Where Passion & Purpose Collide
I love the idea of little gifts for little class mates on special occasions. And I especially love the idea of not going broke in the process, or dolling out more sweets to an already sugar-charged crew. Enter : glow sticks & a printable! I was inspired by this adorable valentine version I’d seen on Pinterest a while back… Read More
My Bean. Delightful & daring. Compassionate & caring. {into those eyes I do love staring!}
If you’ve spent any length of time looking online for creative ways to have fun with your kids, you’ve no doubt stumbled upon the sneaky little video that informs you that you can magically turn “water” into marbles with a few household ingredients. Just like that. It’s magic! It’s marvelous! It’s malarkey. Really. It’s simply an outrageous, ingredient-wasting, kitchen-messing hoax. … Read More
I’m tickled pink to be sharing my messy story of redemption with another group of women this weekend. I love, love, LOVE sharing my heart…my brokenness…His goodness with others who ache to know their Creator hasn’t abandoned them, that He is intricately involved in the details of their lives – even if behind the scenes, that He is big enough… Read More
1. Do not crouch down beside the gunslinger, no matter how much encouragement and assistance you feel it necessary to deliver. High velocity urine ricochets off open toilet seats. And burns eyeballs. 2. The perimeter outside which half-read magazines could lay open beside the loo, in wait for the next 2 second bathroom break, has increased by 3 feet. 3. … Read More
While we’re still pretty new at this whole “kids in school” thing, I’ve already noticed a few things that make all the difference in how smoothly {and calmly…and happily} our mornings flow. Thought you might want to know. So here we go. Yo yo!
Happy birthday to our precious Bean! You have blessed my heart in these 5 years more than you’ll ever know. You’ve stretched me, delighted me, challenged me, taught me {time and time again}, and tickled me pink with that delicious sense of humor, incredible compassion, lavish generosity, and sweet spirit God deposited in that cute little body of yours. We… Read More
Ever since stumbling upon the idea on Pinterest a while ago, I’ve been wanting to snap some photies of my beautifully growing Bean in my wedding dress. For visual & nostalgic wonderment now, yes, but also for display on her wedding day. In, you know, 35 years. To say she’s been eager to don “the dress” for the camera would… Read More
Hope you had a most glorious 4th of July! We sure did. You know you love your neighbors dearly when you’ve spent time together 5 days out of the past 7…and your kids still like each other. Correction : they adore each other. We’re blessed!
We’ve been a busy bunch around here over the past two weeks! Between family festivities, the dynamic food-friends-fun combination, weeding and watering our growing veggie garden, multiple dips in the lake, our first camping trip, a week of recovery from laser eye surgery, and far too many trips to the Whippy Dip to mention, I haven’t had a moment to… Read More
Well, my friends, my 31 days are officially up tomorrow…and at this point I’ve made it through 27 of the 31 “spaces”. While the perfectionist in me is tempted to be disappointed, the considerably larger portion of me that has grown to be more realistic amidst the chaos of parenting… is quite thrilled, actually. {knuckle bumps} While there is… Read More
I. am. a. cleaning. machine. 31 Bags in 31 Days is going full force in our home, and I’m discovering a thing or two in the process. Some drawers/closets/spaces are going much faster than I anticipated (I have 5 ‘bags’ completed in 3 ‘days’), while other areas that I only allotted 1 bag/day to are going to require considerably more… Read More
