Vacations were so easy pre-kids. There was no need to think about nap times or bed times. No thinking about eating needs or entertainment needs or energy outlets. No need to think about extra bags and odd-sized luggage. Traveling with a baby can be extremely daunting. For a first time mom it can seem like … More Leslie: Tips for Traveling with an Infant – Air Travel Edition
As a pastor’s wife living overseas, I often feel pulled to ministry outside the home. I have always believed that being a stay-at-home mom is my number one ministry, but somehow it’s easy to feel like I’m not doing enough. I see the needs around me and have a strong desire to share the gospel … More How to share the gospel without leaving your house
Spring is finally here!!! I don’t know about you, but I am completely in love with this time of the year (minus the time change, lol). Now that the weather is nicer and the snow is hopefully done and over with, I love hitting the outdoors. There is something so energizing about being outside and … More Tricia: Let’s Get Outside
My son is a pretty good sleeper, as babies go. He’s gone through the typical sleep-changes and regressions of course (allowing us to experience parenting in all its wake-up-every-hour-or-two-all-night-long glory), but on average he only wakes up once a night. On a good night he won’t wake up until 4 or 5am, eat, then go … More Leslie: He is my rest
There are some things that are so powerful they can destroy you. So sneaky that they can enter your mind so quietly that you don’t realize it until you struggle to set your mind on anything else. Let me paint a scene for you. It’s 8:03am and my daughter is sitting in her highchair while … More [Guest Post] Death by Guilt
It’s that time of the year again, March Break! This will be the first time I have three kiddos at home with me, all day, for the entire week. Am I excited? Yes! Am I freaking out? You bet! So, I thought it would be smart to compile a list of inexpensive activity ideas to … More [Family Friday] Activity Ideas for March Break
This past week the kids and I got on an airplane and traveled from our home in the Middle East for our biennial vacation to the good old state of Texas. This time around we will be here for 7 weeks, visiting friends and family and soaking up all the amazing Texas food (think: bacon). … More I trust you God, but….
“Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.” – Pope Francis Josiah and I were chatting the other day and we were discussing how generally people aren’t comfortable with the idea of suffering. This may seem like a rather simple, trite observation, but bear with me here. What is the pivotal … More {mama mondays} a lenten offering
I love the honest truth in this quote pictured above. It gets me thinking and it makes me not want to waste any time. As we finish up the month of February, what are some of the things that you wrote down as a goal that you have yet to begin? Was it to eat … More Tricia: A Year From Now
Holding up a drawing he had made at school that morning, TheBoy asked me to put it somewhere special so it wouldn’t get lost. “Don’t lose it, Mommy. I want to keep it forever.” If only he knew how much of his stuff I had already been saving. Shortly after TheBoy was born, I was … More [Family Friday] Emails to my Kids: Digital Love Letters
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