I Used to Think I Needed Date Night for a Thriving Marriage
By Katie Bennett, Contributing Writer. I love date nights with my husband! They are a great time for us to have fun together and talk. Throughout my six and a half year marriage, I have valued date nights very highly. When our first child was born almost five years ago, these escalated to a marriage-survival-necessity in my book…. Read More
Writing Acrostic Love Notes + 2 Printables
Written by Erica Illsley, Contributing Writer ‘Tis the season for writing love letters or little love notes to your sweetheart or children. This is a little tutorial on how to write a simple love note called the acrostic, something you may have done in grade school but have forgotten about. Acrostics are great for highlighting… Read More
Join me for Strengthening Your Marriage Challenge (Starting February 8th!)
Update: I’ve had people ask how they can join the challenge. I guess I didn’t make that clear enough. Oops! Click the button to sign up for the challenge —> One of the things I’m working on this year is being more intentional with my time and focusing on making real and lasting change. One… Read More
To Have And To Hold
By Marci Seither, Contributing Writer The organ music gently played as I walked down the aisle in my mother’s white lace and beaded taffeta gown toward my waiting groom. The small white leather-bound Bible she had carried 24 years earlier was held next to my bouquet of pink and white flowers. Under a veil of wispy netting, we… Read More
5 Components to Writing the Perfect Love Note to Your Husband
By Victoria, Contributing Writer Last year I wanted to do something that would not only bless my husband but also strengthen our marriage. Having three little ones always around has definitely taken it’s toll on us. We are tired, exhausted and just plain spent at the end of a long day. Finding ways to connect with… Read More
Little Children Giving Thanks
By Guest Contributor, Sara Shay We do so much for our kiddos, sometimes they become accustomed to having it all done for them – it’s easy for them to just plain not realize when they are acting like spoiled children. Of course we don’t want them to, but sometimes our actions just lead them into… Read More
Home Building Means Building Up Your Husband
Written by Erica, Contributing Writer Solomon, the writer of most of the book of Proverbs, encourages us as women to build up our homes. One aspect of home building you can include is the act and art of building up your husband and other family members. “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish… Read More
Move Over Bumbo, I Have a New Favorite (Life with Two Sets of Twins)
Life with two sets of twins is…interesting. It’s wild and crazy and absolutely wonderful. But it’s also busy and sometimes hard to know what to do (or where to set) the baby twins so they won’t get crushed by their crazy two and a half year old brothers. Today I want to share with you… Read More
Our Twin Boy’s Newborn Photos (and a look at a REAL family photo shoot)
In case you missed it, we had our twin boys Remington & Ryder on July 6th! It’s been a long Summer (the end of my pregnancy was pretty rough and my recovery from a c-section has been slow) but my boys will be two months old this Sunday! And in case you didn’t know, this… Read More
Our Twin Boys Are Here!! (July 6, 2015 Happy Birthday)
Writing this post for me is major deja vue as two and a half years ago I wrote a very similar post when we had our first set of twin boys: Malachi and Micah! And now I am so excited to announce that our second set of twin boys, Remington and Ryder, finally made their… Read More