It’s that time of year when we celebrate the birth of our wonderful Lord and Savior, Jesus and to reflect on the events of the past year. He has truly been our Prince of Peace in a year filled with changes. 2015 was a very eventual year for us.…
For those of you who read this blog post every year...you know the drill. For those of you who are reading it for the first time, well it's pretty simple. I read some books over the course of the year. And then I provide a brief review so you…
I recently wrote our budgeting/financial story for a friend's blog and thought I should share it here too. Budgeting has been VITALLY important to my husband and I throughout our entire marriage. I want to share our testimony about not only how budgeting has helped us, but also how…
One of the reason I love living in the south is the weather. Awesome fall and spring, usually short mildish winter, and warm sometimes brutal summer. This year however, has been most unusual. I honestly feel like I have been transported back to North Dakota with all of the…
During my whole pregnancy, I kept telling people that it was hard to believe that I was going to have a baby! Even towards the end, I said that if I ended up with a baby at the end of everything, I would be in complete and utter shock…
*For those that asked - Yes, this is the recipe my mom uses to make her VERY popular Lemon Bars*Lemon Bars are one of my favorite desserts. We have had the BEST recipe in our family for about 10 years now. My mom bought a cookbook of family recipes…
The cool (or not-so-cool) thing about a blog is it helps you be a little more accountable to the things you said you were going to do. So, on December 31st, I nervously took a look back to what I had resolved to do in 2011....so how did I…