Camera Phone Friday: Beach Birthday Edition

Camera Phone Friday: Beach Birthday Edition

Today our youngest turns seven. I can hardly believe it! After years of mothering small children it amazes me that we don’t have babies and toddlers anymore. And as a friend recently described her, our youngest resembles a first-born: mature and independent. 1....
Beach Days, Breakfast, Birthdays, and Business as Usual

Beach Days, Breakfast, Birthdays, and Business as Usual

We’ve been blessed to go from no vacation plans for this summer to two trips a week apart. Try as we might, apparently no amount of shade and sunscreen can stop the kids’ steady transformations into brown beach babies. I carry a baggie of Chick-fil-a...
Callaway Gardens’ Summer Family Adventure: The Week We Ran Away and Joined the Circus

Callaway Gardens’ Summer Family Adventure: The Week We Ran Away and Joined the Circus

We spent last week at Callaway Gardens for the first week of their 52nd annual Summer Family Adventure (SFA), a week-long camp for kids and grown-ups alike. It’s no exaggeration that this might be the best vacation we’ve ever had. If you want a vacation...
Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day!

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. ~2 Chronicles 7:14 This photo remains one of my...
Things I Learned Trying to Win a Recipe Contest

Things I Learned Trying to Win a Recipe Contest

As it turns out, participating in the virtual BBQ recipe contest this week was about more than winning, it was about lessons learned, both for me and my family. Honesty Counts Like it or not, my kids learn from me every day. Usually I’m persistent and creative...
Tips for an Old-Fashioned Picnic

Tips for an Old-Fashioned Picnic

With Memorial Day, Labor Day, and summer right around the corner, it’s time to think picnic! On Sunday afternoon our homeschool group held its annual year-end shindig with a homey, old-fashioned theme. I helped coordinated the event, and a lot of thought went...

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