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Creating Your Summer Budget
Photo Credit It’s Day 2 of 5 Days of Preparing for Summer Vacation! This challenge was created to help you and your family have a fun, purposeful summer! Yesterday we created our personal goals for the summer as well as a summer bucket list! What did you come up with for your family’s list? A […]
Creating Mom’s Summer Goals & A Family Bucket List
It’s Day 1 of 5 Days of Preparing For Summer Vacation! Today is a fun planning day, divided into 2 parts! Mom’s are busy in the summer and without a plan, the summer will pass by in a blink, leaving us to wonder what happened. Without a plan at my house kids argue, get bored, […]
5 Days Of Preparing For Summer Vacation Introduction
Summer is almost here! This is our last week of school! I love spending summer vacation with my kids, sharing experiences, and having fun together. I’ve learned that without a plan, the summer can turn into a chaotic mess of a crammed calendar filled with stuff that wasn’t something we necessarily wanted to […]
10 Things I Want My Kids To Remember About Me
As Mother’ Day approaches, I am so grateful for the opportunity to raise my 5 children. Motherhood is not an easy job but it’s one of the most worthwhile and wonderful experiences of my life. Our time is limited and if mine was cut short, these are 10 things I want my kids to remember […]
Spreading Small Town Kindness Wherever You Are
This is Day 21 of a 31 day series on Biblical kindness. You can find the rest of the posts here! I have lived in rural communities my whole life. I grew up in a town without any stoplights. My kids go to school in a town without any stoplights! People wave happily when they meet […]
Do You Create Or Destroy Kindness?
This is Day 20 of a 31 day series on Biblical kindness. You can find the rest of the posts here! Have you ever had really exciting, wonderful news that you couldn’t wait to tell someone? Chances are you called a friend, parent, sibling, or someone else you love because they would share in your excitement and […]
A Peek At Our Week
I always find it fun to get a glimpse into other people’s lives so for those of you wondering how a typical week is at our house- here is a little peek at our week: Monday: We had our first and second vision therapy sessions in Omaha. About 2 miles from the therapy office a […]
Spreading Kindness To Those Who Are Sad, Sick, or Hurting
This is Day 10 of a 31 day series on Biblical kindness. You can find the rest of the posts here! “Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” Maya Angelou There are way too many people coping with sadness, loss of hope, sickness, and trying to figure out what direction they should go in this world. […]
Spreading Kindness With Wise Words & Instruction
This is Day 9 of a 31 day series on Biblical kindness. You can find the rest of the posts here! “One who knows how to show and accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.” ~Sophocles How do you react when your things don’t go your way? Do you scream? Do you clam […]