With just a little creativity, you can perform double-duty, engaging fully in the holiday schedule while also teaching your children both academic and life lessons that will stay with them for years to come....
Continue readingWith just a little creativity, you can perform double-duty, engaging fully in the holiday schedule while also teaching your children both academic and life lessons that will stay with them for years to come....
Continue readingBringing the Nativity story to life was so much fun. And that’s the idea behind my latest movie, The Star. I want to bring the Nativity to life in a fresh, fun, and faithful way....
Continue readingIn our materialistic society, it is easy to be caught up in the stuff of holidays. We fill our homes with seasonal fun because that is what we’re supposed to do, right? Or could it be that there is a better option?...
Continue readingIn an effort to keep the consumerism at bay and harness the few years we have with our young children during the holidays, I have made it a point to create Christmas traditions that turn into memories for all....
Continue readingEvery year I regale you lucky ducks with our near-death experiences during our annual Christmas Tree Hunt. Every year is different, seeing as how we're gypsy wannabes who can't stay put or go to the same mountain every year (pfft! Where’s the challenge in that?), but one thing remains the...
Continue readingWhen our Christmas trees are adorned and glowing, they are glorified trees, which not only remind us of our resurrected Lord, but of the promise of our own resurrected glorified state to come....
Continue reading[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]True story. I used a stuffed Grinch for the tree topper on the first Christmas tree that my husband and I had. Yes, I am rather a Grinch, but why should that be a bad thing? I’ve got 5 reasons for you that will explain why . . .It’s Actually Good...
Continue readingThe season has quickly arrived and Christmas is in full swing. Between the shopping, math lessons, gift wrapping, science experiments, baking, and Bible studies, how does a homeschool mom juggle it all? Here are five tips that will help you organize your holidays and ensure that you can survive // even...
Continue readingProgressing from young children to teenagers can be a challenge when you're used to having to do it all yourself. But, sharing responsibility with your high schooler during busy seasons is a great way for both of you to grow into this new stage of life, adjust to the changes...
Continue readingJesus shows us love incarnate, fleshed-out, when He goes to the Cross for us. When we need peace? As He cries out, “Father, forgive them!” and makes peace between God and man, we see peace. Joy? The Incarnate One who rose up from the grave, conquering death shows us where...
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