And that's a wrap. As your read last week's post, we closed the door on summer and we are ankle deep in school for my four kiddos. Because I want to practice what I preach, I pulled back the last 3 months to focus on my family. Today I sit at the computer ready to take whatever next step God has for this ministry. But this peace hasn't come ...
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Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:7
A Parent’s Pray for the School Year
Today we are closing the door on summer. At the crack of dawn tomorrow, I will deliver my children to their appropriate elementary and middle schools to spread their wings. I would like to pretend that this is easy to do, but honestly, like a mother hen, I would much rather keep them in the safety of my nest. It is only by God's strength and ...
How to Be Intentional with Your Child
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Creating a Preschool Notebook
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Fun Ways to Teach Your Children the Armor of God
A few weeks ago I asked the ABCJLM family how I could best serve their families. Several of the families who have been with ABCJLM for a while, asked for curriculum for their older children. They have loved using ABCJLM with their preschoolers but they want more for their elementary-age children. As I prayed about it, the Armor of God was one ...
Visiting Bryce Canyon and Horseshoe Bend with Kids
As I shared in the previous post in this series, Zion was our absolute favorite of the three National Parks that we visited. But Bryce Canyon is special in its own right. A beauty unlike anything ever seen before and worth every mile it took us to get there. Read from the beginning of this series. We left Zion National Park early to enjoy the ...
Gearing Up for School without the Stress
As we get closer to the start of school, you will see posts about preparing to use the ABC Jesus Loves Me Preschool Curriculum. Images of elaborate file folders, beautiful poster, and magazine-worthy classrooms will be shared in the ABCJLM Facebook Group. And if these are things you need to be intentional, do it! But, I hear from many who ...
Project Minimalization Part 2
In last week's blog post, I shared that in the process of minimalizing, I realized that there was a heart issue attached to our accumulation of stuff. I saw three specific areas that I had to deal with in order to build a content spirit in my kiddos and myself. To do this, we grabbed garbage bags and dove in. How to Minimalize Using the KonMari ...
Project Minimalization, Part 1
Doing more with less. Minimalizing. It sounds so Christian, doesn't it! Yet commercials, items on a sale rack, or seeing things the neighbors have (coveting) leads many to purchase more stuff. Stuff that requires us to cram our closets to the max, rack up $1,000's of credit card debit, and rent storage units. A friend has been ...
Visiting Zion National Park with Kids
View from Kayenta Trail If you ask each member of our family what their favorite National Park is, each will adamantly state "Zion." If you ask what park we would like to visit again, we will unanimously state "Zion." In our trip to Southwest Utah and Northern Arizona, we loved Zion. We loved the scenic stops, the gorgeous Virgin River ...