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Family life

November 26, 2008: Christmas Traditions- the Jesse Tree
Comments: 6 | Categories: Family life , Holidays

As we approach the Christmas season this year, we wanted to find a way to more purposefully celebrate Christ's coming and to talk about it with our children. I didn't even have to search for it, but God just dropped it in my lap, my husband loved the idea and...

September 5, 2008: More of my thoughts on birth control
Comments: 17 | Categories: Children , Faith , Family life , Mothering

I knew that I was opening the proverbial can of worms when I started this series of posts. May I just say thank you so much for the respectful, kind and gently worded responses I received through the comments? I did not have to delete a single comment, and I...

August 23, 2008: Frugal Family Vacations!
Comments: 2 | Categories: Family life , Frugality , Our family

But if you want to read it, you'll have to hop on over to The Motherload blog at MomAdvice! It's my first guest post for the lovely Amy, and I'm so excited to see if up there! I wrote a lot of the tips and tricks that I've been discovering...

August 8, 2008: Q&A- My thoughts on birth control
Comments: 38 | Categories: Children , Faith , Family life , Our family

Would you be willing to share your thoughts on birth control?Thanks, CarrieWhen this question arrived in my inbox, I was both excited and nervous. Excited because I love to share with others our passion for having children, our belief that they are a blessing, and our desire to have as...

April 2, 2008: War on the family
Comments: 6 | Categories: Family life

This excerpt came from an article sent to me by a friend last week:Brad and Michelle aren't the only young parents who are finding that they can't afford to have as many children as they would like. Across the country millions of other young parents are reaching similar conclusions. Without...

March 21, 2008: Celebrating the Resurrection with children
Comments: 1 | Categories: Faith , Family life , Holidays

I'm new to the idea of finding creative ways to celebrate and teach about the Christian holidays and their meanings to my children. Now that my oldest is 3, I'm feeling more eager to find ways to communicate these important truths to her, and to make these celebrations more memorable...

January 24, 2008: What does home and family-centered ministry look like?
Comments: 6 | Categories: Biblical womanhood , Faith , Family life

In light of the conversation the other day surrounding a woman's ability to minister, while keeping her priority on serving her family from within the home, I thought it would be valuable to explore this topic in a more practical way. It's easy to say that we should be serving...

January 22, 2008: The role of the family in ministering to those around us
Comments: 5 | Categories: Biblical womanhood , Faith , Family life

Lindsay has a wonderful post up, entitled Where have all the families gone? Here is an excerpt:One session I attended was titled, “Raising Kids on the Mission Field” and the aim of the class was to supply us with tools for how to make a smooth transition. I was eager...

January 10, 2008: Children are a blessing from the Lord
Comments: 1 | Categories: Family life

"Children are a gift from the Lord: they are a reward from him. Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows in a warrior's hands. How happy is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers...

November 23, 2007: A spot of tea
Comments: 2 | Categories: Family life , Holidays

I've only got a little bit of time to post about our lovely tea party birthday for Abbie (I'm just taking a quick break in between cleaning up after the party and preparing dinner for friends tonight). I'll just give you the highlights in photos: I was up until 12:30am...

November 5, 2007: Making Do Monday
Comments: 0 | Categories: Family life , Frugality

Thanks for visiting our very first ever Making Do Monday blog carnival! (Who knew that talking about being thrifty could be so exciting that we could label it a carnival?) This is an extension of the Savvy Spending Challenge, going on all month at Keeper of the Home! I'm so...