One of our favorite activities we do the week of Easter is making a Resurrection Garden. The kids love to get their hands dirty and this is the perfect way to do just that while talking about the reason for Easter. First, we take some rocks (I bought some at the craft store just so they were … Read More
Ten Simple Ways to Love Others This Easter
"Dear friends, since God loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us." 1 John 4:11-12 As a stay at home, a homeschool mom, a "we're home most of the time" mom--it gets so easy to shut … Read More
Why We Need Easter
I have days where I just want to grab my kids, lock all of us inside the house, and never come out. One of them happened last Thursday. It had been building in my heart for almost two weeks due to the saturation of Fifty Shades on my news feed. It began to bubble over after seeing … Read More
How My Coffee Habit is Helping the Thirsty
I shared with you that my family is celebrating Lent these next forty days. Most people who participate in Lent "give something up" or "do more of something" to help them focus on Christ and His sacrifice. We, as a family, are committing to do both. We are "giving up" what we have in excess and … Read More
Reading the Bible Together as a Family
I always feel sad after Christmas. I linger in packing up the boxes of decorations, just wanting to hold onto Christmas a bit longer. I think some of it is that I am sad to go back to "reality." School and activities start up again. A routine and discipline is needed. But mainly, I am sad … Read More
AND THE WINNER IS….
This was such a fun giveaway to do! Thank you so much for all of you who entered and shared! I'm so thrilled for Marissa's family, and that she will now have this new tradition to start this Christmas. At the same time, I am left "wanting..." I really wish I had a set for … Read More
Hoping for a Christmas of Giving in Excess (and a GIVEAWAY!)
It's beginning...the "I WANT'S" have arrived in our house. The kid's are making a list of ALL they want for Christmas. It's usually whatever they have seen that day either on a commercial, in the store, or in a magazine. We really try and temper, when we can, the images that are inputed into … Read More
The Heart Behind our Devotional and a GIVEAWAY (from Tabletop Truths)!
When we began compiling the devotional for the Jesse Tree, our desire was to create something that would make it easy for families to pick up and do together without any preparation. It was our hope to create a book that would help the hustle and bustle of the season to slow down each day, … Read More
The Jesse Tree: A Christmas “Sursee”
Today I'm guest posting over at my dear friend and mentor's blog "Sursee Gal." A sursee is an unexpected surprise that brings joy! Leslie, being a mom to four grown boys, knows a thing or two about motherhood, being a wife, and learning to trust God to do those well. She looks for the … Read More
Introducing…Stories that Inspire (from moms like you)
I ran into Julie at a conference last February. Julie was one of our first members of a Jesse Tree ornament exchange 3 years ago. Although I don't know her very well, Julie is one of those people who it doesn't take long to figure out you WANT to be her friend. She is a lover of Jesus, … Read More
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