It's here! Fall is starting to arrive and the cooler temps are here. We have sweatshirts on, and we're watching the fall colors change right outside our front porch. Yes, we live in the middle of 15 acres of woods and this season is my favorite to watch from our porch. Color Your World challenge for October: Orange. Share a picture or let your creative juices flow and share something with us that's orange. Orange trees during October are my favorite. Orange leaves that cover the ...
“By His Stripes, We Are Healed” {Show Offs Art}
Show Offs Art wants to introduce you to our new line of canvases from the "Stripes" collection. Sometimes it is so hard to maintain an atmosphere of love in a home of craziness!! Truth is, as parents, no matter how crazy it seems, we really do have a short time to instill a spirit of true, Godly love in our kids. 1 Corinthians 13 provides a great reminder to my kids (and me…) how to live and respond in love. This design is part of our new “Stripes” series which is built around Isaiah 53:5, ...
Color Your World {a monthly challenge}
I'm so excited to announce that I'm teaming up with Jennifer from Studio JRU, Jen from I Believe In Love, and Stephanie from Beyond Words Designs on a fun monthly meme. Color Your World is a monthly challenge that is guaranteed to brighten your mood! It also makes us STOP {which is a hard thing for most of us to do these days} and notice the color around us. How does it work? 1. There is a color challenge for each month. The link up dates and colors are: October 3 ~ ...
Menu Plan Monday: Week One
It's my first time to join in the Menu Plan Monday fun with Laura from I'm an Organizing Junkie. It's no secret that I love to plan and organize, and even menu plan each week, so why this is my first time joining in, I'm not sure why. It's an interesting week for us - we are so busy. But, that won't stop me from planning out our meals and hopefully sticking to my plan. It was just last week that I made a note to myself to find some new notepads for my shopping list. After roaming around ...
My Sponsored Child Pinterest Contest {Compassion}
Many of you have a heart for children in poverty like I do and want to do whatever you can to help those sweet kids. I have a new, fun, creative way for you to help spread the word about child poverty. Many of you know about Compassion International. We have sponsored several children through them and can't say enough good things about this program. How can you help? Create a Pinterest board titled “My Sponsored Child.” On the board you create, Pin the image above to your “My ...
3 Branches of Government: An Fun & Easy Way to Teach Your Kids
It's Election year and kids have questions about our complex government system. How do you teach them? Where do you start? How do you make it fun? Between the ages of 8 and 10, children’s minds are still in a stage of wonder and imagination. Why not take advantage of this accessibility and inspire a lifelong interest in politics and government? To the rescue are Cheryl and Peter Barnes who launch three new books this month, Woodrow, the White House Mouse; House Mouse, Senate ...