I tuck my babies in at night and my heart nearly bursts with love for them. They are amazing miracles of life and for some reason, God gave them to me. Right on the heels of this bursting-heart syndrome is an overwhelming realization that I am raising the future. My little boys, my sweet little boys will become men and what will these men be? The responsibility lays heavily on me. It burdens me down and there are days that […]
Buying our Dream Home – When God Answers Prayers
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Last summer we found and bought our dream home. Long-time readers may remember that we bought our first home in our early 20’s and may also remember how we had set a goal of paying that house off in 10 years. Okay, spoiler alert, we didn’t get our first home paid off in 10 years. We were on track to be paid off in just under 12 years. Last Fall we had 3 years left to pay off our house. […]
Andre’s Birth Story
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Childbirth. A beautiful and terrible act. For pain and suffering to go hand in hand with bliss and rejoicing is nothing short of a miracle and that, of course, is exactly what birth is. We just welcomed our third son into the family and while I’ve not made time for blogging since the first of this year, writing is how I come to terms with things and so I’m writing again. Writing and sharing the birth story of our little […]
What’s the Point in Taking Kids to Church?
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Memorial day weekend was our annual church conference and with 2 small tykes in tow, there were multiple times my head just hung down and I wondered what’s the point in taking kids to church? In fact I wondered why I was even trying. Most of my time in church was spent hushing little ones and picking up the few toys we allow them to bring. Then picking up bookmarks and pens, because kids will make toys out of anything. […]
Fun Places to Visit with Toddlers in Miami County Ohio + Giveaway!
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This giveaway is a partnership with Nakturnal Ever been on social media and see these amazing places and just wish you could take your kids there? But those places are hours or days of travel away and that’s just not in the budget. I would encourage you to look around your location and see what you can discover though. Today I’m sharing my list of Fun Places to Visit with Toddlers in Miami County Ohio. There are so many fun […]
Cardboard Box Baby Christians + linkup
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Cardboard Box Baby Christians We’ve all had it. That desire to buy your small child the best gift ever. Maybe you did some research on which item to buy them, or maybe you stood in line for hours to get something extra special. What ever you did to accomplish it, you bought your child the best gift ever and you cannot wait to see their response! Then it comes time to open the gift! But. Things don’t go quite as […]
36 Simple Chores for 2 and 3 Year Olds
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36 Simple Chores for 2 and 3 year olds to do around the house. All kids are different. My 1 year old is content to play for hours, my almost 3 year old has never been one to play for long. He likes to be right with me and some days I’m hard pressed to keep him entertained. As a result, I’ve discovered simple chores that he can do with me as a way to keep him busy . Having […]
Look Into Their Eyes – Plus Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
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As a mom I have a bad habit. When I’m scolding a child, or upset with the boys, I tend to look over their heads, or even have my eyes nearly shut as I scold/complain/give a command etc. But what I really need to do is look into their eyes. When you don’t look into a their eyes, a disconnect is happening. You can yell, scold, complain, whatever and you have no idea how it makes your child feel. Your child […]
Empty, Glittery Reflections – The Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
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Driving down to my mom’s one afternoon I noticed all these houses with windows totally lit up. They were shining and sparkly as the sun’s rays bounced off of them. They looked so pretty on the outside. But, they were empty, glittery reflections. Driving home I noticed those same houses. This time however, there were no empty glittery reflections, just cold dark panes. Here and there a house was lit from the inside and those windows shone with a warm […]
Personality Testing and Decisions – The Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
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Hey lovely people! I hope you are all doing well. 🙂 This month we celebrate 2 birthdays! Jason’s was on the 2nd and I planned our first child free date night in over 2 years (basically since having kids!). We ate dinner at Red Lobster and went shopping afterwards for Malachi’s birthday party stuff. This weekend at our house is all about a little boy turning 1. A fun, small family party on Sunday and his birthday is on Monday. […]
Do You Have a Mission?
