My children love to sing the song, This Little Light of Mine, as they sing I get such joy hearing them sing! However, since they are young they don’t realize the message of the song. It would be a great disservice to them if I waited to start praying and talking to them about following theContinue reading “Light and Truth”
Category Archives: Parenting
Protection
Prayer is such a powerful thing that I for one have not been utilizing enough in my family, especially when it comes to my children. I am really good at “surface” prayers but I am ready to dive deeper into and go to battle for the specific needs of my family. Join me as IContinue reading “Protection”
Gender Reveals
Yes, I am one of those fun, crazy people who LOVE gender reveals! And I have had the opportunity to do 4 of them so far! 🙂 Here are our reveals that we got to do: Baby Number #1: We had a gender reveal inside our house (it was spring in Oregon and wetContinue reading “Gender Reveals”
Pumpkin Time
Every fall I always enjoy the beautiful changing of the tree leaves, the crisp air and the fall treats! Our oldest daughter is just now 4 and we as a family haven’t really gotten into the “halloween” events that usually go with what we think of when we think of the fall season. My husbandContinue reading “Pumpkin Time”
Living in a Fishbowl
Growing up as a Pastors Daughter there was times I felt I was living in a fishbowl and eyes were watching me make all my life choices. My parents did a great job not “advertising” my faults, or my learning opportunities. Thankfully I didn’t grow up in the Facebook world. I would be embarrassed toContinue reading “Living in a Fishbowl”
Family Pictures
Yesterday we took family photos. It was our first time as a family of 6 getting our pictures taken, and boy oh boy was it an event to remember. My husband is working a few night shifts this week at the hospital, so I thought it would be the perfect time for us to scheduleContinue reading “Family Pictures”
Communication
Within the family there are communication break downs from time to time! Ok, more frequently then we think considering interrupting, and whining to be communication break downs, I would say we experience it daily, even hourly. I have been listening to a few pod casts, reading a few blogs, and seeking wisdom when it comesContinue reading “Communication”
Successful Soothing Secrets
When Darren and I were about to become parents, a sweet friend from the school I taught at told me about Happiest Baby on the Block (here is a short video on youtube that will QUICKLY show you his 5 S’s to soothing). Well we would like to thank my teaching partner for showing us theseContinue reading “Successful Soothing Secrets”
Monthly Kid Dates
Would you like to know a secret: I was so worried when we got pregnant with baby number 4 that the other 3 kids wouldn’t get my attention. Come to find out, apparently everyone worries about this from time to time in families of more then 1 kid, let alone 4. So instead of worryingContinue reading “Monthly Kid Dates”
Family Table
I can not begin to tell you how many times a day I find myself cleaning our kitchen table! It seems to be the catch all of things! From coloring books to play dough to my papers, I am consistently cleaning the table. We are now a family of 6! To be more accurate weContinue reading “Family Table”