I love idea sharing – especially when it comes to great ideas to do with our kids. Last summer, my friend Brittney gave me this great idea that she saw on Instagram (I think). Pictured was a big book of drawings created by the kids of one family as they read through the whole Bible. Story by story, the kids illustrated a picture of what they… Read More
For the first Monday since September, I woke up this morning with nothing to do. Well, ok. Not nothing, but a different kind of nothing than I’ve experienced in months.Last week, my Tuesday morning Bible study gals and I finally closed the book on our Names of God study. I’m both elated and depressed that it’s over. It was a challenge for me to… Read More
It’s Spring Break around here, and I couldn’t be happier. I love it when all of my little people are home. I could do this spring break – perfect weather – sleeping in – kids running in and out – togetherness thing for a few more weeks. Pretty please? So, instead of rolling into the “Is it summer-time yet?” blues, I bring you:… Read More
Anyone looking for a few good books to read as we jump into 2014? I read each of these books at the close of last year, and I can’t wait to recommend them to you. They are the soul-cleansing, heart-opening, garbage-dealing, life-changing kind of books … the perfect three books to read at the start of a New Year. So, without further ado … Book #1:… Read More
Today I took down Christmas at our house. It might be a post-Christmas miracle that I kept it up so long. {Usually it’s down Christmas night … I know! Ba-hum-bug!} What’s left after all the bins are put away is a large stack of these: Even me, who is quite possibly the most non-sentimental person in the world, has a hard… Read More
I have a new favorite thing that I have to share with you, and it’s for our kids. It’s called the Child Training Bible, and it looks like this: One night when I went upstairs to tuck in the kids, Rylie (our middle miss) began voicing her frustrations in reading her Bible. She said that she wanted… Read More