How we talk to our kids about gay marriage & other tough questions

Photo by Oberazzi An interesting conversation bloomed at the lunch table with our 7 and 9 year olds the other day. One small question turned into a full-blown discussion about gay marriage and I thought I’d let you in on how it all went. But you’ll have to come back next Monday for that. Today [...]

3 Scripture memory resources

We’re on a quest in our house to memorize more Scripture. Recently, we’ve found some music specifically for this purpose and I’m always amazed at how easy it is to learn something when it’s put to music. Our kids have made it a habit of belting out Bible verses while doing the dishes. I love [...]

School days

Alright friends, there’s much going on in this house of ours. The most exciting (and time-consuming) has been the start of school last week for the oldest two and the start of preschool for #3 tomorrow! Whew! There’s a lot to keep track of! OK, about our school. I’m very stoked about it and I [...]

My absolute favorite dinner out

Going out to a sit-down restaurant with all 4 kids in tow gives me stress. I am constantly going, ARE WE REALLY THIS LOUD & OBNOXIOUS AT HOME?!? Wanna know my favorite dinner out? Well, I’ll tell ya. We strap ‘em all into the car, head on over to a drive thru –any drive thru [...]

Train up a child: 10 things

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately.  So often I’m ruled by fear in my parenting — fear that I’ll damage them beyond repair, fear that they’ll make horrible choices and land up [...]

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