Real Life

The weekend was a busy one for company in our home with 15 extended family visiting and 10 of them spending the night at our house plus about 50 people who joined us for Erica’s graduation open house on Saturday. That was the best part of the weekend.But in the...

Winter Wonderland

It’s been a busy weekend at the Savage homestead. Thursday evening we got the predicted ice storm. And as you can see by the picture…we were hit hard. We will likely lose a couple of trees that have been damaged by the ice.Tonight we lost our power for a...

Happy Birthday and Happy Graduation, Erica!

Today is a special day at the Savage household. We’re celebrating our daughter’s 18th birthday and her high school graduation.Erica was always a fun child, very inquisitive, and very funny. Finding her pulling all the toilet paper off the roll was a daily...

Video Tips for Moms

Today Hearts at Home is launching a new resource in partnership with the Pantagraph. Once a week a one minute mom tip (taped in my home) will be featured on the Pantagraph newspaper website. Here’s the first...

Friday’s Quote of the Week

The best occupation on the earth for a woman is to be a real mother to her children. It does not have much glory in it; there is a lot of grit and grime. But there is no greater place of ministry, position, or power than that of a mother.~Phil Whisenhut

Hearts at Home Blog

I’m posting over at the Hearts at Home blog today. Check out post one and post two!

Christmas Cookies Galore!

Well, this was a busy weekend in the Savage kitchen! We spent all day Saturday and all of Sunday afternoon and evening baking bread, cookies, and dipping chocolate. I can’t believe how exhausted two whole days of baking makes you! This was a first, though. I...

Hawaii afterglow Day 1

Hawaii is absolutely beautiful. I was struck by God’s creativity and and the unique beauty of His creation. We were on the island of Maui near the city of Lahaina.Everyday we had sunshine and 85 degree temperatures. What a change considering when we left Chicago...

We’re Home!

I’m home and excited to share with you about our trip, but I’m still not adjusted to the time change yet and need to head to bed. Here’s a picture so you can enjoy a little bit of God’s beautiful creation. More coming in the next few...