I’m going to be completely truthful - I and my faith have had an incredibly difficult time during this pandemic and the closures of our churches. Before everything shut down, I did not fully realize how much my faith, my spirit, and my heart depended on going to church every week. I knew that I had a sense of renewal every Sunday at church, but I didn’t realize just how dependent I was on it. Since the beginning of the shut downs, our church - as many churches have - has insisted that we are ...
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Healthy Summer Snacks – Dole Whip Popsicles
For almost a year, my husband and I worked hard with our wonderful travel planner to plan an amazing trip to Disney World for the end of April. We had the perfect resort picked out, the perfect dining reservations made, and an amazing fireworks dessert party for our Little Miss’s birthday evening. And then March came, the pandemic swept the country, and everything shut down. I held out hope that things would get better and closely watched the number of cases and the news coming out about ...
How to Help Your Child Feel Secure In a Time of Covid
If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t think this pandemic would last past March. I certainly didn’t think it would last well into April, and it completely blows my mind that we are still in the thick of it well into June with no real end in sight. Some may find this terrifying. Some may think it’s overblown. Quite honestly, I don’t have any judgement for whatever camp you fall into or if you fall somewhere in the middle. I know there are a lot of opinions swirling around out there and it’s ...
Father’s Day Gift- Grilling Plate
I love making gifts for Mother’s and Father’s Days. You can mark the year, reuse them, and remember how tiny those babies were and how small their hand prints were. So when it comes to which crafty gifts will mean the most year after year, it’s important to make something that will be used and plays to the activities and hobbies that the receiver has. So I started to think about hobbies that my husband has. I’m going to be completely honest. He doesn’t have a whole ton of hobbies. He works ...
Healthy Summer Snacks – Chocolate-Covered Banana Popsicles
There is something about popsicles that makes a day feel like summer, even on a cloudy, rainy day. That dripping coldness as it runs down your chin and you try to catch it with your tongue; that icy brain freeze from biting into the popsicle before it completely melts; and trying to catch those final bites before it falls off the stick onto the ground. I have what my mom calls the ice cream gene. If I am offered the chance to get some ice cream, I will almost always say yes. It could be ...
Kid-Friendly Bath Bombs
Being stuck at home has been rough. We are creeping up 70 days of quarantine life. That is 10 weeks. For those keeping track at home, that’s 10 weeks of no zoos, no museums, no parks, and no rock walls. That’s no playground time, no play dates, and no moms nights out. Wow. That’s a lot of time at home. So needless to say, I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out fun, time-consuming activities, especially activities that will exhaust my children into some sort of afternoon nap ...