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As you live your life and make those day-to-day, routine decisions are you self-consciously acting as if you are a servant of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, or are you thoughtlessly serving the ruler of this world? Nothing is neutral. We are either serving Christ in any given decision or action or…
My sweet friend, Denise Sproul, entered into the full glory and presence of God yesterday morning. Words fail, but I do not mourn for Denise. I mourn for those who are left behind. Denise was a faithful friend and encourager to me. When I was overwhelmed with many little children, Denise came alongside, willingly gave…
The children and I have been scouring Pinterest for ideas to decorate using items that we already have. We paired these simple mason jar, Epsom salt candle holders with fresh greenery from our back yard, gold organza fabric (left over from a previous project), sparkly red and gold ball ornaments and the old classic string-of-lights-in-mason-jars…
You’ve probably seen these delightful smelling cinnamon/glue/applesauce Christmas ornaments before. We’ve made them several different years. This year we added puff paint and Sharpies to spiff up our ornaments and to make them do double duty as adorable gift tags. Cinnamon Ornaments 1 1/2 cups cinnamon 1 cup applesauce 1/3 cup white school glue Mix…
The average American family, comprised of 3.14 people, spends $800-$900 on Christmas gifts each year. We don’t. We avoid much of the annual gift giving frenzy by keeping things a bit more simple. Here are some of our reasons: We don’t need all that stuff. We wish for the focus of Christmas to be on…
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. ~ James 1:27
It seems like the holidays are a time when every family has a plethora of special traditions. Here are some of our favorite, fun family traditions for the month of December: Marshmallow wars Christmas Mysteries- They keep everyone on their toes. Santa’ hats – All the children wear them whenever we go out. It brings…
Leave a comment on this post to enter to win 9 of the new Pop Art Pixies craft kits. Last year our three oldest girls and I (along with Bella) traveled to New York City to help celebrate the launch of the Pop Art Pixies line, a new Crayola line designed specifically for tween and…
It’s time for the 4 Moms to share some favorite holiday recipes and we’re inviting you to link-up and share yours too. Our family has a variety of recipes that we traditionally make this time of year, most of them involve chocolate. The recipe that I’m sharing with you today is not chocolate, but they…
Colby is five and Colby is just one of those children. He keeps us on our toes and always laughing. Remember when he pulled this amazing whopper? and these fun Wordless posts; here and here and here ? If you look through the ‘not me’ archives, you’ll see that he’s well represented. Here is my latest collection…
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