On dating your spouse

The reason, I think, people always tell you to keep dating after your marriage is fear of growing distant and cold to the person you share your life with. But I don't think it is dating that protects you from that

When God sets you up…Pt. 2

If you haven't read the first half of this story, you should check it out Here My poor husband was fighting a severe cold on top of some chronic sickness, so I ditched the kids with the grandparents at a park and ran to Walmart for some tea and vitamin C for my hubs. And …

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When God sets you up

So I want to take a trip back in time a few months and share with everyone an incredible thing that happened. As you may know, Aaron spent two weeks working on a film in San Antonio. We went up for a quick overnight trip his first weekend there, because I was not about to …

Practicing the art of slow

Slow. Slow down. No really, slower. It's like this refrain that plays in my head daily. I'm nearly 3 months post-op, and I'm still hearing the same words from the Lord. SLOW DOWN! At first it was pretty simple to move slowly. I literally could not move fast. But as I've recovered, gotten stronger, been …

When the paycheck doesn’t pay

Trusting the Lord has been an area of my life where I am covered in stretch marks. Places where I didn't want to grow, but the Lord has had some work He needed to do, either through me or in me. Trusting Him financially has always been a challenge. Not because He has ever failed …

I just wanted to scream

Let me set the scene. Reading lesson. Now teaching my kids to read has been my favorite thing so far with the two who are already readers. In our house, we don't start any formal education until a child is showing reading readiness. Before that it is simply learn through play. Once they show they …

Sometimes the most beautiful things are never seen

A few weeks back my mother-in-law sent me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. I'm pretty sure it was only the second time someone had sent me flowers. The first was definitely when my husband and I had first started dating. He lived in Missouri and I was in Minnesota and he sent a cute little …

Valentines confession

So here's my valentine confession. I am absolutely head over heels for this guy This is a rare moment where we got to sneak away for a date. Like...I am hiding slouched down in the seat because a kid was crying and looking for me and I knew I wouldn't be allowed to leave if …

But sometimes you loose at breakfast

So after sharing my dinner victory story, I feel it only necessary to share my terrible loss at breakfast. Breakfast has always been my jam. Not that I like waking up and cooking. I don't. I'm not a morning person. At all. But some of my kids are. And I've had to adapt. Because kids, …

Sometimes you win at dinner

Before our move...we'll really before we listed our house for sale...I was really good at dinner. I mean, I had a menu planned. I had all my ingredients. Each kid had their own night of the week they got to help me cook. I was a badass at dinner. (And my breakfast baked goods were …