1. Download and Print Advent Jesse Tree Devotions

    Download and print Advent (Jesse) Tree Devotions to use with the whole family! What are Advent devotions? The Advent season is almost here - my favorite time of the year!…

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  2. A Tale of Two Critters (And how Mom learned that encouraging a love of learning sometimes involves saying yes)

    In our homeschooling, I really want our kids to have a love of learning.  But sometimes, the mess gets in the way! It all started on a Sunday afternoon two…

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  3. Our Favorite Read-Aloud Books for Creating Family Memories

    One of my favorite things to do is to read out loud with my boys.  We are on our fourth year of Sonlight history (this year we are doing Core…

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  4. Biblical Boyhood: Self Control Part 2 (Carelessness, Wasting, and Being Destructive)

    At the end of August, I wrote a post on teaching children, especially boys, about self control.  The focus of that post was childish behavior vs. foolish (sinful) behavior. I…

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  5. Grace and Holiness in the Midst of Motherhood

    Today marks the end of the first trimester in my fifth pregnancy (well, sixth if I count our loss in June).  It has been a rough first trimester, and while…

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  6. New Life

    In June, we went in for our first OB visit, and saw a blank screen... (If you missed our miscarriage story, you can read it here.) This past week, we…

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  7. Teaching Siblings About Loving Each Other

    As I've written before, I think that sibling conflict is one of the most exhausting aspects of mothering.  Some days, it's relentless!  And as I also said in this post,…

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  8. Biblical Boyhood: Training in Self-Control

    A couple weeks ago, I was sitting in the living room during afternoon nap time.  The two younger boys were napping, and the two older boys were riding bikes outside.…

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  9. Our Visit to Horn Creek Family Camp

    This summer, we took our first ever family vacation and spent a week at Horn Creek family camp.  Horn Creek is a Christian retreat and conference center near Westcliffe, Colorado.…

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  10. You Might Be Suffering from "Mom-Brain" If...

    I can vaguely remember having it more "together" before I had kids.  Somewhere back there, there's a fuzzy memory of arriving places on time, having the mental acuity to remember…

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