As Christians we are called to have a heart that gives and serves gladly-all year round. Yet giving really takes the spotlight during the holidays. I try to encourage my children to be giving and to meet needs whenever they see them: Proverbs 3:27 – Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Of course they are KIDS and often forget …
2009
Keeping Perspective Through The Holidays
Advent! It’s right around the corner, and I have to confess I got a little giddy when I realized there is less than a month until we put up our Christmas tree! Advent, meaning “Coming” is the season between Thanksgiving and the Day of Epiphany on January 6th when we celebrate Jesus’ birth and 2nd coming for more than a whole month! SO. EXCITING. It’s probably pretty obvious that we …
Field Trip to the Air Field
{I have to add a note making it not-so-wordless (because I never count the captions anyway!): My aunt is an instructor with her own plane, all three kids sat in a backed-booster seat so they could appropriately buckle into the harness. The older two actually got to take the controls a little bit, and the oldest got to take them a bit during takeoff and landing. YES, this Momma was …