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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
First things first for todays post. It was 19 years ago today that we added another Savage to our household. Erica was born sometime during the 4am hour (honestly, there are five of them….I remember the generalities, but not always the...
I loved reading so many wonderful Christmas stories. I think it’s safe to say that Christmas brings many wonderful memories to our hearts and minds. Congratulations to Nancy! She’s our Day 17 winner and I’ll be sending her the Hearts at...
My boys are officially on Christmas break now, so we’re launching our two weeks of togetherness. We’re staying close to home this year, just enjoying the holiday with our immediate family.What do you do during the holiday break? Do you...
Our discussion about Santa or no Santa was a great one! I think people on both sides of the issue have great reasons for the choices they make. If you’d like to see all the great discussion, you can see it here. Our Day 16 drawing winner is...
At our house, my hubby is more of a shopper than I am. In fact, he often leads the way in Christmas shopping. We usually Christmas shop together for most of our gifts, but he’s more likely to run out and get specific items or run to the 10 different...
I loved reading all the gift wrapping ideas and traditions! Some of the great ideas shared were wrapping all gifts in brown paper bags and letting the kids decorate the gifts with Christmas stickers or stamps, or wrapping gifts in reusable shopping...
