I realized during church yesterday morning that the week after Christmas is my most favorite week of the entire year. I guess it's becau...

The words to this Sara Groves song are hysterical! I'm sure most of you with young children can relate. Enjoy! And Merry Christmas!

In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She w...

John and I mail lots and lots of Christmas cards every December. I wish I could mail one to each and every one of you, but time and money k...

Thursday was the kids' last day of school and I had BIG plans to sleep in Friday morning. I made it to 6:58--which is late for me, but n...

Well, I didn't really intend to let this many days go by without blogging. I could tell you that it's because I've been reall...

When I realized that I was going to get to make a list of 10 things for this post I got excited thinking about all the possibilities. Chris...

Hey blog friends! Guess what? I FOUND my planning notebook that I thought was long gone. There was much rejoicing! I FOUND my Advent w...

I gave myself a gift this week in the form of a completely clear calendar! With the exception of a follow-up appointment for Jack-the-Beagle...

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 8 Timestamp: 2009-12-04 13:25:16 UTC Congratulations to Kathy! Kathy, I need you to...

One of our Advent calendar activities I listed the other day was to make ornaments. I bookmarked the recipe for No-Bake Spiced Dough Ornamen...

I've tried not to be too obnoxious about this on my blog, but my husband wrote a book ! It's a Christmas book that would be wonderfu...

Our Thanksgiving 2009 road trip took us to St. Louis. Other than driving through Kansas ( the longest, flattest, most boring and most Starbu...

Oh no! I've looked everywhere and I can't find my planning notebook (aka yellow spiral) that I keep all of my lists written in. I...

Brrrrrrrrr...it got very cold here last night. It's 10 degrees with a -3 windchill and I woke up freezing despite being snuggled under t...

Look what I made! I think it turned out SUPER cute. The best part was that it cost practically nothing since I had all the ribbon and magn...

Do you put your tree up before Thanksgiving? Me? Not usually, and not this year. We put ours up early last year because my dad had ju...

I'm sure you're not surprised to hear that I'm making a list. I have at least two or three going at all times. However, I...

Good morning. Today is a happy day, friends. Today my husband returns home after a six-day trip. Six days is a long time. John travels...

Did you know that Advent begins two weeks from Sunday ? If I'm going to be intentional about celebrating this season with my family t...