Thanksgiving 2013

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Jennifer @ Little Silly Goose

I’ve always loved the holidays, though I must admit that the experience has changed quite a bit over the years. When I was younger, everything was magical and perfect, and I was largely unaware of all the work behind the magic. Nowadays my husband and I are the work behind … Continue reading →

Family Update

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Jennifer @ Little Silly Goose

Ok, so I’m feeling like I need to provide a family update. Things have been crazy, crazy lately. I mean, they are always crazy, but sometimes they’re crazy, crazy. Do you know what I mean? I hope so, but let me explain… The first crazy, crazy thing is my job. … Continue reading →

A Big Van for a Big Family

As excited as we are to welcome our newest family member, we quickly realized that neither of our vehicles could actually hold a family of 6...

Being refined by fire

There are days, weeks, months and years in our lives when we feel like life is just too much. There are situations that stretch us beyond what we feel like we can handle...

Recipe Roundup: Chili

One thing I’ve been wanting to write about for a while is my favorite recipes. Since I’ve become a work at home mom, I’ve taken over the primary cooking responsibility in our home...

Happy 90th Birthday Grandma

My grandma was that person that was always there...

The Practical Home Series: Easy shoe organization

I’ve decided to start a series called The Practical Home, which if you know me, may seem like a very odd thing for me to be writing about. I am not one of those people who is naturally gifted with cleaning, organizing, decorating and general homemaking...

From Sales Manager to Laundry Lady?

Life has been a whirlwind since I lost my job in January. I started off looking for traditional jobs, but after the last one did not come together (at the end of April), despite being told that I was a perfect fit both personally and professionally, Clint and I both felt it was time to try a different approach...

New house, baby on the way, and no job… uh oh

When I got the news today I knew. I knew that things were going to get ugly before they got pretty...

We are in escrow (and my boss resigned)!

I have such a crazy story to tell you, but let me start from the beginning…

Celebrating 7 Years Since 07/07/07

Yes, we were one of the many couples who got married on the ridiculously popular date of 07/07/07...

One Year of Blogging: My Story

Discussing how it all began and what it means to me...

Does everything happen for a reason? What about the bad things?

I used to think that everything happened for a reason. I believe in God after all, so the world was not random to me...

My unplanned home birth (Austin’s birth story)

For those of you that don’t know, Austin was supposed to be born in a nearby hospital, but he surprised us by being born at home with only my husband there to catch him!

We were made incomplete by design

My husband and I attended a wedding earlier this month that was very special because of the love the couple shares that brings out the best in both of them and is centered around Christ...