Giving “All of Me” During the Busy Advent Season
One of my favorite things about the Christmas season is the music. I LOVE traditional Christmas songs & it is a joy …
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Behind the Scenes: Fear Not, for I am With You
This past week has felt like an emotional roller coaster for me. Many things hit at once, and yet all pretty small …
Psalm 145: Praise! Behind the Scenes
Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord and most worthy of …
DIY: May Day & Mother’s Day Vases
With May Day, Mother’s Day, and Teacher Appreciation Week approaching, the kids & I created home made tissue paper vases as unique …
the dirt. oh wait, I mean the MUD.
This past weekend we had the most AMAZING weather here in Illinois. Normally March is full of dreary rain & chills. Saturday …
behind the scenes: friendship {AND a GIVEAWAY!}
{original photo: warren dunes, michigan} i came across a lovely saying by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge a while back and i knew …
Some Thoughts on Mothering
{an authentic robin’s nest taken after our visit to the farm at my hubby’s cousin’s house; mama bird decided to nest on their …
Focus on Jesus
focus. i think i need to print a wall sized canvas of the above art so that it’s truth is in my …
butterflies & origami = new creation!
as our family anxiously awaits the arrival of SPRING, we decided this past weekend to fieldtrip into the peggy notebaert nature museum …
Love
{art available here} love is patient. love is kind. etc, etc, etc… we all know the passage, read at basically every wedding, …
It’s Potty Time
it’s potty time at the chen household! oh boy. pumpkin-poos will turn 3 at the end of the month, and there is …
