Beautiful Calling

It’s kind of rainy today; I’m thankful for that since we need rain but sometimes a little challenging since the littles love to be outside. So, despite the rain {or maybe because of it} we headed out for a walk. Cool and refreshing                         {wet}                                   we walked along singing, picking flowers                                                                                                                      {and grass?!?} [...]

  It has been said that little ones soak up knowledge like sponges and I am constantly amazed at how true this is. As Chloe (3) learns to count, memorize scripture and now learn the books of the New Testament, John (22 months) is soaking it all up too. As a child, I learned the [...]

View Full Album Routine at our house has flown out the window. The little ones had mild symptoms from their Typhoid and Yellow Fever shots (for Africa), then they caught bad colds and we dealt with that for a week and then last week they had a stomach bug complete with vomiting and diarrhea. This [...]

View Full Album Sometimes we eat at the dining room table but on “lazy nights” we eat at the island with John in his high chair. One of Chloe’s responsibilities is setting the table. Sometimes John helps (he’s not quite so gentle yet). My mom laugh but they do a good job!   Last week [...]

  I know, poor baby has a hole in his knee. Missed that!! LOL Do you truly enjoy the season of life you are in or are you simply enduring it? This is a tough question and I think if we answer honestly, most of us can say that at times we do both. I [...]

 A Google search of ‘Tune Up’ revealed the following definition: An Adjustment for Better Functioning A search of ‘Adjustment’ revealed the following: A Small Change, A Minor Correction, A Modification What is Tune-Up Tuesday? Find out more HERE! ————————————————————————————————————— I mentioned that this tiny little quote issued a big challenge to me. “A goal without [...]

  Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Last December I stumbled upon the idea of a Jesse Tree at Biblical Womanhood and knew I wanted to incorporate it into our own family traditions. A great opportunity to [...]

View Full Album Chloe’s friend, Jaiden, had her birthday party on Saturday. This is her card. Chloe drew the Purple Birthday Penguin featured in the first photo (just in case you were wondering LOL). She also did most of the  gluing though I did the positioning We seldom buy cards. I used to buy the [...]

It’s Monday again and time to showcase one of our “caffs” from last week in Magic Marker Monday. For those who missed the post, our VBS theme was Polar Extremes and I was teaching the littlest of the littles…those too young for VBS whose parents were working in VBS. Our biggest day we had 8 [...]

It’s Monday again and time to showcase one of our “caffs” from last week in Magic Marker Monday. For those who missed the post, our VBS theme was Polar Extremes and I was teaching the littlest of the littles…those too young for VBS whose parents were working in VBS. Our biggest day we had 8 [...]