Begin Your Summer with Growly

Growly Circle Begin

This week is the first week of summer vacation. It has been absolutely glorious. We’ve worn pajamas half the day, driven almost nowhere, made cookies and even went out to eat once or twice! We finished Farmer Boy and have read lots of picture books from the library. I also started (and finished) a new book by Erin [...]

OCC in the DR: Part 1

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I slept on my post last night. There’s so many interesting things to tell you about the Dominican, the leadership here with Operation Christmas Child and with the organization a a whole. Our first night here the National Leader of Operation Christmas Child, Fidel spoke to us about the Dominican Republic. We were told he [...]

Kids. Movies.

Great Kid-friendly movie suggestions

  I’m kinda strict about TV. I’m already addicted to the screen (TV, phone, computer, etc.) and I want to slow my kids’ fascination and connection to all these devices for as long as I can. But I do love me a good movie. If my husband and I get a kid-less night, we are [...]

Speaking of Flags…

Last week, I checked out an America-themed book from the library. As I read it to my kids before bedtime, I got tears in my eyes as the book showed the statue of the soldiers pushing up the flag at Iwo Jima. It honestly puts tears in my eyes thinking about it now! Our flag [...]

BRAVE: A Mom's Review

Last night I announced on Facebook that my husband and I were going out to see a pre-release of Pixar’s new Brave movie. I was amazed when about 40 of you liked the status and 14 of you commented! Who knew movie reviews were so popular?! Let’s begin with the fact that I love (big [...]

Oceans and our Big God!

Pin It This week has been “Ocean School”! Each week, Lydia’s teacher picks a fun theme that will be a part of her every day lessons–in games, worksheets and crafts. I like to take this same theme and use it for Asa. It makes Asa feel like he’s doing Lydia’s school, extends the lessons for [...]

Find a Role Model {31 Days: Day 18}

When we were pregnant with our firstborn, we were still children’s pastors in Birmingham. We had lots of families around us–and we knew how their kids acted in public. So, we would find those parents with good kids and say, “How’d you do it? Why are your kids so good?” One mom and dad said, [...]