Mother of 3 kids, caretaker of two dogs, and wife, all while working as a full time children's pastor. These are the all too real, wildly entertaining, and often sarcastic stories of everyday life in a family of five where most days are anything but ordinary.
When life is unknown we all have our go to foods for comfort. There are celebration foods, but then there are the foods you need when life is a little bit shambley. This has been a comfort food kind of week, but, there are different foods (for me anyway) depending on the reason for the … More My top 5 Foods of Comfort
So Matt and I have had many talks about adoption and foster care over the years, and some very recently. Many of you know that we adopted our youngest child. Often we’ve wondered what her life would be like if she wasn’t ours. Sure, she’s down in here room reading right now thinking I’m the … More My responsibility to father the fatherless
I am the latchkey kid generation. We were called latchkey kids because many kids wore their house keys around their necks or attached to their backpacks because they had to let themselves into their homes after school. Both of our parents worked. We did not have helicopter moms, they didn’t have time to helicopter us, … More When “helicopter” was a mode of transportation and “free-range” was a farming term…
REST…. Ok, we love our kids. We love our families. We love it all, and we wouldn’t give up a second of it for anything. We cherish every moment. But what we need is a break. Like a sleep all day, take a bath, open a bottle of wine, no one around, no one needs … More Mothers day may be over, but its not too late to give us the gift we really want.
I’m seriously asking, because I just don’t get it. I get confidence. We are all drawn to confidence. I’m confident. No one likes a head hung down “I’m not that great” moper. No one. Men and women alike are drawn to confidence, but turn the confidence up a few notches too high and what you … More What is it about egotistical, overly confident, and arrogant that draws us in?
My go to grilled chicken is fast, easy, and SOOOO delicious. Seriously! I’m the one who grilles at our house. Matt will totally join me on the patio furniture for the beer drinking, waiting for the food to cook part, but I’m the one with the grill tongs in hand. He’s more of an observer. … More Get to Grilling: Fast, easy, juicy grilled chicken with cinnamon apples.
Ok, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you have kids and you haven’t gone on an unplugged media free family vacation, do it NOW! Something amazing happens when you remove your kids from media, they remember how to be kids. They find pictures in clouds, skip rocks, and build things out … More Camping and s’mores cones
Yes, I am an evangelical Christian, a liberal conservative, or is it a conservative liberal…Draw your own conclusions, I really don’t care. You will never hear me talk politics, my political stance is rather private, but I must say something about the boycotts. I feel we are hurting the gospel message, coming off as uninformed, … More I’m growing weary of Evangelical Christians and their fear induced movie boycotts
I was having a really good day today. I got up and went on a walk with my mother this morning before work. I went to work and was super productive today, even though I had to leave early at 2 o’clock to pick up my kids. I got so many things checked off my … More Insinsitive husband + angry fire breathing wife= a very bad evening
Effort. Seems easy doesn’t it? Then why is it so hard? Valentines day is around the corner and men will be rushing out to buy cards, chocolates, jewelry and lingerie. They’ll book hotel and dinner reservations all in the hopes of showing their love and affection to their significant other, or at least to stay … More What Women Really Want
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