30 Day Giving Challenge – Family-Friendly Media

Today’s 30-Day Giving Challenge partner is a collection of studio and publishing groups striving to make a difference with family-friendly media. Each member of the 30-Day Giving Challenge team received a package of family-friendly media like this to donate to the charity of their choice: The products include: Things I Wish I’d Known Before We …

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The 30 Day Giving Challenge Kick-Off

It’s November 1st, which kicks off our month long challenge to GIVE in small and big ways for God’s glory!  I’m so excited to watch our family work together, to bless others in creative ways, to step outside of my comfort zone, and to watch how God uses so many others as we come together …

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Hiding The Word In Their Little Hearts

…They are only three years old, but they are already perfectly capable of hiding Scripture in their hearts.  It’s been so convicting in my own life, as I hear these words repeated and explain how they apply to their young lives. “A soft answer turns away wrath” has convicted me multiple times to respond with …

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Once A Month Cooking – Holiday Style

My sweet friend, Tricia, is a phenomenal “foodie”.  She specializes in Once a Month Cooking or Freezer Cooking, by planning ahead so she can have easy to prepare meals on hand all month long. It’s a superb idea – and one of these days I’m going to take the plunge and do an entire month’s …

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Good News is For Sharing

Even with all the (for lack of better terms) “yuck” we’ve had going this week, there have been definite highlights.  It’s such a better thing to focus on the good news around you even on the cloudy days, isn’t it? Good News Is For Sharing, So Here It Goes… 1. Celebrating A Monumental Moment – …

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Have Your {Birthday} Cake and Eat {Free} Too!

Yesterday I returned home from an afternoon celebrating birthdays with my mom and sister to find THIS!   While I was away, Brad baked (from scratch) and iced me a birthday cake.  Seriously. I don’t deserve this man.  And you know what?  It’s really really good. Seriously. It’s like chocolate wedding cake.  It was such a …

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Falling for Fall – 10 Fall Recipes from Around the Web

There’s so many things that make me fall for Fall.   I love the pumpkin patch tradition, a warm cup of apple cider, the crisp air, and the spectacular color of the changing leaves. Of course one of my favorite things about Fall includes food.  Here’s a handful of recipes that I’ve stumbled upon that you’ll …

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Baking With Betty Crocker

A week ago these handsome men dropped me off at the airport.  I’d never been away from them by myself before, and even though it was just for one night, it was hard to walk away to my gate.   In fact, I almost turned around and ran back in their arms.  But I knew …

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