Public or Private? That was Our Question
That moment (that happens over and over again as a parent) when you realize everything you thought you knew was wrong… You know how it goes.  Before you have kids, you’ve already made your mental list (that’s totally set in stone!) of all the things you’d never do (like “I’d never turn on the TV just to […]
Grati-Tuesday: Celebrating Small Victories
This morning I reached a goal. Â Only I didn’t just reach it, I ran right through it. I have officially gotten rid of eleven pounds! I’m still hanging on to quite a few, but they won’t be around for long. Ryan and I have “dieted” on and off our whole marriage. Â We’ve educated ourselves till […]
Book Review: Picture Perfect by Janice Thompson
Last August, I attended the MOPs Convention with a handful of gals from my local group. Â While we were there, I signed up to be part of a review panel for new books published by Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing. Â The deal is, I occasionally receive emails containing the title and description of […]
Grati-Tuesday: {On Wednesday… Oops!}
I know, I know… it’s Wednesday. Â But I was too busy reveling in the beauty of life yesterday to care about blogging. Â Ok, so that’s a bit overdramatic, but still… Yesterday started off kinda cranky. Â Even when the kids sleep all night (which isn’t often), I tend not to because I’m so used to be […]
Favorites on Friday: Lazy Days
From the very beginning of Ryder’s life, we have left the house nearly every day, at least once. Â This was my survival mechanism when we moved to a place where we didn’t know a single soul, welcomed our first baby (which automatically seems to imply that we must isolate ourselves from the world), and we […]
On Failure… and Grace
The last couple of days have been “one of those days.” I have mountains of clean laundry… still waiting to be folded. Â Fail. I sit down to write a blog centered around some old videos… and can’t get the videos to work. Â Fail. I repeat myself till I’m blue in the face… and still the […]
Favorites on Friday: Blanket Forts
When we were kids, my brother was the greatest fort builder I knew… and it didn’t hurt that we had the perfect couch for couch-cushion fort building. Â Our current couches don’t have removable cushions, so since that’s out of the question, some extra creativity is necessary. Â We recently reorganized our closets, and put all our […]
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