Please forgive this post being so long in coming! We are most quiet at Christmas, not because we don't believe in it or celebrate it, but because we do believe and celebrate soooooooo much!!!!! It's been a most blessed and FULL season!! Sarah's and Adelynn's favorite activity all through December was playing "baby Jesus" with the little nativity sets Grandma Hoffman had given the children a few Continue Reading
Nummy Dinnow
This one must have been extra grateful for the "nummy dinnow" Daddy paid for this afternoon, Sarah just smothered him with kisses afterward!!! Her smile and giggle the whole time she kept kissing Daddy was the best part! Continue Reading
Don’t Quit!
Only 3 more days til Christmas Eve! I'm not ready yet! As we were driving home a couple days ago I was listing to my husband ALL the things on my list that I wished to get done but hadn't yet, I lamented like little Sarah in the video attached "I can't!" We drove down a street of cheerfully decorated Christmas home but just at this moment past a home with a big sign posted in the front, "I Continue Reading
Toddler Sarah Inspires Me to Try, Try Again
Mike took the kids sledding over the Thanksgiving weekend (just to the backyard). While all the big kids were having their fun, Sarah was busy overcoming great obstacles. Watch the video below and let here determination inspire you! Continue Reading
It’s a Spooky Happy
Halloween has always been a special holiday for our family. I met my husband on a blind date on Halloween night (through our friend Heidi—Bless her FOREVER)! It's a holiday that was created to scare away evil or stranded spirits and to give to the poor; the beggars who went from door to door. I hope Mike and I and our family can always be a force for good in this world and give generously to Continue Reading
He Leadeth Me Beside the Still Waters
...and forest paths this morning! A few weeks ago I felt I just might obliterate under the pressure. You can relate?? And just in the nick of time my knight-in-shining armor rescued me. He had invited me to join him for a trip he needed to take for an educational conference. It just happened to land around our anniversary so he felt we should go early, celebrate our anni, visit some Continue Reading