What I'm Reading: If You Were In My House Today--I love real posts like these. In this internet/social media age, we often come across as perfect to others who don't know us so well. And this post? Well it just sets the record straight. Oh, and that promissory note thing? Lets just say my ...
Taco Casserole
I don't cook a lot, but one of my favorite things to cook (and eat!) is this taco casserole. It's super yummy and something the whole family will actually eat. I got the recipe from a teacher friend a few years ago and have tweaked it to the way we like it (i.e.: taken out all the things we didn't ...
Shared Girls’ Room
When we started getting ready for Jase to make his entrance into our lives, we knew we had to figure something out with our bedroom situation. Our house has three bedrooms, so we had a few options. We could add on a bedroom. We could have let the girls keep their own rooms and put Jase in our ...
Lately
We have been doing a whole lot of nothing around here lately and it has been absolutely wonderful. Basketball is over and between bed rest and a new baby and the freezing temperatures outside, we do not leave this house. Well, the girls leave to go to school, but that's about it. You know ...
Finding My Mission Field
Fourteen years ago I stood on the stage at my church and shared my call to be a missionary. I was sixteen years old and had just come back from a very emotional church camp experience. I was on the mountaintop after being immersed in a solid week of missions, worship, bible study, and Christian ...
A Breastfeeding Discussion
This sweet boy will be four weeks old tomorrow. And today makes the first day in his four weeks of existence that breastfeeding him has not hurt so bad it's made my toes curl. I'll spare you the photos of him nursing (there aren't any), but there are no shortage of them online if you are ...