Top Ten List for Mothering Without Smothering

I love Christian author Elizabeth George. She has been a spiritual mentor to me in so many ways via her books and seminars. Soooo….Today, I wanted to share Elizabeth George’s Top Ten List for Mothering Without Smothering. Love the Lord and his Word. Be a …

The Stanford Marshmallow Test {and why teaching self control is a good thing}

Turns out that teaching your kids to wait is a good thing for them. And that teaching self control has long term benefits. Have you heard of the famous Stanford Marshmallow Test conducted by Walter Mischel? He put various children, one at a time in …

Some Favorite Things Right Now

Today I wanted to share some favorite things with you: Great Recipe: Martha Stewart’s Warm Brownie Cups. Now Martha knows a good thing when she sees one, and I have to agree…this is delish! I made this on Valentines Day for our date night in. …

“It’s Just Bread”

This weekend we took our teens to a winter snow retreat. There were about 140 teens there for a 24 hour period and we had a great time of big games, singing and great preaching. I wanted to share one point that the speaker made …

Smart Ways To Embrace Busy-ness.

When life overwhelms you with “busy” it is essential to be a drill sergeant with your priority list. That is why I have been so lame on the posting lately. {cough} So when life gets super busy, may I suggest a way to keep sane? 1. Center …

A Home Full of Laughter

Peter recently taught our youth group that one of Satan’s lies is that “holiness brings misery, ” and he specifically talked about “those” people who nobody wants to be like, because they are just joyless, stonefaced grumps. This is NOT holiness. Well, the kids all …

Ebook Winners and Some Housekeeping

We have three lovely winners of our Ebook Giveaway: Rebecca Q, Marcy and Gabrielle!  I’ve emailed the author and she will send you the link to your book! Enjoy! Also, a little housekeeping: Some of you are receiving TWO email copies of my posts. I …

Three Free Ebook Giveaway! Woot!

Three Cheers for a Three Book Giveaway! I have been given 3 copies of this brand, spankin’ new ebook  entitled The Good Wife’s Guide to give away FREE to you! The Good Wife’s Guide: Embracing Your Role As Helpmeet by Darlene Schacht. (ahem: NY Times bestselling author. Not too shabby! …

Our New Home on the Web

Welcome to our new home on the web! I am so glad you stopped by! We decided to change platforms so we could control the content of the ads that  appear on our site. 🙂 Plus, I was dying to design a site that reflected …

Things I Loved This Week

You might have noticed that I haven’t been posting quite as much lately. Well…. Let’s just say that we have been busy with good things as a family, and things tend to come in “tidal waves” when they get busy. Know what I mean? 🙂 …