the FIRST FEW DAYS with foster kids again – a look at how things really go as a foster family (VLOG)

Living with less has been an overall theme in my year so far. It started with me simplifying at the beginning of the year and has just snowballed since. Last week I finished re-reading Jen Hatmaker’s book Seven, if you you haven’t read this book yet, you absolutely need to. I first read it two years…

Today’s book list is all about birds! We have been studying birds as we read along with The Burgess Bird Book for Children so this is the perfect book list for this season. I’ve created a bird literature guide to go along with The Burgess Bird Book, those who are on my weekly newsletter list…

I did not anticipate how hard this book list would be to write. There are so many Easter picture books about chicks and bunnies and chocolate but unfortunately very few about Christ . . . And He’s the reason for the celebration! Anyway, I did manage to include some books on this list some of…

Here is the update to The Great Purge of 2014 as I promised! Can I first just say how freeing this whole process has felt? It’s as though all the stuff I had wasn’t only taking up physical space in my house but also in my mind. I shared that my goal was to get rid of…