March Madness CD Giveaway: Let It Echo
***This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner Cindy!*** This week, I'm excited to giveaway one CD from Jesus Culture, Let It Echo. ***To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post. US entries only please*** Whenever I'm feeling down or...
March Madness Book Giveaway: 8 Great Smarts
***This giveaway is closed. Congratulations Carrie and Jenna!*** For the entire month of March, I'm going to have a Tuesday terrific giveaway to help you have a happier home! I'll be writing about how these resources have helped my family. The first...
Book Giveaway: Triggers
***Congratulations to the winner Amy C.! This giveaway is closed.*** We all know what it's like to get angry. But do we know how to respond in a healthy way? In their new book, Triggers: Exchanging Parents' Angry Reactions for Gentle Biblical Responses, authors...
Podcast: Kristen Welch Raising Grateful Kids Part 2
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What “Triggers” Your Anger?
What triggers your anger? A sassy child? When your hubby sits on the couch while you work in the kitchen? Telling your child for the tenth time to put the tablet away? I tend to get angry when timelines get tight. Fridays can be a bear. After school, we run a...
3 Words to Change Your Valentine’s Day
What are the three words to change your Valentine's Day? I'm not thinking of "I love you" - although those are definitely winsome and worthy words. I am thinking of a phrase I heard my Pastor preach a few Sundays ago. The three words are: AND THEN SOME What if you...
Meet These Happy NFL Wives
With the Super Bowl a few days away, I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool to interview a few NFL wives who are happily married?" Guess what? Two amazing women, Stacie Scifres and Mallory Brown (both San Diego Charger wives), emailed me about their desire to encourage other...
No More (Food) Exceptions
Peppermint Oreos. Homemade Sugar Cookies. A Box of See's Chocolates. Need I write more? A little of this and a little of that and if you're like me, January has you weighing in a few pounds heavier. Six holiday pounds for me. Every year, it's the same story....
Giveaway: Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World
***The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to our winners: Jeanette and Missy!*** How would you like to trade the whining in your household for gratitude? Goodbye to "Mom, why can't I have one? Everyone else has one!" Hello to "Thanks mom, but I don't need...
Podcast: Kristen Welch Raising Grateful Kids Pt 1
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Dear Older Me
I like the song by Mercy Me, "Dear Younger Me," but lately I've been thinking about the opposite. What if I wrote a letter to the older me...about the things I really want to remember? This question was prompted by watching videos of myself. You see, James and I...
Your Word of the Day
When my husband James was a high schooler in the 80s, he was known to bring the "Word of the Day." As a passionate Christian, he wanted to share Bible verses with his classmates. He would share the "Word of the Day" from the Bible verbally or by passing a note (I...
Merry Christmas Friends!
This week of Christmas, may you remember all that God has done for you. Hope has come in a manger. You are no longer alone or alienated from God. He is able to set you free, give you peace, heal your hurts, and fill your home with joy. May you and yours have a...
Anticipating Christmas
Lucy's here to say, "Four more days! Hooray!" (and also maybe "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!")
Podcast: Humor for the Weary Mom Part 2 with Rhonda Rhea
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5 Christmas Ideas for Your Family
Here are 5 Christmas ideas to consider for your family. You'll notice these activities are free or almost free. Sometimes just giving a twist to a normal activity makes all the difference in pointing your family towards the real meaning of Christmas. 1. Take a walk...
Welcoming Christmas
Twenty-four days until Christmas. When you were a child, these words brought you great excitement! As an adult, they cause you to PANIC. So many presents to buy! The house must be decorated! The lines at the store are so long! We're sick and we have to travel! ...
Thank You God for…
This Thanksgiving week, let our mouths be filled with thanks to God for who He is and what He has done! Thank you God that I don't know everything about marriage or parenting...because then I wouldn't have to depend on You. Thank you God for endless loads of...
Your Child Probably Doesn’t Need That
Have you seen this GIANT teddy bear at Costco? I get such a kick out of seeing it while I'm shopping. Only in America could there be such a GREAT, BIG TOY in a warehouse! Who has space to bring Teddy home? I guess there's a shopper with a Mack Truck out there...
Book Giveaway: Hoodwinked
***Giveaway is closed, congrats to Angie our winner!*** My friends Karen Ehman and Ruth Schwenk have teamed up to write a book that will help you relax as a mom. Relax? Do moms do that? In Hoodwinked: Ten Myths Moms Believe & Why We All Need to Knock It Off,...
Podcast: Humor for the Weary Mom with Rhonda Rhea
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Free Marriage Summit: Adventure, Mission and Romance!
As I heard Tim Hawkins say in his comedy act last week, when you're newlyweds, you whisper to your beloved, "Please don't go." You hang on to his sleeve and kiss passionately before you must part ways. Twenty years later, it turns into: "Please don't. Go!" Too...
8 Ways to Make Your Wife Happy
All right dear friends...you know I write about being a happy wife and how we can make our husbands happy. But I thought this week, I'd write about 8 ways a husband can make a wife happy. Feel free to share this list with your man and highlight the ones you...
Tim Hawkins: How You Can Laugh and Love This Week
My family had a huge highlight yesterday...to meet THE MAN at a concert at our home church Bonita Valley Community Church...the comedian who's lines punctuate our home on most days... Tim Hawkins!!! Tim Hawkins is by far our favorite comedian. If you've never heard...
