I encourage my kids to participate and listen during church, so I like to have a little worksheet for them to fill out as the service goes ...

We don't currently attend a liturgical church that observes the religious calendar, but in my quiet studies I like to have these season...

I started a new tradition for our family last summer with Eli's birthday and for all the kids' birthdays apparently. I was thinking...

Starts tomorrow and I can't wait!!  The kids basically stay on the same sort of routine year round. They wake up just as early, never sl...

I really hoped that when I took the kids' toys away  it would help our house stay cleaner. But it didn't. The kids still have SETS ...

They don't fight as much. They are more content and play longer. They are more creative and imaginative. They "read" even m...

School is now out and today is the kids' first day of summer vacation! Growing up (in Iowa) we always went to the very end of May and i...

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is no...

Here are a few questions about love and marriage that I can't wait to ask my kids this week.  Would love to know what their perceptions ...

Our culture has gotten far too lazy. With the world at our fingertips within our electronics, we tend to sit on our butts WAY too much whil...

I LOVE the Christmas season!  I think it gets more and more meaningful and fun as the kids get older!   Here is what we are doing this ...

Now that my oldest is able to find passages in the Bible, write, and spell on his own, I want to start changing what I have him do in churc...

Over the past year I've become pretty disgusted and saddened by the craze of our nation with electronics. Ipod, ipad, iphone, kindle, D...

I've been wanting to try this for awhile now. It really is oh so easy. Full instructions here . But basically... just fill a glass ...

We've filled out almost 2 of these sheets of books that we've read and once complete, we get to host an ice cream party for our frie...

I LOVE planning things and organizing events (probably to a fault at times, right dear??). I LOVE going places and getting out. I LOVE bein...