My son played coach pitch baseball this summer.  Each player gets 8 or so pitches from the coach instead of the regular 3 strikes/4 balls rule. All the coaches have played by this rule up until our last game when the opponent’s coach kept pitching and pitching until his team…

Some of my friends have been posting first day of school pictures on Facebook.  It seems so early to me, but I guess it is that time of year– Back to School. I love Back to School. I love new experiences. I love new beginnings. I love the chance to…

I am on a minimalism kick right now. Basically, less stuff = more peace. My minimalism kick could be traced back to my childhood where my dad drilled into us that “less is more”. But it really started to escalate when I was packing and moving in December. I used my move as an opportunity to get rid of things- toys, clothes, food storage, decor, etc. I loved it.

If you have followed my blog long at all, you know we try to serve others and we try to involve the kids in service. I try to take these nuggets along when I can. But lately I have been feeling like my kids are a roadblock to the service I need to do and I am not sure if it is a real roadblock or a perceived one? Am I just using them as an excuse or is serving with kids dang hard?

As Chad and I have discussed thrift this year, one of the things we decided to do was increase our Fast Offering amount. For those of my readers that don’t know what this means, let me explain to you what FAST OFFERINGS are.

I have been really down lately. Like “lay in my bed watching 3 hours of Keeping Up with the Kardashians while my kids run around the house doing whatever they want” down.