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Tetelestai 11 Jan 2012 | 04:36 am
We've been reminded lately how God has everything planned out and knows the end result. We have been working through a furnace issue at our new house in Rochester. We've lived here a little over a yea...
A $90 Lesson and Defining Roles 12 Dec 2009 | 09:31 am
I LOVE opportunities to be humbled (since "God gives grace to the humble"!), and I had another one today. The house seemed cold this morning, and when I checked the thermostat at about 7:30 it was on...
Our Advent Calendar 6 Dec 2009 | 04:08 pm
I've been searching for a good countdown to Christmas calendar for a few years. And this year I decided to make my own. I wanted it to have 25 different pieces from a nativity that the kids could pull...
A different kind of grace 3 Dec 2009 | 08:02 am
We made the mistake of trying to teach our older two kids about grace too early. A couple of times when they deserved consequences, we gave "grace" and withheld the painful consequences. Our intention...
Call me crazy 23 Nov 2009 | 09:37 am
Call me crazy, but I honestly didn’t see it coming. You might not have either, had you been there. We’ve been practicing for the annual kids’ Christmas program at church. We only have about three wee...
Sitting on the "Q" 8 Oct 2009 | 02:59 am
It's been said before that kindergarten is just a little microcosm of the real world ("all I really needed to know I learned in kindergarten..."). Well, this week things are really falling apart for m...
Two is Company 21 Aug 2009 | 06:45 am
Two is company on the first day of school. They actually can't remember when they didn't have each other as company. They are only 14 months apart. (For me? I've enjoyed the quarrel-free day today!) ...
Our Garage Sale Finds! 18 Aug 2009 | 02:28 pm
The kids love free boxes. But I realized it got a little out of hand the other day when they came home with all of this.
And Where Did I Disappear To? 18 Aug 2009 | 02:12 pm
So my sister in law Molly blogged 4 times in one day. And where did I disappear to? If you look under the pile of clothes on the bedroom floor - I might have been there, but not anymore. I could be pa...
My story too... 18 Aug 2009 | 02:58 am
This was posted on the Desiring God blog today by John Piper...so refreshing. This is my confession: I was born into a believing family through no merit of my own at all. I was given a mind to thin...
