I love for our kids to have other godly people to pour into their lives besides me and Randy. Of course our parenting relationship is key in teaching and training our kids. But I also think our kids need to hear some of those same messages from other people. It adds another layer of truth from a different voice and I think that's healthy. This is why Sunday School and Youth ... Read More »
Parenting
Anti-Bullying Conversations at Home
Bullying is a serious thing no matter what type of environment our kids are in - homeschool, Christian school, public school. If they live in this world and you let them out of the house they will experience bullying in some fashion - either personally or around them. It's not always easy to know what to do in those situations. It will help our kids to have thought through and ... Read More »
Helping our kids navigate social media
Our teenage son is wanting to have his own Youtube account so he can upload videos. He has no other personal social media outlet at this point because I'm a nazi Mom when it comes to protecting my kids online. I've seen too many families and kids hurt by the crap that's out there. Addictions started by accidentally discovering porn and major self image issues because of ... Read More »
4 ways to help your kids have summer devotions
Oh how fast the Summer can fly when you're swimming, camping and vacationing! And it's so easy to let our time in God's word be neglected. How much harder for our kids to keep their time in the Word if they're not being encouraged by their parents. So here's just a few thoughts on how parents can help their kids cultivate their walk with God. 1) Make devotions a part of your ... Read More »
Epic Mommy Moments
We've all had those Mommy memories that will forever be stamped in our minds. The ones we don't want to ever forget and the ones we'd pay big money to forget! Both are necessary in this journey called Motherhood. The precious memories keep us going and the hard and not fun memories make us stronger and our relationships deeper with our children. So whatever season of Motherhood ... Read More »
Secret Keeper Girls was a BLAST!
We had the best time at the Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour last Saturday! Mom's of tweens, (ages 8-12) if you ever have a chance to attend this conference with your girl I promise you it will be an awesome time together with your girl. FUN, Spirit-led, Biblical truths that you want your girl hearing from other people than just you....and so much more. Awesome event. Only ... Read More »
Dad’s, date your daughters before others do.
Dads, you will never know how much special time with your daughter means to her. All little girls desire to be cherished and loved by her earthly Daddy. And nothing says "I love you" more than special time set up for just you and her. A Daddy-daughter date. A Father reaches a daughter's heart in a unique way that a Mother can't and so that special time together is so ... Read More »
A new kind of Spring blooms you will just love!
This is my idea of the perfect set of blooms because you don't have to remember to water them and they stay yellow year round. Heck you can even snag a cup of water on a rainy day without having to go back inside. For real, how red neck can you get? Our son put these out for some air soft target shooting this week. I thought it was pretty clever. And tacky. They will probably ... Read More »