Day in the Life

  • 4 Things I Pray You Will Be {a 13 year old’s blessing}

    We do this thing here when a child turns 13–the rite of passage into a new phase of maturity–where those who love and who have invested thus far write letters to champion the new teen into this next phase of life. Last year for Parker’s 13th we had many write letters which were presented in […]

  • Shipping the white out and inviting color in

    I jumped on the bandwagon 5 years ago when we moved to the farm and went with neutrals, tons of white and a little bit more–WHITE. The only problem is…y’all this is so not me. It may have felt crisp and clean–but I loved all the white furniture to the basement and decided blue velvet […]

  • A New School Year! Goal Setting as a family…

    I’ve been brainstorming all the ways I can get organized as we get ourselves back in gear for another school year–and it dawned on me that I haven’t really been the best at helping my kids set goals. I encourage them to do well in school, try their best and be kind to everyone–but the […]

  • Knocking Down Sand Castles

    Last night–we had a teachable moment. It was one where I felt the Lord got my attention, and He was speaking trying to tell me something in a way that only He can. In the midst of parenting 6 children stages toddler to teen, there are so many different decisions from cutting up grapes to […]

  • Wiphan – Parker’s first trip❤️

    While their trip didn’t start off easy (we didn’t double check P’s expiration passport date!), the Lord worked out a miracle and they were on the plane to go in no time! (Thankful we live near a national passport office!) Finally Zambia bound! It really is crazy to think we started volunteering with Wiphan when […]