One of our favorite family traditions during the holiday season is GAMES! We implement all sorts of activities so that all ages from young to old have a ton of fun. I want our house to be the place they want to be! 🤣 The best tip I have is to save all fun games/activities/dances in a folder on Instagram or YouTube or wherever works for you. Here are a few we have enjoyed in the past with links to help illustrate them: First, we like a game called IMPOSTER. You give three pe

This week, I was thinking about Jesus teaching his followers that the kingdom of heaven belongs to those like the little children who were coming to see him. This doesn’t mean we are supposed to revert to childishness, but we are supposed to maintain a childlike spirit. I certainly have seen over the years how my children’s spirits rub off on me (in mostly good ways 😝) and I often feel myself lightening up and enjoying life much more because of them.   Also, kids say profoun

These are recipes we have been making for years and years, and as the fall starts to roll in, so do the requests for these familiar favorites! Click the links below to download the PDFs for the recipes.

Today, I just wanted to share something super simple with you in case you've never tried it. Laundry is already a huge task for many of us, and it's made all the worse when you see those little blotches of oil or juice or chocolate or grass pop up. Your son's favorite shirt, the last dress you have that fits you just perfectly, ruined! A while back, I found that there's no need to go buy expensive stain removers, though. Keep some trusty dish soap (any kind!) and a toothbrush

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