The kids and I took a trip this weekend to Baldwin City, Kansas for the Maple Leaf Festival. Our family gathers there every October at my grandparent’s hundred year old home. I have fond memories of playing “Christmas” on the third floor with my cousins, sliding down the wooden staircase on a slick crib mattress, and jumping into…
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Planting Gratefulness in the Hearts of our Children
Lessons from my Dad My dad had the questionable habit of picking up hitchhikers in the mid-eighties, especially in winter. One icy school morning, my little sister and I snuggled up in the back seat of our station wagon, while my dad pulled over to invite a stranger into the front seat. A few miles…
The Beginner’s Bible Review and Giveaway
As a Christian mom, one of the most significant purchases I felt I could ever make for me and my child was a colorful and engaging children’s Bible. Some of my most precious times with my children when they were very young was sitting with them on my lap before bedtime and reading story after…
The Brick Builders Illustrated Bible Book Review and Giveaway
As a mom of three Lego-loving boys, I cannot fully describe to you how obsessed my boys are with these colorful little plastic “brick building” pieces! We’ve been buying Legos for birthdays and Christmas, and any other occasion they could talk us into for the past 10 years. In other words, don’t walk around my…
I’ll Love You….Always
My Granny and Grandpa Jones were the sweetest couple I’ve known. I remember him singing to her the song he wrote: “I’ll love you, always, throughout life, what joy that you, should be my wife!” He woke her every morning at 6:00 with a dainty teacup filled with sweet coffee. Then they spent the early…