The Best Mother’s Day Present

May 15, 2012

I loved the hand drawn cards, the hugs and all the “Happy Mother’s Day” wishes.  I really appreciate the flowers the the kids’ Sunday School teachers had for the kids to give me…but the best gift of all was on this paper… and it was this in particular… “I know my mom loves me because [...]

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Taking A Walk

April 20, 2012

Sometimes it feels like it takes just as long to get the kids ready to go for a walk as it does to actually take the walk…but it’s always such a good thing when we get out together. It’s in the 50s today so Sawyer is ready to go with his bear hat. Addie trotting [...]

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Resurrection Rolls for Easter

April 3, 2012

Finding ways to celebrate Easter is always fun.  This activity is one thing that the kids really like doing, and for younger kids it can really make it real that Jesus is not in a tomb anymore. All you need is marshmallows, melted butter, a cinnamon sugar mix and a tube of crescent rolls. The [...]

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Perennials in Parenting

April 21, 2010

I love perennials!! I love that most of the hard work I did in the previous years shows itself in the following years! As the kids and I were weeding today we were talking about the difference between annuals and perennials. It was such a neat time because we were able to talk about the [...]

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