If you follow me, you’ll know that I have made the foolhardy decision to go back to school. Because, you know, homeschooling seven kids and being in full-time ministry isn’t enough on a person. I clearly lacked the pressure of deadlines and lamenting over formatting issues in the wee hours of the morning in case …
ESV Family Devotional Bible Review
The last few months, I have been using this Family Devotional Bible from Crossway. I wanted to use it for a little while before I gave my review of it. So, I've been pulling it out during family devotion time. I have the hardcover edition, but it is also available in blue or brown imitation …
Advice to Large Family Parents
Being a large family can be very lonely. People stop inviting you over. You try to understand. You are an entire party in and of yourself now. It feels like you’re only invited to a party last minute when someone realizes they don’t have great guest numbers. Or maybe you have stopped accepting invitations. You …
Let’s Talk About Cheap Amazon Diapers
So, if you're at all like me, you see these super cheap cloth diapers on Amazon and you wonder, "Are they any good?" Plus, they make some awesome prints! I was gifted a few different brands, so I'll give you the scoop on the ones that I tried. First, I think a lot of the …
BumGenius Flip Review
I've been cloth diapering a long time. So I have seen how diapers evolve. New brands starts. Old brands fade out. Old brands come out with new stuff. The Flip certainly isn't new, but it took me a while to try it. I'm just going to be up front. The All In Two* concept was …
Lent 2018
If you're looking for my annual Lent family devotions, they are in book form this year! I was coming up with a way to make the family devotional more user-friendly. Scrolling through an entire week of blog posts is a bit messy. It is free, but it is messy. Then, I had this idea to …
What Does A Pastor Do?
Last month was Pastor Appreciation Month. During that month, you’ll have a handful of people share on social media a little peek into the difficult life of being a pastor. But for the most part, most people sit around and wonder what a pastor actually does. You hear a statistic that pastor’s routinely work 60-70 …
Pregnancy Update- Baby Seven
I realized that I haven't talked much about this pregnancy and the plans and how things are going. I figured an update was in order. So far, this pregnancy is completely normal and boring. Boring pregnancies are the best. Nothing is at all out of the ordinary. Daisy (that would be the baby's name) is …
Lenten Family Devotion Week Seven
What you’ll need this week: This week, we’re making a wreath, adding a bit each day. For the wreath, you can pick up a twig wreath at a craft store very inexpensively. You can decide if you’ll just make one wreath for the family or if each person will make their own. (They can always …
Lenten Devotional Week Four
This week you will need: Day Nineteen: Art supplies Day Twenty: Foot washing supplies OR bubble bath supplies Day Twenty-one: clear bottle or jar with lid, vegetable oil, food coloring, glitter(optional) Day Twenty-two: pink square paper (for origami) Day Twenty-three: fish & bread for dinner, construction paper, glue, and glitter Day Twenty-four: blue Jello cups …
