Have you ever had one of those children who thinks he’s a comedian? A child who will be obedient to what you actually say, but you have to cover EVERYTHING in your directions or else he’ll find a loophole? Well, I’ve been blessed with such a child. He has got to be one of the…
Happy Birthday my sweet, beautiful Mahayla! We celebrated your BIG 10 year old birthday today – I can’t believe it’s been TEN YEARS already!! I wouldn’t trade one moment of these ten years for all the money in the world. You are growing into an amazing young lady and I look forward to all the days…
A proud mama just has to share…..
Yesterday (after an unusually long playtime without arguments), my sweet little rough-and-tumble 6 year old son walks down the stairs fresh from “Mahayla’s Hair and Nail Salon” (located in the bathroom.) He looks at me with his big blue eye-shadowed eyes, his gelled-to-perfection hair, and his wet-to-the-touch blue fingernails and says, “Mom, can we PLEASE…
Wow! I took these pictures about a week ago when Eli was 3 weeks old. He has already turned from his side to his belly a couple of times and from his belly to his back a few times. This was going from belly to back.
Wow. That’s the best word I can think of to describe this book. Written as a daily read-aloud for Advent, or the days leading up to Christmas Day, Jotham’s Journey is part historical fiction, part devotional – and all page-turning, spine-tingling adventure pointing the way to the One who was our ultimate gift! The…
I’d like to give myself credit here….Considering the fact that our new little guy (no name yet!!) and Christmas are in a race with each other for which will arrive first, I’ve been very calm. Well, maybe my children and husband wouldn’t quite agree that calm is the right word to use since we have…
1. My Savior, Jesus 2. My family 3. A godly upbringing 4. The health of my family and myself 5. The Bible 6. Freedom 7. Homeschooling 8. Good friends 9. The uncountable blessings God has provided 10. It’s almost time to meet our new little gift from God
Ever since my children were babies, we have LOVED books. Because of this love, I have used books as our character building “curriculum”. Just about any good, living book can be used to talk about character issues – good and bad. I’ll include a list of our favorite character building books and give a few…
Caleb told me the other day that first grade sure is harder than Kindergarten! He’s right. I’m expecting a lot more from him this year, but nothing he can’t handle. He’s a very active child and would much prefer to climb a tree than do a phonics page. I make sure he has PLENTY of…
Whatever the answer to our rut, I know God will put us back on track soon. He always has, and there have been many ruts in the road on our journey so far. The hardest part about a rut is that Satan loves to find you in one. For me, that’s the time when he…