I've been so quiet around here and for that I'm sorry. In August, I quit my job out of town and started a job that to be honest - quite scared me. I left my world of early childhood and entered teaching Kindergarten - the thing that I always passed my kiddos onto. So,...
Have you ever been praying for something and praying for something and it actually happens but you don't recognize it so because it doesn't LOOK how YOU wanted it to look? You're looking for God in the every day and the mundane and He is showing up and showing off but...
Time - it's a commodity that no one ever has enough of. You can't get it back. You can't multiply it. You can't make it do what you want - bend it how you want it bent. It's something that is wished away quickly but then so desperately desired to have back. I remember...
One year ago yesterday we were opening up a brand new daycare center. We had taken a small 10 child home center and morphed it into a 100 child capacity full blow facility. We were in over our heads, probably, but we had a dream and a vision and nothing was going to...
http://astepinthejourney.com/2018/04/family-rules-and-values.html Do you have a hard time setting rules in your house - I know that we do. I found this awesome blog post about exactly that and wanted to share. We have been trying so hard to get our girls to follow...
You ever feel like that bad parent? Like all you do is yell and punish your child because they just can’t seem to figure it out? You’re trying your hardest not to lose your cool or to yell or to punish because kids are kids but then they just take full advantage of...
As a a preschool teacher something that I love to incorporate into my daily lessons and even with my kids at home is sign language. It’s such a beautiful language and really helps cut down on the frustration kiddos have when they cannot communicate their wants and...
Less than one week!! Six days until our vacation … and I could not be more excited. I have been drained and drained some more and drained some more - this mama is ready for some time and fun in the sun! Let’s chat here for a second about packing. Normally we drive...
If you know me .. you know the journey that I have been on the last few years of trying to refind myself. I thought I knew exactly who I was and exactly who called me to be and then my world was turned upside down. I was no longer who I was and found myself in a place...
It’s summertime. With working all the time I try to find fun things that are cheap and easy to do with my girls during the summer. N is 10, T is 7, and H is 5 … this can sometimes make things quite difficult to find something that everyone enjoys doing and brings my...
Where did we get so tied up, wrapped up, and confused when it comes to the gospel? I told you, my husband and I co-lead a church, you had to get some Jesus on here at some point. (He’s just toooooo good to not talk about!) Over a year ago I was really struggling with...
In honor of my N’s 6th hearing birthday just last week and the fact that she turns T-E-N next week (which just isn’t simply possible - there is no way I am old enough to have a ten year old let alone that we have been doing this crazy life adventure with her for an...