Dear Mom,      Our lives have been very different. Sometime after I became a mom....well, I think that is when you and I really began to app...

My dear, sweet Emma Faith,      I can't believe you are eleven years old.  It is an amazing privilege to be your mom.  It is quite chall...

"...For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven o...

Here is a link to a free calendar to pray for your pastor (s) and their families all month long. What an awesome resource to help us pray fo...

If history is one of your *least favorite* subjects to teach, or even if it is your favorite, check out the new self-paced history courses f...

Evelyn Hope..... You are so much fun!!!!!!! :-)

I was so very honored to receive an advance copy of Kevin DeYoung's new book for review, entitled Taking God at His Word.  It was refres...

Your special birthday necklace! Cake!!! A new tie and dress-up shirt!! (Which, as a side note, you wore a dress shirt and tie with your blac...

Oh Judah Sean. You are such a sweet little boy.  You have the biggest smile. We have had so much fun celebrating your third year of life.  W...

This is an amazing, Gospel-filled, encouraging book for moms!!  Reading this made me just want to befriend the author and sit with her ove...

Here's a picture of Emma and Evelyn's room in its current state: Yep. That's real. Long story short....major plumbing issues.......

This is a new devotional for families by Jessica Thompson, co-author of Give Them Grace with Elyse Fitzpatrick.  I had the opportunity to re...

Well, she can't possibly be almost eleven months, right? Wow. It has just flown by. This little munchkin is such a gift of joy to our fa...

So sweet!!! Emma and Caleb made dinner for Ben and I on Valentine's Day. It started with a beet salad, with goat cheese and walnuts, dre...

We had so much fun!!!! We made loom bracelets and para cord bracelets (and necklaces). It was a super fun afternoon as a family. 

All day, people would stop us to say how cute we were in our matching shirts. I always thanked them and explained that this is survival, peo...