I remember a friend of mine trying to explain The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to me when I was around 9 or 10. At that point, I had never heard of the books, and they really didn’t sound that interesting to me. But several years later, my parents bought them for me to…
Gratitude Challenge Days 23, 24, 25, and 26
I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day yesterday! I know I did. It was a good day spent with some of my husband’s family at our home. Day 23 -I am thankful for my oldest daughter. She is growing up into such a sweet young lady. I’m happy that she wants to learn…
Our Thankfulness Tree
Last year I came up with an idea. I’m sure it’s not original to me, and I’ve actually seen several variations of this basic idea lately. But I wanted our Thanksgiving dinner to be about more than just food and family. Not that those aren’t good things. But I wanted to make sure that we…
Gratitude Challenge Days 19,20,21,and 22
Ahem. Well, I think I’m getting worse and worse! Here are 4 things I’m thankful for: Day 19 Freedom to homeschool–I can’t imagine what our lives would be like without homeschooling. My husband and I began seriously considering homeschooling when my oldest child was about 2. Praise God we can have control over our children’s…
The Way Home
Workaholic Randy Simpkins (Dean Cain) is preparing for a much needed vacation with his wife Christal and their 3 sons. Somehow as they are loading the van to leave, their youngest son, 2 year old Joe, disappears. Their initial minor annoyance turns to gut-wrenching fear as police and search crews arrive to comb the acres…
Gratitude Challenge Days 16, 17, and 18
Here I am again being grateful for 3 days at a time! For some reason I haven’t felt especially like blogging this week. I don’t know why exactly. I haven’t been particularly busy, just kind of blah feeling. I guess I need the gratitude challenge more than I realized! Day 16 – November 16 was…
Gratitude Challenge Days 13,14, and 15
OK, so maybe I’m not quite meeting this challenge in the way it was intended. I am supposed to think of something every day that I’m grateful for. But over the weekend, I was grateful to not spend much time on the computer, thus no posts from me! But I will still think of 3…
Gratitude Challenge – Days 11 and 12
Today (and yesterday) I am thankful for cuddles in my bed with my 4 year old daughter. Right now I am thankful for both my in-laws, who are taking all of my kids out to dinner tonight, and my husband, who is taking me out to dinner…. somewhere else! By Kristen H.
Gratitude Challenge Day 10
Today I am thankful for books: real, solid, hold them in your hands, books. Not that I don’t appreciate technology, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to enjoy reading from an e-reader the same way that I do a book. This year I’ve set a goal of reading 52 books in 52 weeks.…
Gratitude Challenge Day 9
Today I am grateful for tiny baby wiggles. I never tire of feeling a baby move. (OK, well maybe sometimes in the middle of the night.) But it is so reassuring to know that my unborn little one is safe and well. By Kristen H.