We all know kids copy their parents in everything they do. Sometimes we see them copying in ways that warm our hearts (like this photo I captured earlier in the year) and sometimes it is in ways/areas we wish they wouldn’t. Raeca’s thing lately is sitting and my computer and saying she is “busy” or “writing…
One of the questions we get asked quite often is “why Africa?” People want to know why we chose Africa instead of Haiti, or South America, or Eastern Europe, or Asia. Quite simply God really put Africa on our hearts. I really don’t know how else to explain it, ever since I was a teenager…
I made this delicious pumpkin spice body scrub a few weeks ago and it smells just like the holidays. It is quick and simple to make and can be wrapped up into the perfect gift. All you need to make it: 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 3 tbsp pumpkin pie spice* 1…
A few weeks ago I made Raeca this cute dress out of 2 shirts -one of mine and one of Jared’s. She loves to wear it. I wish I would have been able to get a full length shot but this girl is high energy and doesn’t stands still long enough these days for me…
This year I decided to make our very first advent calendar. My family didn’t have/do advent calendars when I was growing up. I have faint memories of my Grandma buying me one of those advent calendars that you can buy at Walmart where you get to punch out a chocolate each day late in December when it was on…
I realize that I have a few years yet before Raeca goes off to school but I’ve been finding myself thinking about the topic a lot lately, especially after talking about the options with a few friends over the weekend. The debate going around my head is: public school, Christian school or homeschool? We agreed on the…
