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. […]
Not Planned and 10 Things – The Living Proverbs 31 linkup
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Hello! How was your weekend? I’m writing this on Saturday morning but can tell you right now that I’m looking forward to an evening of worship and fellowship with our church tonight and also Sunday! So this post is going to be rather short. 🙂 Features and the linkup! Apparently Micah Madox is my long lost twin. She writes about her love of having everything planned out and perfect. But what does she do when those plans fall through? When […]
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 […]
Homeschool Critics and Obedience – The Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.Hey all! I hope you are enjoying April. Mostly sunny skies with plenty of rain and storms tossed in for good measure. We’ve had a few storms already but nothing too crazy yet. How about you? The past two weeks had so many posts linked up from several different blogs and I so enjoyed reading through them! In fact, I was pretty torn on deciding which posts to feature. Women Abiding 3 Aspects of Obedienceis always so encouraging and uplifting. Her […]
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 […]
Children Change Relationships – Living Proverbs 31 Wife
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Children change relationships. Really. Jason and I were the “kids” goofy, picking on each other, always on the go. Then we had Kolton. We were still kids, but someone we had a baby to keep alive as well. So things change a little. Then another child comes along and things change more. Children change relationships in many ways, on many levels. My relationship with Jason has changed. Relationships with my parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, friends, and so many other people […]
Living Proverbs 31 Linkup!
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.Hello all! I hope your weekend was restful and refreshing. Ours wasn’t exactly restful, but it was certainly wonderful! It’s back to cold weather here again, how wonderful is that? Not! At least my daffodils appear to be staying put and not freezing over. I do want them to bloom though! Please tell me I’m not the only one looking forward to spring blooms. 🙂 No post today, like I said, my weekend wasn’t exactly restful! However I do have […]
Testing, Mocha Cakes, and the Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.Hello all! I hope today finds you all in good health. We’ve been blessed with very good health this winter. Hubby had a repository thing for 2 weeks which wasn’t any fun, but the boys and I have been very healthy since right after Christmas. Just Saturday the boys started in with runny noses again. Uh Oh. Time to dose them up on broth again! While we’ve mostly enjoyed good health, there’s one thing we haven’t enjoyed this winter and that’s […]
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 […]
The Pavement Ends and Printables – The Living Proverbs 31 Linkup
Disclaimer: A Proverbs 31 Wife uses Affiliate links and ads to support this site. Read full disclosure here.Hey all! How’s it going? I cannot believe the weather here, as of today (Friday) it’s 60 plus degrees out and sunny! Odd for Feb. and while I love it, I’m also a little sad because at this point I’m not counting on any spring flowers. All the buds are already pushing and I doubt winter is over, so I guess the flowers are going to freeze. Oh well, we cannot have it all now can we? Once the babies […]
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 […]
