Today’s post is a beautiful contribution by a dear friend, Jamie Wahl. Enjoy her words, mommas! You will be deeply reminded of the wonder of motherhood. My husband’s family lives in Tuscaloosa so we make the drive there and back quite often (John makes the drive—I don’t “interstate”–thank you love!). Charlie loves to sleep in the […] Read more…
Last week began our “Kids On A Mission” series! We started out by looking at some fun facts about the world as a whole, and even designed a passport to take along with us on our “travels.” This week’s lesson will guide us to our first destination: China! Katie and I continue to pray that God uses this series […] Read more…
My toddler. She is a tornado that gave birth to a screeching bird that also has mama bear tendencies that splits a personality with one of Santa’s elves. And she is the most beautiful thing that I’ve ever seen. I am her momma…I gave birth to her. But that doesn’t mean that I quite follow […] Read more…
Motherhood is a lot. A lot of emotional ups and downs, a lot of behind-the-scenes, a lot of trial and error…a lot of diapers. How would you describe the vastness of motherhood? …weeping alongside my infant as he receives his immunizations. …weeping when I nurse him for the last time. …weeping for joy when I see him display the […] Read more…
As my children are entering into the ability to understand the depth of the wonder of Christmas, I am filled with the desire to present them with the truth: that, yes, we eagerly await the joy the gifts will bring on Christmas morning, but we also anticipate the forever joy that the birth of our Savior […] Read more…
I have discovered something new about my two boys, Rudy and Mark: they are totally into kits. Kits. Meaning, everything you need to make _______ is in a box. This could range from a squirrel-trap-in-a-box to a seasonal-craft-in-a-box to a date-night-with-mommy-in-a-box to an anything-you-could-possibly-come-up-with-in-a-box. …Leading me to my Christmas present idea that I am […] Read more…
I think that I would like to tour Italy someday. Actually, I know that I would really, really like it. And I imagine that on this trip of my dreams, we would probably want to hire a tour guide…because I would want to know every interesting detail about everything and be able to ask a thousand questions, […] Read more…
About 6 months ago, I announced that I would be writing a post every other week that would follow my “Chapter Books To Read To Little Boys” series. Ha. In 6 months, I managed to pump out one. One. In 6 months. Are you interested in my excuses? 1. I was pregnant and it was hard sitting […] Read more…
Are you one of those mommas who likes to have all of your children’s life-changing moments of discovering their Savior all neatly and perfectly planned out? I am. If my kids are going to fall in love with Jesus, I just always assumed that it would happen during one of our “Dried Bean Cross Crafts” or while we were […] Read more…
Motherhood…a time of intense sacrifice, love, and emotions. Also a time of intense sleep-deprivation, screw-ups, and winging it. When you pair several non-sleepy kiddos with one very sleepy momma, there’s no telling what each day will hold! And with that, here are 20 things that I have literally said and done throughout my own motherhood. […] Read more…