One of the things I’ve loved about living in the country is allowing our kids to have animals. We’ve experienced the full circle of life as the kids have witnessed both birth and unfortunately the death of some of our family’s pets.Today we got to...
Today I was notified that I’m included in a “best mom blogs” list at the Teens Today site. A quick read through of the list has indicated some great new sites I want to explore! So check it out and be encouraged!
In my book My Heart’s At Home, I look at all the roles that home plays in our life such as Home as a Safe House, Home as a Trauma Unit, Home as a Rest Area…I think you get the idea. One of the chapters is Home As a Cultural Center and it focuses on home...
Last Friday I traveled three hours to speak to a wonderful group of ladies in Sullivan, Indiana. As I began to set up my book table, I realized that I’d made a terrible mistake. I had forgotten my books. A book table without books isn’t much of a book...
Hello all,On Monday and Wednesday of this week, MomLogic is featuring an interview with me on my book Is There Really Sex After Kids? If you want an honest discussion about sex, you can find the interview here. But I do want you to know it’s an honest discussion...
Faith is a constant thread strengthening the fabric of our family. ~Thomas Kinkade
I just love these monthly times of sharing our ideas! Thank you to all of you who took the time to post your family’s birthday traditions. If you haven’t read through the comments from this past week, you’ll want to do so. There are so many wonderful...
Tradition #6: The birthday person doesn’t have to do any of their regular chores on their birthday!Share your family’s birthday traditions by posting a comment to this blog post. Make sure and put your email address in the comment so I can contact you if...
Tradition #5: With so many children and so many birthdays in our family we’re on the “every other year” plan for birthday parties. Each child may have a birthday party with friends every other year. On the other years they may have 1 friend spend the...
Tradition #4: We recently started the tradition of going around the table at our birthday breakfast and having each person say one thing they appreciate about the birthday person. This fosters encouragement among family members and affirms the birthday person!Join our...
I just love when we run a contest because we can learn so much from each other! Thank you to all of you who have shared your birthday traditions. I’m getting so many new ideas!If you haven’t yet, do go through and read the comments from each birthday post...
Tradition #3: The birthday person gets to choose the kind of cake we have. Three of my kids always pick a funfetti cake, 1 picks chocolate, 1 likes a homemade ice cream cake. Post your birthday traditions to put your name in the hat for a Hearts at Home book of your...
Tradition #2: After the birthday person goes to sleep on the night before their birthday, we sneak into their room and decorate with streamers and balloons. We also make a waterfall of streamers that hang in their doorway so they have to walk through them every time...
Since a birthday celebration has been a part of our week, I decided to make my August contest about birthday traditions. Every family has different birthday traditions. And many times we pick up ideas for our family from other families. So this week is dedicated to...
Yesterday was birthday day at the Savage’s. Our youngest, Austin, turned 12. My baby is getting awfully close to being a teenager!Austin has consistently made one request for a birthday present. He wanted a bunny. His older siblings had a two bunnies for several...
