I am an artist & teacher with a ❤ for visual expression, educational methodology, homesteading, & Jesus. My geek-love is The Joshua and we have three peanut-butters: Caleb, Jack, & Louritta.

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Baby Bunny

08/09/2008

Henson & Ella with Bobos, originally uploaded by StephLewis. I was out in our yard today with Ella and Caleb. Ella was just sniffing around like usual while Caleb and I were on the swings. Then I heard this loud “Reeeee!” sound and saw three baby bunnies go bolting across the yard in different directions. Read More

Caleb Calls Ella Successfully

07/02/2008

Caleb Watches His Dogs 6, originally uploaded by StephLewis. Today, Caleb and I were hanging out in the yard with the dogs. Though he had been saying “Ella” for quite some time now, the dogs never paid any attention to him. Today, that changed. He looked at Ella, raised his hand, and said, “Ella! Ella! Read More

Ella!

05/10/2008

Caleb is quite verbal for his age. He says Mama, Dada, Ella, and All Done. His favorite word is Ella. He calls Henson Ella, he called my cousins puppy Ella, the neighbor’s dog is Ella, and when we go for a walk and hear dogs barking in the distance, he looks at me and proclaims, Read More

Ella Smella

01/12/2008

I love my dog Ella. She’s a sweet little cuddler and is really the ideal lap dog. She’s recently become protective of myself and Caleb, so she takes a little time to warm up to strangers, but that’s not what I’m blogging about today. She has not gone to the bathroom all day. After our Read More

Cupertino Weather Notice

01/04/2008

Josh and I got this message from the City of Cupertino yesterday: Today has been interesting. I woke up to winds and rain. Later, the cat was outside my bedroom door meowing loudly. Eventually, Josh went to work and I had to take Ella outside. It was pouring rain out and she would only cower Read More

Meet Ella!

01/09/2006

Please welcome the newest addition to our family, ELLA! Official name: Ella Bo Jangles. I know, she looks a lot like Henson, but she’s actually smaller and is a girl and has one blue eye (in addition to her other brown eye, of course). Her personality is also very different from Henson’s. She wiggles and Read More