After we left The Melting Pot, we drove to the Days Inn hotel I had reserved. We checked in and got settled in our room. It was so fun and relaxing. Faith wanted to watch a cartoon that was on TV so I took a long, relaxing bath and then joined her. After the show… [continue reading]
How I’ve gotten my kids helping around the house #PowerAndFree
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Lysol. The opinions and text are all mine. I love a clean home. Don’t you? For years I did everything. Well, the children did pick up their own rooms, but other than that I did all the work. With one and two children it… [continue reading]
How to make Vanilla Milk
My girls picked out this recipe in their Southern Living Kids Cookbook a while back. Yesterday they asked me why they hadn’t been able to make anything for a while. Well, we’ve had a lot going on, but besides that they are not getting done with their school work. Well guess what? They got up… [continue reading]
First Eye Check Up
Joy is eight, almost nine years old. One thing I’ve never really thought to do is get my kids’ eyes checked. That’s probably something they would do at school. Their regular doctor has never checked their eyes or asked about them. Joy had begun complaining about her eyes. First she said they hurt. Then she… [continue reading]
Weekend fun target shooting
We had such a fun weekend! Jason and I actually got to go on a date! You know, the kind without the kids. It’s a rare thing, but I love when we get to go. I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow. The weather was gorgeous and we spent lots of time out in the… [continue reading]
Operation Christmas Child Distribution Trip
*Disclosure: This trip was sponsored by Operation Christmas Child. All opinions are my own. What a privilege to be able to be a part of five Operation Christmas Child Shoe box distributions in three days in Lima, Peru. I had a wonderful time. It was such a blessing to see first hand what Operation Christmas… [continue reading]
Funny Kids Quotes
My husband was home with a migraine so I left the baby sleeping in his crib when I went to pick the kids up from their one day a week school for home schooled kids. On the way home I explained to all of them in great detail that when we got home everyone needed… [continue reading]
Guess who’s walking?
Bobby is! Yea! At thirteen months he finally walked across the room while my mom, and I were sitting in the living room chatting. Out of my five children he is my latest walker. Most of the kids walked right at 12 months. Then there was Grace who did everything early. She walked at 9… [continue reading]
Who’s the Boss?
“When Daddy says, ‘no’ and Mommy says, ‘maybe’ then the answer is yes because, ‘maybe’ usually means yes and Mommy’s the boss,” said my daughter in the back seat about whether or not we were going to go out to eat. My husband and I turned and looked at each other. “See, we always do… [continue reading]
Funny Kids Quotes about Bathrooms
We had just gotten home from a trip. One of the girls came down stairs and said, “Mom, I like all those other bathrooms better.” “What bathrooms?” I asked her. I couldn’t imagine what she was talking about this time. “Like the ones at In & Out,” she replied. “Why do you like those better?”… [continue reading]