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“Welcome to the Proverbs 31 Wife twitter feed! My mission is to encourage, uplift and bless all those I come in contact with.” I sent that message to new Twitter followers, asking what their mission is. Today I’m asking you, do you have a mission? Do you have a mission when you wake up in the morning? Is there a goal in mind that you strive to achieve every day? Is your life full of purpose and direction? I’ve thought (and wrote) […]
Returning Jesus – Thoughts on Unwanted Gifts – Pro31 Linkup
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Were you to go to any store during the week after Christmas, you would see huge lines. Not at the checkouts, but at the service desk as people are busy returning gifts they didn’t want. Today I want to ask: Will you be returning Jesus? The greatest gift ever given was Jesus. An innocent baby, God in disguise. We welcome him with praises and singing, we rejoice as we learn that this baby will be our redeemer. We read stories […]
Merry Christmas from Our Family to Yours!
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Merry Christmas dear readers! I am going to be (mostly) offline until sometime in January. It’s the season to spend time with family and loved ones and that’s what we are doing! Enjoy the holidays and I’ll see you next year!
The Internet Ruined Parenting
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The internet ruined parenting. With all the crowd-sourcing, googling, blogs and information the internet gives, being a parent should be the easiest thing in the world. But in many ways it’s made parenting much harder. The Internet Ruined Parenting by Convincing us the Kids are Dying When pregnant with my first, blood work showed me immune to measles. I asked my mom when I had them and she didn’t know. “You guys had so many little fevers and rashes,” she […]
Know Your Enemy + Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
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Most people would say they have an enemy, and maybe more than one. I have to wonder though, do they really know their enemy? And if they really knew their enemy, would they still be enemies? Here’s the interesting thing about enemies and fighting/disagreeing with each other. We all basically want the same things; to be heard and valued, and to make this world a better place. Seriously, that’s it. The problem comes in when we disagree on how to make […]
Riots, Ridicule and Ruin – What’s a Christian to do?
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Sigh. ya’ll… We’re brothers and sisters, we share the same blood, the same heavenly father, and we are all made in his image. In the midst of the riots, ridicule and ruin of recent days, how should we as Christians respond? Riots: Some supporters of Mrs. Clinton are scared and upset by the way America’s recent election ended. They are out on the streets, exhibiting their fear by protesting, rioting, causing physical and property harm to others. Ridicule: The election of […]
Simple Lessons for Toddlers at Christmas
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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #JoinTheSearch #CollectiveBias Teaching children through play games, singing songs, and reading books is something I’ve always enjoyed. While we’ve read bible stories to Kolton since he was tiny, I wanted to do something with him that taught more about the birth of Christ. I’ve drawn up 3 simple lessons for toddlers at Christmas and thought I would share them here too. I was inspired […]
Living My Dream +Linkup
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For years I worked outside of the home, I enjoyed each of the jobs I held during those 6-7 years but I had a goal, a purpose, a dream and I worked towards it. Today I’m living my dream, and I thought I would share a little more about that! I’m living my dream as a stay at home mom. Admittedly I’m not always home, and I’ve found that spending 100% of my time with the kids makes me a little […]
Kansas Fun and the Living Proverbs 31 linkup
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Whew! It’s been quite the busy last two weeks. We left on the second of this month for a week in Kansas with some of our Oregon, Colorado and Kansas Relatives. The goal was to help Jason’s grandma with repairs around the house. From our house to grandma’s is a 14 hour journey. With two small kids, it takes much longer than that! Fortunately our trip is split up by stopping at an uncle’s place after 10 hours and then […]
Fall Decor, a Birth Story and the Linkup!
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Hey everyone! Who is just LOVING this cool fall weather? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I like all seasons, but I love fall. Nothing like opening the windows at night, hearing the crickets and snuggling into the covers. It just doesn’t get any better than that for a good night’s rest. 🙂 I’m going to be off of here for a week or so, meaning this linkup is going to run for 2 weeks. So stop […]
