Wordless Wednesday – Birthday

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Today is another birthday in our house. My oldest son is turning 7 today. His birth was one of stress and worry as he was very sick at birth and the hospital that I delivered at was unable to care for him. So he was transported over 40 miles away to another hospital and I […]

Teach Kids to Serve Others

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We have always tried our hardest to aim at teaching our kids to serve others so when Christianity Cove offered a review of their 100 Simple Service Projects  (on sale for $19.95/regularly $29.95)e-book I was instantly interested. I am always looking for ideas too that will help me teach kids to serve others at church. […]

Frugal Staycation Ideas

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We have done several frugal staycations in the past few years and I have come to love them as a much needed change of pace for everyone but not something that will break the bank and ruin the budget for months. Here are a few of my favorite staycation ideas. While we do spend a […]

Thankful Thursday

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So today I am choosing to find thankfulness. This Thankful Thursday is being written while I still have children that are crying with stomach pain. We had the stomach flu almost 2 weeks ago and two of my children (Samantha and Josiah) developed complications from it. They now have a temporary form of colitis. They […]

Gymboree Children’s Cothing

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Who doesn’t love high-quality children’s clothing that will last through more than one child? Well, as a mother of five (soon to be 6) I sure do. But I also don’t always have the money to spend $40-$50 per outfit for each child. One thing that I have discovered through this Gymboree review  is that there is […]

Thankful Thursday

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I haven’t done one of these posts in a very long time but I felt led today to focus on the blessings in my life. Some days we just need to refocus our hearts on the blessings and less on the hurt of this world, don’t we. So for this Thankful Thursday post my prayer […]

Wordless Wednesday

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Today’s Wordless Wednesday is actually a little wordy. But the pictures are great if I do say so myself!! My three older children are playing soccer. This is the first time any of our children have played team sports and we are all enjoying the experience thoroughly. It is just a small learning program at […]

Family Fun – Archery Class

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We are always looking for new and different skills to expose our children to so recently when we learned that a local ministry was offering a free archery class through the Center Shot program we signed up the older 3 children. It has been a great family fun evening for all of us. They are […]