Your children are watching you and your husband. What they observe in your marriage will have ripple effects from their childhood up to their own marriages. Here are 5 ways that you model a healthy marriage. How do you model a healthy marriage for your kids? We can all remember our growing up years and…
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Managing Money as a Homemaker
As the homemaker you are responsible for managing many aspects of the money in your home. From buying groceries, signing kids up for sports, handling doctor appointments, fixing up the home, fast growing kids needing new clothes, and the list goes on. But isn’t the finances the husband’s responsibility? I will tell you no. The…
Simple Ways to Teach the Bible to Your Kids Now
Discipling your kids is a way of life, not a one-size-fits-all plan. By integrating into your daily life as laid out by Scripture, you can teach your kids to know and love God’s Word. By His grace, their hearts will be converted and they will KNOW Christ as their Savior, being reconciled to God. These…
Begin Your Homeschool Journey in 10 Easy Steps
From research to prepped lessons, I walk you through how easy it can be to begin your homeschool journey in just 10 easy steps. How do you start homeschooling? Lets flesh these steps out a little bit more! 1) RESEARCH YOUR STATE REQUIREMENTS As you begin your homeschool journey it is crucial to know what…
The Top 7 Reasons You Need to Date Your Husband
Dating your husband doesn’t end at the “I do.” There is great joy in the lifelong pursuit of the man you married. Here are 7 reasons why you need to date your husband. Isn’t Dating Just For the Beginning of a Relationship? Yes, and no. Dating is defined most widely as… “a stage of romantic…
How to Easily Create a Charlotte Mason Schedule – Our Family’s Approach
Thinking about how to create a Charlotte Mason Schedule can feel daunting to today’s modern family. There are so many wonderful subjects. How do we fit them all in?! As I am mentally shifting from our wonderful summer and into planning for our upcoming year, I’d like to share how we are using a Charlotte…
How to Have the Best Homeschool Summer Ever!
Do you begin each summer with all the plans and it just falls apart? Keep reading for some easy ways to have the best homeschool summer ever! Every year I gear up for our summer with these brilliant ideas of a summer rhythm, school-year-round plans, or bucket lists (there is a fun one). And within…
Family Goal Setting: How to Make Goals Together
Are you a family going in many different directions and struggling to feel a strong family bond? Mom feels frustrated and unheard? The kids feel like they never get to do anything. Dad wonders why the budget is getting dinged for something new. I say it is time to sit down as a family for…
Four Things To Do When Motherhood Feels Lonely
Loneliness isn’t something that only occurs in motherhood. Loneliness finds us in any season of life and it can make a sweet season seem utterly painful. These four things to do when you feel lonely can help in any season, but we will be looking at them through a lens of motherhood. When motherhood feels…
6 Ways Homeschooling Will Bless Your Family
Homeschooling has become quite a hot topic in the last few years. Gaining a lot of families by choice, by need, or by recent events in our world. Based on the numbers, I’d say many of those families have realized the blessings of homeschooling and stuck with it. Homeschooling will bless your family with many…