Scene: the dinner table mid-dinner somewhere between threat and punishment number 11 all geared toward Samuel (4 years old). Me: Sam! Sit UP...

I often tell my children not to ask questions if they don't want to know the answers. Do I look cute? Well, I would change.... Do these ...

So, I firmly believe God saves really funny finds for the low times. I cannot say how many times I am laughing so hard I am crying as I read...

That's my code name. My friend Jessica Locke introduced me to the world of couponing on a whole new level. She invited me over for a one...

Keeping the Sabbath is vital to my well-being. It's vital to yours as well or the Bible wouldn't tell you to be a part of it. Actual...

For anyone who doubts that reading your Bible is not worth the time, I have to disagree. Now, I know what you are thinking, "Of course ...

OH THE DOUBT. Where do you stuff it when it is too big to fit anywhere inconspicuously? So, suckiness is happening. My first reaction is a d...

So many times when you go through tough times you hear people say really great encouraging words. You may even think them yourself. You may ...

Addison: If Justin Beiber lived with us, and our house was really old and small, he would design my new room and I would love it. Me: um. I ...

how long have i been in this storm so overwhelmed by the ocean's shapeless form waters getting harder to tread with these waves crashing...

Elijah and Samuel trying on hats. Fit like a glove, clearly. We had a race the entire trip to see if the girls could ever make it out of the...

going to attempt to run three miles tomorrow. Some of you are thinking big deal. You people clearly don't know my limits. You people cle...

BUT here are a couple of tidbits from our trip: the drive there wasn't as terrible as we thought it would be. the ride home was. Big Thu...

WEEEE are going to this place. See you later alligators.

Right now we are in bed with our laptops on our...well, our laps after a long night of studying. He has taken a break to: google my name- he...

My list of things that will change in the coming year seems so much smaller than usual. One year, The man and I rattled on for hours of all ...

My mom is a pastor, so sometimes I find myself mimicking her. Other times, I find myself with my hand on my hip yelling at kids. Also a lear...

*I do not love taking baths. I only take them when it kills me too much to put down the book I am reading. Then, I'll stay in there ...

Some people are attractive. Some people have a dynamic personality. Some people are pretty or handsome and simply pleasant to look at. Then ...

This book I am reading is called Sun Stand Still, and it is written by a pastor by the name of Steven Furtick. Furtick, that's fun to sa...