Happy Tuesday! Hope your week is off to a great start. VBS is underway here, and we’ve got little Cowpokes walking around singing Bible songs to a Western theme. A BIG thanks to the many dedicated volunteers and churches who put awesome VBS’ all over the country. I know it takes many hands and hearts … Read more
The Sacred Sink
Summer Bookshelf & Holy Kit
The summer reading blitz has officially begun! I don’t remember the last time I completed a full big-girl book myself, but I’m sure having fun living vicariously through the kiddos. If you are a longtime blog reader, you may remember the first year I started “Reading and Road Trips” with the boys. We would pick … Read more
Outer Banks Blessings
A happy hello to you! We just returned from the Outer Banks of NC for our first real family vacation in about two years. We went back and forth questioning if we could even pull it off right now, with two babies under the age of 2, but in the end we decided if we … Read more
Wedding & Waves
I’m typing this post with blistered feet and a big smile…I guess those are signs of a good party?! We attended a wedding yesterday and it was the best. I think it’s so much more special now as a parent, and seeing the boys dance, eat, run around and look handsome (and clean)! Yesterday was … Read more
A Prayer for the Weary
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.– Oscar Romero What … Read more
A Big To 'Do!
What a week! Our schedule is action packed for some reason this week. Wed. is the last day of school for the boys, and they are chomping at the bit to wrap r’ up. In our area, break started on a staggered schedule for different schools and the boys are convinced theirs is the last … Read more
Vlog and a Prayer
Hello! I just recorded a vlog to update the latest on Karolina. This week (May 29), marks our TWO YEAR anniversary of our “Gotcha Day.” It doesn’t seem possible! I thought it would be a good time to sit down and share an update on our beautiful girl. The Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism workshop … Read more
Something Special from Stroller Mama
I have been so excited to write this post and share a neat opportunity for you! Last week I met Erika, the owner of Stroller Mama, located in Woodmere, OH. The store is a dream for anyone who has a little one(s) to buy for. I also learned that they ship across the US because … Read more
Meeting God in Guatemala
Hello Old Friend! I didn’t write that in plural because I’m not sure more than one person will stumble upon this little post after such a long (and unannounced) hiatus. If only I could get my act together! As you can tell, 18 months after adding kiddo #5, I’m still not quite there yet. I … Read more
These 40 Days
Greetings! Happy Fat Tuesday! We are living that up in every sense of the phrase, it’s going to be a chocolate party today! Grant’s Birthday is Valentine’s Day, but since it falls during Lent this year, we are “feasting” today. We have an informal party planned with the Candy Shoppe theme, (mom was just … Read more