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Celebrating St. Nicholas’ Day {Christ-Centered Christmas Series}
Today I am sharing one of our favorite Christmas-time traditions – St. Nicholas’ Day! For the longest time I’ve been taken a great interest to the traditional church calendar and holidays. There is something so beautiful about setting your calendar around holidays that point you to Christ, especially when it is so easy to…
Read MoreChristmas Eve at the Hollingsworth Household – Guest Post {Christ-Centered Christmas Series}
Next up in our Christ-Centered Christmas traditions series is Alyssa Hollingsworth of alyssahollingsworth.com sharing her family’s Christmas Eve traditions. Christmas Eve at the Hollingsworth household is generally a quiet affair—well, as quiet as seven adults, two little kids, a mixture of cousins (depending on the year), and various dogs can be. The house has long…
Read MoreAdvent Calendar – Guest Post by Bobbi of Revolution of Love {Christ-Centered Christmas Series}
Our first guest post in the Christ-Centered Christmas series is from the lovely Bobbi of Revolution of Love. I think this is a wonderful tradition for Advent and am strongly considering trying it out this year. Thank you Bobbi for sharing your family’s favorite tradition! My Favorite Family Christmas Tradition: The Advent Calendar The…
Read MoreA Christ-Centered Christmas — Blog Round-Up
Before our Christ-Centered Christmas Traditions series starts up next week, I thought i’d kick it off with a round-up of some of my favorite Christmas posts I’ve found this year. There are some great thoughts and ideas in these posts so be sure to check them out! If you’ve written a post about how to make…
Read MoreCOMING SOON: A Christ-Centered Christmas
Ahhhh.. Christmas. It’s one of the best times of the year. Even before our son was born, I planned the ways we would celebrate this beautiful time. I knew I wanted Christmas to mean something. To be special. And not because of the elaborate parties or expensive gifts, but because it was focused on celebrating…
Read More*INTRODUCING!* Play Through The Bible: A Toddler’s Introduction To God’s Story
I am so excited! It’s finally time to begin our toddler bible study series. It’s going to be called “Play Through The Bible: A Toddler’s Introduction To God’s Story” and I wanted to take today to give you a little introduction before we jump in later this week. First, I want to explain a little…
Read MoreMy Husband Travels for Work: 10 Tips for Transitioning Home
After spending an extended amount of time away from my husband over the last two years, I’ve taken some time to reflect on the process of returning to doing life together again. Today I’m guest posting over at To Love, Honor, and Vacuum about what I’ve found are my top ten tips to make this a…
Read MoreNo Fuss Potty Training – How We Did It
For months leading up to our big move I would tell him, “when we move we are getting rid of the diapers and you are going to wear undies!” I would quiz him: “what are we doing with your diapers when we move?” Once we did move, I knew I didn’t want to spend any…
Read MoreWhen I Don’t Want My Child To Obey
My blood was boiling. It felt like the tension inside was going to break me into a million pieces. The last string of patience I could muster snapped. My thoughts whirled. “Why does this always have to happen?” “Can’t I just have a few minutes of peace?!” “That is it!” Words spewed out of my…
Read MoreWhy I Stopped Telling My Son “Be Careful”
“Be careful!” The words spilled out of my mouth without any thought as my son attempted to navigate some rough terrain in the backyard. I must have said it at least a half-dozen times already in the half hour we’d been playing outside. It was then that I knew I had a problem. I had…
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