There are so many things I could write about, as we have been focusing on PEACE this month in our home. I have noticed ways that we can eliminate things to bring PEACE, and other things that need to be changed. We have had several appointments this month, and something that has struck me is how LOUD this world is.
Continue reading “Finding Peace Amidst the Noise”
I am hoping to make a new devotional for each month this year… that’s a big challenge, but it is something that has been on my heart. For February, our monthly theme will be LOVE. We will be trying to find ways to make our home and lives a little more peaceful through routines and habits.
Here is the FREE printable, if you’d like to join us:
Continue reading “A LOVE That Never Fails Devotional”
We have been on a mission to bring our family closer together. This is something we have prayed long and hard about, and GOD is working!
We love a lot of old traditions and customs, along with some of the new ones. We try to have at least one or two ‘family get-togethers’ here at our home. The biggest is probably our annual Polar Express party around Christmas time… this has been happening for a while now, and everyone looks forward to it. Why stop at that? We were trying to have a special Sabbath meal each week, and also trying to plan a monthly family dinner with Papa and Nanny, but those got sidelined a bit.
Why? Well, our priorities shifted, and other things seemed more important. We have to make room and time for the people and things we truly love, so I am on a mission to bring back our family dinners. They may not be quite as fancy as they once were, because I’m still exhausted from all the challenges we had last year, but they will be fun.
Continue reading “A New Year of Old Traditions”
In a previous post, I mentioned that I am trying to integrate more FAITH into our homeschool. I touched on a few things that I am focusing on for the month of January, but here is the full outline of what I am planning for 2026 and future years.
I am trying to ‘stack’ them with the monthly themes I have come up with for our family. I know that once we develop the habits of incorporating these ideas, then they will become like second nature.
We work on our family budgets and get our Bills organized in January so it just makes sense to use this as a teaching moment for the kids.
Some ways we are doing this are:
This one may be a little controversial, but I promise that I mean no disrespect in any way, shape, or form. I have found several articles that say it should be appropriate to eat ‘Soul Food’ on MLK, Jr. Day, and others that say Fried Chicken was his favorite food… whatever the case may be, I don’t think that he would want us to argue about something like food when there are so many other important issues we could be fighting for!
We should definitely use this day to talk about history and the things that he stood for because our history is so IMPORTANT!
Macaroni & Cheese, Collard Greens, Black Eyed Peas
Baked Potatoes, or Sweet Potato casserole
Cornbread or Hoe Cakes
Pecan Pie or Peach Cobbler w/Vanilla Ice Cream
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