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Wherever your thoughts are, I’d like to invite you to step back, rest awhile, and take another look at the cross. Most Christians have at least one cross — a necklace, or perhaps one on the wall. I have one particularly beautiful one that is hand carved.

As You Approach Easter Week…

FamilyMarch 28, 20181KViews 0Likes 2Comments

What thoughts are crossing your mind? Planning a big meal for family or friends can easily consume our thoughts. Cleaning your house can do that too. Wherever your thoughts are, I’d like to invite you to step back, rest awhile, and take another look at the cross. Most Christians have at least one cross — a…

Forget About Setting Goals – Really?

FamilyMarch 1, 2018725Views 0Likes 0Comments

Forget About Setting Goals - Really? What! That was my reaction when I read the title of this article by James Clear. Needless to say, it only took a couple of seconds for me to click on it to read it. My plans have plans. I'm a planning kind of girl so not having goals seemed very strange…

Christmas Blessing Giveaway $420 Paypal Cash

FamilyDecember 4, 20171KViews 0Likes 34Comments

May the Lord bless you this holiday season. I've always felt a bit frustrated with how early Christmas starts for retailers. We celebrate Advent and put our tree up the weekend before Christmas. We also celebrate the 10 days of Christmas which goes to Epiphany so we try to leave our tree up until then. We usually…

Can you believe…Christmas planning before Thanksgiving?

FamilyNovember 16, 2017762Views 0Likes 0Comments

Each year it seems as though the holidays get closer and closer together. Sometimes I feel like we barely have time or opportunity to prepare and celebrate one before we’re off to the next one. Most people I know are discussing Christmas plans and I’m focusing on planning our Thanksgiving meal. Not that I have all…

Finish In This Lifetime

FamilyAugust 31, 2017618Views 0Likes 2Comments

Finish In This Lifetime I'm still working on my spring cleaning. I know, it's almost fall. I think I'll have to combine the two this year. Changes I'm using a new criteria this year and I've had to go back over some things several times in order to really clean them out…

9 Ideas That Will Help Your Children Want to be Together!

FamilyJuly 26, 2017855Views 0Likes 16Comments

Children enjoying each other Being together day after day, especially while homeschooling, can be challenging. We added to that by wanting our children to build strong relationships with us and each other. Dan and I don't have good relationships with our siblings. That is why we focused on it a lot during our parenting. We wanted our…

Celebrating Father’s Day

FamilyJune 21, 2017583Views 0Likes 0Comments

Father's Day For the past 27 years we have been at this cabin on Father's Day. We’re At The Cabin! That means we've had to plan ahead for how we will celebrate. We usually do breakfast in bed, which was so much fun when our children were young. They were 4, 2, and 3 months…