Pirates On The Farm By Denette Fretz, Illustrated by Gene Barretta My daughter is only 2 and a half, but she already has her selection of favorite characters. One group of such favorites is pirates. I suppose this is largely due to a certain Disney Junior cartoon show, but boy, is Gia adorable when she cries out "Yo ho!" When I saw the...
Book Review
Book Review: Open: What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest and Get Accountable
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Open What Happens When You Get Real, Get Honest, and Get AccountableBy Craig Gross, with Adam PalmerPublished by Thomas Nelson Growing up in the church, I've heard the word "accountability" tossed around in a number of different contexts. Accountability partners, accountability small groups, etc seemed to be all the rage in my church throughout middle school and high school. These meetings usually involved...
image via. Please tell me this made you laugh. Its meant to be funny. There's a popular blog post making the Facebook circuit right now entitled "Marriage isn't for you." I see many of my friends posting and sharing it with comments such as "Love this!" "So true!" "Great article!" And while some of the senitments in this article are nice, they're really...
I was so excited to receive "How We Love Our Kids" in the mail. Its my first parenting book review, and I was eager to dive in. This book by Milan and Kay Yerkovich did not disappoint! The premise of the book is that it explores 5 Love Styles of parenting. I've been through Gary Smalley's 5 Love Languages and have found those...
Joanna Payton "After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s household; Susanna; and many others. These women were...
^ Not me ^ So I know I've majorly slacked on blogging much at all about baby girl #3. Life with a toddler is busy and even more exhausting when another babe is growing inside! But I thought I'd better get back at it, at least making an attempt to update the blog about her, right? At least I already blogged about her...
On Facebook, I came across a song by Shane & Shane that I had never heard before called "Though You Slay Me." Everybody needs a little more Shane &; Shane in their life, so I clicked the YouTube link to listen to it. What I found after the jump is one fo the most beautiful things I''ve ever heard, but some of the...
At the end of the summer, Sean took a week of vacation. We didn't have any big plans, just staying close to home and enjoying time together. It was a welcome week of relaxing family fun after a busy trip & event-filled summer. One day, we headed up to Lake Michigan to meet some of our dearest friends, the Webbs. Sean and Ben...
I have no shame in saying I love Pinterest. I love all the party ideas, the endless possibility of fabric combinations and the genius use of everyday household items. I also love having an excuse to plan a party. You may remember the First Birthday Party I planned for Gia or the Baby Showers my girlfriends and I helped plan. I just love...
Gods At War, by Kyle Idleman I've been familiar with Kyle Idleman since he began as a young preacher. I was in college, and his dad was the president where I attended school. So in one of those strange, disconnected ways, I feel like I kind of "know" him- if only through stories his dad told and from hearing him preach every now...
