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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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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! …

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 …

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? 🙂 …

Ruth Beechick’s The Three 3’s Giveaway on our Facebook Page. This was one of my FAVORITE homeschooling resources when I started out on our homeschooling journey. It is probably the ONE book I loaned out more than any other to friends who needed that little confidence boost …