Family Portraits
Don’t You Hate it When
you forget to post about something you really meant to post about! Back over the Thanksgiving weekend we drove 5 hours to a dinosaur park. Thirty minutes into the trip I told my hubby I would NOT be making the 12 hour drive to his family for Christmas! Traveling with four kids, bickering in the…
Bringing Up Boys
My mom is in town so I don’t have time for a thoughtful post on this Sunday. But check out this link, especially if you have boys! http://chrysaliscom.blogspot.com/2007/01/family-life-bringing-up-boys.html
I’m Getting Back to the Heart of Blogging…
That worships song about “getting back to the heart of Worship” keeps playing through my mind on the first day of this new year! I know my focus on this blog has strayed over the months, mainly because of trying to make it something it’s not supposed to be and gain the appoval of man.…
So How was Your Christmas?
Ours was very quiet, though I still stayed busy doing mom things! Christmas Eve we attended church in the morning and then took our 80 plus year old adopted neighbor grandparents to lunch. We are so blessed to have them! They’re like family and our kids have grown up with them and call them grandma…
I’m Dreaming of a FRIGHT Christmas?
Our family has been having interesting dreams lately? Last night I dreamt it was Chrsitmas Eve, and I forgot to get wrap Grace’s presents were still in the attic. Two nights ago Chris dreamt they added a new scene to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and he was freaking out on stage. And…
Guilty as Charged
“I am the one holding the keys to the atmosphere in our home.” ~ Terry Maxwell ~ Author of: Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit Ouch! Does this one ever hurt? My kids are out of control and I’m the reason why! It’s an all too familiar scene. Me checking email while the kids…
Can you Find Joy in the Mundane?
Today at Faithlifts, Heather shared her hectic morning and how easy it is for her to lose her joy due to the business of life. I know this feeling all too well. Unfortunately I’ve been born with (or acquired) a negativity gene. The glass is half empty syndrome. For me joy doesn’t come naturally. I…
Before You Buy that Game System for Christmas Read This: Video Game Addiciton
Reposted from July 2006 PS 2, Nintendo, X-Box. Whatever you want to call it, I’m convinced it was sent here straight from the pit to torture moms. Is it just my family, or do your kids turn into little monsters, fighting and jockeying for their game time? My youngest has just started playing with her…
Sin and Heaven According to Grace
A couple of weeks ago Grace (4 1/2) struck up a conversation about sin. Grace: “Sin is really bad.” Me: “Yes, it is.” Grace: “What’s sin?” Me: “Remember in the garden of Eden when Eve ate the apple she wasn’t supposed to.” Grace: “Yes” Me: “That’s sin. Sin is when you do something wrong. Like…
Staying Close Even Though Your Far Away
This is reprinted from a published article from 2001 copyright Gina Conroy It had been my mother’s dream for me to attend a Christian college. Yet she didn’t realize her answered prayer would put 1500 miles between her and her grandchildren. Like so many college graduates, my husband and I chose to make our home…