Eggs, Math Games, and Ratatouille

So, I’m curious. What’s the going rate for a dozen eggs where you live? Right now they’re priced crazy high in Pittsburgh. I went to the grocery store and a dozen generic-brand large white eggs were $6.59.

High prices for eggs

What! I feel like I can remember going to the store just last year and finding them for $0.99 when there was a sale. (more…)

Pregnancy Diary: The Third Trimester (so far!)

January 2025

It’s hard to believe we’re in the third trimester! It feels like just yesterday I was at a local creek with the kids when I had a weird taste in my mouth and Sadie threw pieces of a leaf into the water and said one was each of our family members and one was her baby sister without any of us having a clue I was expecting!

So much has happened between then and now: morning sickness, life, homeschooling, holidays, work, and more. Through it all–every up and down–God has sustained this sweet baby growing inside me. I cannot give Him enough thanks. It has been nothing but a blessing, a gift from the Lord, and a privilege to carry our daughter since June. I still can’t believe God has entrusted three children to Jimmy and I. What a calling and responsibility to love and raise them for Him.

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