I’m connected back to the internet world!

In order to upgrade our internet speed, they had to shut our internet down for a week.  The first few days were hard…we’re all so used to being connected to the world wide web!  Then we got used to not being behind a computer keyboard…and...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 26–it’s an extra giveaway!

Isn’t it fun to be surprised?  That’s what today is….it’s a surprise EXTRA giveaway!Every Christmas vacation, I find myself a bit stir-crazy because there’s so much family togetherness.  I love being with my family, but I also...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 25

It’s Christmas Day.  And no, I’m not posting this Christmas morning.  I pre-posted it a couple of days ago because I wanted to be able to focus on family today.Christmas morning still starts early for us.  It used to be 5 or 6am when the...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 24

It’s Christmas Eve.  Today we are staying home, wrapping a few more Christmas presents, and enjoying family.  Tonight we will go to our Christmas Eve church service as a family and then we’ll head to the Outback Restaurant for our traditional...

Day 21 Winner

I loved hearing about all of your wonderful Christmas picture ideas!  Three moms sent in their pictures and I want to share them with you because they are so fun and inspiring!The first one is from the Bennett family.  Leann said, “We have...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 23

I was reading through Christmas story recently and I realized that my favorite part of the story is Mary’s response to the news that she was going to have a baby—even though she was a virgin!It’s caused me to think about how I respond when God wants...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 22

The holidays get so crazy, that often our marriage relationship gets placed on the backburner.  Mark and I are having to carve out some time for just the two of us.  We’re being intentional about talk-time after the kids are in bed.  We’re...

Day 19 and Day 20 Winners

Did you wonder where I’ve been today?  This would be the first time that I have missed having the discussion of the day and the daily winner posted promptly. Well, we decided to have our internet speed updated at our house and in order to do that...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 21

When Nancy, who lives in California, responded to my email communicating that she had won the Day 17 drawing, she included her family’s Christmas picture.  I loved the picture and asked her if I could share it with all of you.She said that they are creative...

Day 18 Winner

Our Day 18 discussion was about who does the Christmas shopping at your house.  I was really surprised at how many people shop online!  I need to tap into that more because I hate shopping so much.  You all inspired me!The Day 18 drawing winner is...