This has been a crazy with a capital C kind of week. We had our YoungLives Christmas party last night with 41 teen moms and their babies in attendance. It was amazing to see God show up! I have been very preoccupied getting ready for that, preparing for the holidays and getting ready to…
Tag Archive: Christmas
Wants versus Needs
I want to get the packages in my van mailed to my family before Christmas. I need to spend time in the Word. I want to reflect on Advent every night with our boys. I need to communicate His story through the way I live my life. I want to make it to the practices…
Using Pinterest to get organized for Christmas
alternately titled My New Addiction to Pinterest. The Type A organizer in me has a holiday binder where I would clip ideas and recipes and tradition ideas that I have come across over the years. It has been my planner for memorable holidays over the years. Now, I have a Holiday Inspirations board on Pinterest….
In plenty…
Christmas shopping has been difficult for me this year. My kids don’t need anything, certainly not anything on their Christmas list. We have clothes, food, a warm and comfy home. We have extra’s like video game stations, cell phones, iPods and more. Usually by this time of year I am done my Christmas shopping {weeks…
Tis the Season
It is here. The holiday season. That time of year that can invoke feelings of inadequacy, exhaustion {mental and physical}, comparison and envy. Or is it just me that has done battle with the keeping-up-with-the-neighbors, decorate-till-you-drop, spend-money-you-don’t-have itis of the Christmas season? My childhood did not include many happy holidays. So a young girl made…
The road trip from…
well, you know where! H-E-double hockey sticks, as we used to say when I was younger. The next time that I agree to drive to Florida from West Virginia, by way of Indiana (don’t ask) will someone please tell me to read this post and remember the nightmare of our Florida trip to see…
A Talk with Jesus
Image via Wikipedia I admit it. I let it get to me. The hustle and bustle of holiday preparations. The stress of moving. Preparing for a looong road trip the day after Christmas. Seemingly ungrateful children. The 20″ of snow that threw a wrench in my plans for the week (and y’all know how I…
Our Christmas Letter
Here is our year in review (that got mailed with our Christmas cards last week). We are still settling in to the new house and packing to leave for Florida to visit family the day after Christmas. My posting will be sporadic until after the New Year so I wanted to take this opportunity to…
I am not a scrooge…
Image via Wikipedia To prove the fact that, despite the absence of a Christmas tree in our home right now, I am not Mrs. Scrooge I decided to swipe this meme from my friend Karie at The Five Fish. Feel free to swipe it yourself, I would love to know your answers =) 1.) Have…
A Baby Changes Everything
A baby changes everything…truer words were never spoken. It has been difficult for me to write about the mundane tasks of the holiday season (the stringing of the lights, the wrapping of presents, the mailing of cards)….maybe it’s moving in the midst of Christmas, maybe it’s fatigue or maybe it’s the Holy Spirit laying the…
