Six Joys:1.Being barefoot on the deck2.Breathing in fresh air3.Teaching the kids4.Hot coffee in a good mug5.The smell of fresh cut grass6.My husband working from home ...
Top 5 {EASY} Ways To Cheer Up, Buttercup!
Get Dressed! If you're reading this in your jammies and it's not pitch black outside you should get dressed. If you're reading this in yoga pants, but you have zero plans to actually work out today, please get dressed.Eat Real Food for 24 hours (longer is better). I'm talking about eating good ...
Sunday Reset
Sunday Reset. As you adventure on into a fresh new week, take a moment to think on this verse: I ask only one thing from the Lord. This is what I want most: Let me live in the Lord’s house all my life, enjoying the Lord’s beauty and spending time in his palace.Psalms 27:4 Shift your mindset ...
Don’t Give Up Getting Together
In October of 2016, nearly four years ago, I snapped this picture with my camera and jotted down these words down in my journal: "Adventures!!!! How gorgeous is this sunset bursting through the field of sunflowers? We visited my SIL's home in the country; The kids ran through the flowers and got to ...
The Brave Little Apple Tree That Weathers The Storms
Let me tell you a little story about this apple tree. It started off as two trees with their trunks intertwined. One side died off, and this tree that was left snapped over in a terrible storm years ago. It went through a tough time learning to stand again. It took years, and trying ...
Sweet Saturday Mornings During Quarantine
With nowhere to rush off to today, we’re letting the little kids have a slow morning of playing. I think it's important to note that the photo above is completely unstaged. We sometimes wonder that when everyone's pictures seem to express more joy than what can be found within our own homes at ...
I could’ve broken down and cried at the store…
I could've broken down and cried at the store on Wednesday. Not for myself, as much for the lack of compassion and empathy in the world today. Don't worry, on account of my disappointment and anger I held it in until much later in the day before the flood gates opened wide and I wept in the ...
Gather The People
I made another new shirt tonight and I'm officially hooked on putting vinyl on my threads. 😍 I'll test this method out with several washes and wears on different materials first, then if all goes well, I'll add them to my shop page (which currently houses affiliate products and I'm ready to change ...
Ride out the Storm
Yesterday morning when I woke up I found out that one of our vehicles had a flat tire, another had a dead battery, and the third was working fine, thank you. There are three drivers in this house and we all three needed to be in different places. Crap. Things felt hard within the first two minutes ...
Just Joy
STOP mindlessly consuming social media for a sec. I'm guilty too, it's okay. Friends, hear me out a minute. I know, we're all SO busy, but take a couple of minutes to listen to THIS song. I get it, maybe this kind of Christian music isn't for you, but I swear to you that Jesus is. These lyrics- ...
Need Rest? Come to Jesus.
Has anyone ever told you why it’s important to read your devotionals in the morning, rather than in the evening? It’s simple. Soak up the Godly wisdom before your day kicks into high gear, as it always does, and you’re sidetracked by all the earthly things that come your ...
Election Day Blues + I’m Okay
Election day 2018 I posted a joke on my personal Facebook page, and it received some criticism (and praise). Now I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea (or coffee), but the negative responses I received made me mad, and sad, and feel completely misunderstood. It was late, we were in the middle of ...
Walk With the Wise
Earlier this week I returned to my hometown and took this little snapshot of the neighborhood I grew up in. Walking this sidewalk, especially during autumn, just feels like "home". I was lucky to grow up in a neighborhood with "good kids" and a neighbor mom with a heart of gold, but who also wasn't ...
Coffee < Jesus
As I was pouring my iced coffee this morning and sifting through a thick stack of bills that needed to be paid, the 5 year old boss of the house walked up, threw her hands on her hips, and yelled at me "Hey! How come YOU get a big glass?!" ~I had given her a couple ounces in a small glass, with ice ...
Ten Years
The rest of the family went to sleep early, so my littlest guy and I had a little mommy + me date. We cleaned, we packed daddy's lunch, we did 1/8th of the dishes (we were both over it before we even began), we wrote colorful notes for everyone and left them on the table to be discovered in the ...
Recharge
Getting out of the house alone can make me feel guilty, and the act itself is sometimes physically tough- like preparing everything for my family while I'm gone, plus finding cute clothes, makeup, and a dish to share... Ugh. Sometimes my littles even stand at the door and cry as I back away, ...
The Most Greatest.Gift.Ever
As I held the phone in my hand talking to the receptionist and looking at my calendar I held my breath and tried not to let my worry show through the phone lines when she gave me the next available appointment date. My words said “Great, I’ll take it, thank you”, but my heart said, “Oh ...
When You Adopted Before Adoption Was Cool
Happy World Adoption Day! Who knew there was such a day? First and foremost, we need more people willing to open their hearts and homes to people in need (not just children). I get that, I believe that. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. This post isn’t going to hit home with all of you. This post ...
Free Printable Scripture Art
My 9 year old loves writing scripture and posting it around the house, he always has. This year we incorporated it into our school work using Teach Your Child to Read, Write and Spell: 100 Easy Bible Verses. I often have the two older kids create some type of art out of their memory verse for the ...
Happy Birthday, Dorothy. Life is Hard.
My mother-in-law has been with Jesus for almost nine years. Cancer took her far too soon. In August of 2007, we welcomed our first son into this world, and within a week, we learned she had cancer in her colon and pancreas. I remember thinking, how could life give us new joy while threatening hers? ...