My Debut

Have you ever heard of Hearts At Home? 
It’s a “Christ-centered organization that encourages, educates, and equips women in the profession of motherhood” (from their mission statement).  You should check it out!
(And not only because I’ve been asked to guest-post on their blog. (You wanna see it, don’t you?  go here).  I am honored to in [...]

“plash agoon”

That’s how our 2 year old says “Splash Lagoon”.
Which is where we went for a few days recently.
My 8 year old said it was the best vacation EVER. 
Here’s some pics…

**Please notice the snow outside the window ~ the kids thought it was the coolest thing to be swimming and watching it snow outside at the [...]

The Potty Adventures

Potty training has finally begun in earnest around here.
We’re not doing too badly.  The little one seems to be “getting it”, and that makes me glad I waited so long.
Today we had a poopy in the potty – her first.
It was so, so cute.  I had left her on the toilet for quite a while [...]

~ knowing what I didn’t want to know ~

Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged.  For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Be strong and courageous.  Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged.  For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
How ironic that this verse was my kids’ memory [...]

Encouragement For You, Mom…

I have been noticing lately how so many of my mom friends and acquaintances are in need of encouragement.  We often work tirelessly for our families and are not encouraged as much as we need to be!  I wrote this and shared it with my MOPS group at our meeting Tuesday… I thought some of you might [...]

Who Are We, Anyways?

At the beginning of this MOPS year, I had my steering team do a little personality exercise.  I asked them all to do this  (sorry – you won’t be able to see it unless you’re a MOPS leader!) and determine what type of personality they were – a lion, beaver, golden retriever, or otter*.  I [...]

Easy-peasy home decorating project

This is so cool!  And it was so simple!
After Little A moved out of her room in July, we turned it into a home office.  I painted, we moved two garage-sale desks in, put the computer in there, and the papers have been piling up in there ever since.  Seriously, if I have a nemesis, [...]