Marriage Monday: The Bedroom Talk

Marriage Monday: The Bedroom Talk

Let’s talk about sex baby. We live in generation that equates sex within marriage as boring. Ted Cunningham gives a very funny yet instructional talk that the opposite can be true. He teaches that the more we talk about sex, the more we can gain excitement in the bedroom. That can be a tough conversation … Continue reading

A Fast and Furious 6 Months

A Fast and Furious 6 Months

Our bundles of joy Kaitlyn and Ava are 6 months this week.  How fast and furious this precious time flies. Both recognize their names and are already eating baby food. Very quickly, we have watched their little personalities emerge. Kaitlyn, our firstborn by one minute, is an independent self-starter.  She wakes up every morning around … Continue reading

Marraige Monday: Marriage Wisdom

Speakers Dave and Ann Wilson  gave this talk called Marriage Wisdom to our church last fall.  Their wisdom, insight, and humor will challenge and inspire you no matter where you find your marriage. The Wilsons have been married for more than 30 years and are the co-founders of the Rock Your Marriage and Rock Your Family ministry resources (plus … Continue reading

Cuties

Cuties

Look at these cuties. I love them. Ava is on the left, Kaitlyn on right.

Why is Love So Hard?

Why is Love So Hard?

Chris and I recently attended a marriage retreat lead by Chip Judd.  The wisdom we gleamed was gold.  Here is a link to Chip’s message ” Why is Love So Hard?” that he gave at Seacost. It contains much of the info he shared with us. We learned the key to a healthy marriage was … Continue reading

A Life Lesson Through Parenting

A Life Lesson Through Parenting

The challenge of parenthood is teaching me to trust in God rather than myself. Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the affliction he was burdened with in Asia.  It was so excessive, that he despaired even of life.  I can now understand, when plagued with lack of sleep and sickly crying babies, how parents can … Continue reading

Wanted: Bible Study for New Moms

Wanted: Bible Study for New Moms

Do you have have a bible study to recommend that helped you as a new mom?  I’ve been working through the L3 journal, but my soul longs for something to help me during this stressful season of sleepless nights.  Leave a comment on a bible study that spoke to you. Be sure to list the … Continue reading

Therefore we do not lose …

Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outerman is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

2 Cor 4:16-18 NASB. I’m learning the truth of what every mom warned me about, “motherhood is tough.”  But, I am confident that it’s all worth it, and the Lord will make me stronger through it all.  For this I am thankful. 

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Back in the Saddle Again

Back in the Saddle Again

I started back to work this Monday. Thankfully, it’s only part-time. Here’s a photo of what I left at home this morning. Oh, how hard it was to leave.