral notebook for a...

We have experienced the best two weeks ever! All of my children and their spouses have been here, and it has been so wonderful! And now th...

Big Sam's brother, Abe, and his wife Grace spent a couple of days with us over the New Year's weekend. While we were visiting Grace ...

Somehow I got on a email list for Stephanie at the Ultimate Meal Planning Bundle . Earlier this week she began a series of emails with free ...

I love to read. When I was a child and a teenager, I read all the time. I did not read much for pleasure when I was in college, but I began ...

I'm going to just jump right in and try reviving my blog. The last several days have been WONDERFUL. First of all, Clay came home from...

I am still alive over here in Mississippi! I am still trying to figure out how to be a mama to children near and far. As most of you know,...

Clay's dorm today (photo credit Ethan Behle via Facebook)  Whew! My prayers were answered, and Clay and the other college studen...

Our son, Clay, is a freshman in college in Tampa, Florida. Yes, he is still down there. He is staying on campus with the other students, dor...

It seems like a lifetime ago, before the weddings, before my fabulous beach vacation, and before taking Clay to college (in Tampa, and we a...

This morning we left at 5:00AM to drive to Memphis for the Chick-Fil-A 5K race. Our family has run this race on and off over the past sever...

Early this morning I made myself stop what I was doing and take the time to peel and freeze three very ripe bananas. It took less than one m...

Since most of you are starting a new school year, I though this might be a good time to share my memorizing Scripture system. While I use th...

I'm going to go back a few months in time to share this monumental occasion. All three of my oldest children graduated! Olivia:  Ba...

Before I begin my post about What's For Dinner? , let me first say Thank You , dear readers! Between your comments on this blog and on...