How Can I Teach My Children to Serve?

How Can I Teach My Children to Serve?

Connecting with your child is important to the atmosphere in a home.  There are many ways you can connect with your kids. Serving is not only one way, but a commandment from God. Here are three ways that you can teach your child to serve: Model service yourself. This...

5 Ways to Make Your Home a Haven

5 Ways to Make Your Home a Haven

Burning a candle is a sure fire way (See what I did there?) to create a warm and inviting atmosphere in your home.  But that is just one example of the outward atmosphere. We need to think about the heart of a home in order to really make it a haven. Here are five...

How to Go from being an Ordinary Mom to A Legacy Maker

How to Go from being an Ordinary Mom to A Legacy Maker

  Ahem…. Well, it happened. My 10-month-old granddaughter kicked my butt. Yep, this new grandma found herself struggling with a diaper that resembled the aftermath of an atomic blast. Residue, aka baby poo, squirted forth in all directions as squiggling arms and...

No Miss America Here

No Miss America Here

I met my husband James in grad school where strangely enough, I studied alongside other students who had been Miss Oregon, Miss California, and even a future Miss America. Let's face it. We women are prone to comparisons. When I think about those beauty pageant...

Connect With Your Kids – Fifteen Dollar Family Fun Night

Connect With Your Kids – Fifteen Dollar Family Fun Night

   Is it really possible to feed a family of six and have fun, all for fifteen dollars? I dare you to find out! We found many benefits  of trying to pack as much fun in with the least amount of money: * Not only did Family Fun Night give us an opportunity to spend...

How Do I Connect With My Kids?

How Do I Connect With My Kids?

  God gave the right parent to the right kid. There are days when this statement couldn't feel further from the truth. You feel ill- equipped to meet your child's physical , emotional, and spiritual needs.  Because , for the most part, you are. God wants you to rely...