Making Homemade bread can be very intimidating. When some of you saw the activity in the Easter Activity Workbook to make homemade bread, you freaked! Some of you shy away from anything with yeast for fear of failure. But yeast is not your enemy! In baking, yeast is your friend. And baking homemade bread is nothing to be scared of. Beyond the ...
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An Easter Activity Workbook: Take Me to the Cross
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May I Take a Moment to Encourage You?
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Dear Kiddos…Words of Love, From Your Mommy
In the last post I shared a prayer I wrote for our children based upon John 17. With similar thoughts, I share with you today a letter I wrote to them in 2010. My precious Bubs, Sweet Pea, Little Man, and Peanut: I can't express the joy that I have from being your Mommy. I thank God daily for the little smiles, hugs, and ...
Praying Jesus’ Prayer for Your Children
Prayer is a subject that I really struggle. I can't wrap my brain around the in's and out's of this complex communication with our sovereign God. When I found a prayer devotional on YouVersion, I jumped at the opportunity to dive deeper. Unlike most of the devo plans on this free app, the three-week prayer plan only contains scripture ...
Patching Holely Jeans without Patches
With Taming the Laundry Giant and Yummy, Delicious Granola Bar Recipe posts last week, I am on a homey kick right now! Think it is the perfect time to share my sewing post as well. Having three active boys, I see jeans deteriorate right before my eyes. It seems in one split second jeans move from the "good" to "play" ...
Yummy, Delicious, Homemade Granola Bars
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How to Tame the Laundry Giant
I fought the laundry and the laundry won... I fought the laundry and the laundry won. And that was the song that I sang every week. Laundry was the enemy. I was emerging from each battle more bruised and battered. Typically I could get the clothes in the washer (that's the easy part) but the clothes sat on the cabinet or in baskets for several ...
Are You Busy Being Busy?
background source Pinterest is filled with it. Blogs thrive on it. DIY and HGTV channels survive on it. Any ideas what this might be? Busyness. We as women beg for busy projects. We surf the internet for activities to make our life easier, make our children smarter, and beautify our home. Something to fill our time and make ...
Guest Post: The Red Crayons of Life
source Ever develop a full-proof plan to make each day go smoother only to have inconveniences pop up at every turn? What about the mornings that you wake up ready to attack the world but the world has other plans? Life isn't happening like you imagine or desire. Your expectations for parenting are keeping you from being ...