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How to reclaim God's Love this Valentine's Day
The Love Holiday. I'm a boy mom, so let’s say that this holiday is very different with boys than I can imagine with girls.

Valerie
Jan 16, 20222 min read


When I Grow Up
This seems to be the number one question asked of kids. What do you want to be when you grow up? We’ve all been asked it and have more t

Valerie
Jan 9, 20224 min read


Protecting the Heart of the Holidays
The Christmas season is upon us and the internal parenting dilemma begins. How do we get the focus to shift to Jesus and not stuff?

Valerie
Dec 13, 20213 min read


My Kids Favorite Movies
Going to the movies was kind of a big deal for me growing up. It’s not something we did a lot of, which made it a special experience....

Valerie
Nov 7, 20212 min read


Key Truth for Kids About God: Week 5
Key Truths: God Loves our Kids Agape Love This one seems like the easiest of the Key Truths I’ve been walking us through the last few...

Valerie
Oct 10, 20212 min read


Key Truth for Kids About God: Week 4
Key Truth: God Never Changes. Consistent One of my favorite idioms is: the only thing that never changes is the fact that things always...

Valerie
Oct 3, 20212 min read


Key Truth for Kids About God: Week 3
Key Truth: God is Good. Goodness. Now I know this is a big sticking point for many unbelievers and believers from time to time. The...

Valerie
Sep 26, 20213 min read


Key Truth for Kids about God: Week 2
Key Truth: God is in Control Just the word control makes my muscles tighten. If you’re new around here, I am a bit of a control freak....

Valerie
Sep 19, 20212 min read


Key Truth for Kids About God: Week 1
Key Truth for Kids: We all have an innate need to have value. To do something of value to have meaning and purpose.

Valerie
Sep 12, 20214 min read


Why are fairy tales important?
What is it about Fairy tales that are so inspiring, intelligent building, and essential to children>

Valerie
Aug 15, 20212 min read


Top Devos @ our Table
There was an ideal that somehow lodged itself in my head when my husband and I started a family. The Bible has been a big part of my life...

Valerie
Jul 25, 20213 min read


A Case for Maturity
We love games around our house. Board games, card games, video games, and just about anything in between. But one game got me thinking...

Valerie
Jun 27, 20213 min read


Road Trippin'
Growing up I can’t say we did a lot of 'vacationing'. But every year we took at least one road trip to Amarillo, TX, to see my...

Valerie
Jun 20, 20213 min read


Travel Log
Star Date 6-14-2021. We are 16 days into Summer territory. The crew are restless, the snack supplies are diminishing rapidly and there...

Valerie
Jun 13, 20213 min read


The Battle of the Screens
Okay so we’ve talked about goals for our summer and how to make a plan, but Valerie THE SCREENS! THE WHINNING! THE FIGHTS AND SQUABBLES!!...

Valerie
May 30, 20214 min read


The Nitty Gritty of Summer
Summer is HERE!!! Or a week away for some of you. The kids are officially bouncing off the walls or bored and you’re counting the days...

Valerie
May 24, 20213 min read


Schools ALMOST out!
Last week we talked about the daunting task of summer break with kiddos at home ALL DAY LONG. And we asked the question what was the goal...

Valerie
May 17, 20214 min read


18 Summers
18 Summers 54 months 1638 days That’s assuming your kiddos are out of school the first of June to the first of September, which usually...

Valerie
May 10, 20212 min read


Test to Testimony
How many of you read or watched the Hunger Games series? Well let’s think back to the moment Katniss and Peeta first get lifted into the...

Valerie
Mar 15, 20214 min read


Why do we read the Old Testament?
At one point in my life, I asked the question above. And I’ve heard the question from my own kiddos a couple times. How is circumcision,...

Valerie
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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