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One of the things I love most about this season is all of the baking and cooking. I love being in the kitchen. I love all of the planning, the mixing, the smells….the colors. I love including my kids in all of the baking and seeing their faces light up as they make candy canes,…
The older my kids get, the busier the Christmas season becomes. A couple of years ago, I had planned all kinds of fun ideas for us to do; but because our school district’s winter break didn’t begin until Christmas Eve, we didn’t get to do a lot of them. So, last year I put together…
One of the things I love to do is make Christmas a meaningful time for the whole family. I spend a lot of time thinking about what new activities we can do as a family that are not only fun, but that remind us that Christ is the reason we celebrate this season. When my…
If you’ve been searching for some fun Advent calendar ideas to do as a family, look no further! At the end of this post, you’ll find a free printable sheet of Advent calendar ideas you can do as a family from now until Christmas day! Do you remember being a kid and counting down the…
I love doing unit studies with my kids. Each Christmas we do something special. I began homeschooling in 2020, and that first Christmas we didn’t really do a special study, other than just doing special Christmas things. At that point, we had begun homeschooling my younger son and were in the process of bringing our…
Have you ever thought about doing a Christmas unit study with your kids? They don’t have to be little to make it work. You can do unit studies with your kids through upper elementary ages, middle school, and even high school. Oftentimes we moms feel like there are so many traditions we need keep in…
I can’t believe it is the Christmas season already! I know, I know – we haven’t celebrated Thanksgiving yet. It’s kind of coming late this year. Nevertheless, the season is upon us. I always like to take the end of November/beginning of December to reflect on last year. Last Christmas we were in America! 2024…
This past weekend (November 15-17) our church held it’s 3rd annual Youth Conference “Foniraj me” (Phone Me). We had the largest attendance to date – 40 kids came from several parts of Croatia as well as from other European countries. Rafael Batista, a missionary to Portugal, was our keynote speaker and God moved in amazing…
Okay – so if you have littles (or even not-so-littles) and you need a fun family idea….here’s one I started with my kids long ago. It is so simple to do. You don’t need to buy anything — you don’t even need to be all that creative. Here’s our Family Fun Bag family activity tip….
While perusing some old videos on my channel, I found a video I had recorded about why I moved to Croatia – in this video I share about how God called me to be a missionary, how like Jonah I ran from that call, and how God redeemed my story.