I apologize for being silent the last few days. We started our County Fair on Saturday. Saturday is an official day of chaotic mess! We start with checking in projects. We used Thursday and Friday to complete them and for food my oldest made a nutritious trail mix snack, banana muffins, and apple pie muffins. After […]
10 Ways Being A Mother Has Made Me A Better Person
Being a mother is hard. Being an intentional mother is even harder! However, I have never sat down after intentionally spending time with my kids reading, playing a game, or teaching them a new skill and thought my time was wasted. We live in a society where all mothers feel the need to be a […]
Teaching Kids The Life Skills They Need To Succeed: To Love & Serve Others & The Community
Welcome to my 10 week series of Teaching Children The Life Skills They Need To Succeed! This series was developed after I wrote the post 10 Life Skills Every Child Needs To Succeed Before Leaving The Home which has been my most popular post written on this blog. Each week I will be taking one of the life […]
Teaching Kids Life Skills To Succeed: Week 1 Teaching To Love & Have A Personal Relationship With Jesus Christ
Welcome to my 10 week series of Teaching Children The Life Skills They Need To Succeed! This series was developed after I wrote the post 10 Life Skills Every Child Needs To Succeed Before Leaving The Home which has been my most popular post written on this blog. Each week I will be taking one of […]
Teaching Children The Life Skills They Need To Succeed
Not long ago, I wrote my most popular post ever on this blog, 10 Life Skills Every Child Needs To Succeed Before Leaving Home. I wrote this post after visiting with some college students and realizing that many of them had very limited basic skills! Many of them had taken advanced high school science, math, and English […]
5 Fun Fast Activities To Do With Your Kids Today!
You all know that I’m a big advocate of being an intentional mother. Sometimes I think as moms we worry so much about being intentional with our kids that we miss the opportunities right in front of us to have fun with our kids! Here are 5 fun and fast (under 20 minutes) that […]
Embracing The Season, The Chaos, My Family, & A Birthday
I knew that when I woke up earlier this week, it was going to be a fun and crazy day. It was my birthday, the two younger girls were performing their ballet dance at a retirement home, and Jason and I were going out for my birthday, have a nice dinner, and do some Christmas shopping after […]
Intentional Parenting: Teaching Our Children To Serve: Holiday Edition
Christmas is quickly approaching and it’s that time of the year that can be very difficult for many. My family has been so fortunate this year. My kids quickly forget that we have an abundance compared to many. This season, I have really felt an awakening in my heart of intentionally teaching my children how […]
10 Life Skills Every Child Needs To Succeed Before Leaving The Home
Christmas vacation is quickly approaching and I’m getting excited to spend some quality time with my kids! One of my goals over the break is to intentionally work together in teaching them something new. After recently talking with some college students, I’ve become increasingly aware that many kids are not being taught some of the […]
A Lesson In Grace: The Princess & The Nail Polish Incident
If you happened to notice my absence from posting yesterday, that would be because after sitting down to start working on the piece that I had planned to post (about the best Christmas gifts for 3-5 year old kids), I noticed the house was eerily silent. As the popular saying goes, silence is golden unless […]