Seven Lessons I’ve Learned {so far} This Year

Devotional, Faith, Holiday, Motherhood, Prayer

Seven Lessons I’ve Learned This Year From January to March our lives were busy with preparing to travel to China. Finishing up adoption paperwork, packing, and home schooling. March to May is a little blurry. Cocooning. That’s pretty much it. March was the month of transition. A month of transformation. A month of shifting. A shift in our world, a shirt in our hearts. June through September brought us out of the “China fog” and into a summer of relaxing, fun, and…

Summer Relaxing Round-Up

Holiday, Motherhood

Join me every Friday for our Summer Round-Up! I’ll be sharing some of my favorite summer things, from food to fun! This week is Relaxing Summer Fun! Today I want to share some great activities for the kids (or moms!) that are super easy and fun! Free Summer Printables Welcome Summer! Summer Bucket List from While I’m Waiting Fourth of July Ideas from All Kinds of Things (Great ANY time during the summer!) Water Week from Living in This Season Our…

A New Way to Make Goals

Devotional, Faith, Holiday, Resources

Do you struggle with setting goals for the new year? Do you make them too high and fail? Do you not dream big enough – finding that you meet the goals, but with little satisfaction? Throughout the year, do you find that your goals go by the wayside as “real life” gets in the way? I want to leave you with these two simple words: NO GUILT.   God’s grace should cover all of your goals! Do not feel guilty if…

New Year 2015

Holiday

One year ago today we filled out our first application to begin the adoption process. In February, on the day of our first home study meeting, my husband found out he had lost his job. In March our family took a much needed vacation.  The day we were leaving we rejoiced in Jason’s new job. God was clearly working behind the scenes and for our good. In April Jason began his new job.  It has much better hours and we are so…