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Sriracha Salmon Cakes
My husband discovered sriracha a few months ago and he wants it on everything. It is the new favorite condiment in our household. We put it on our sandwiches and wraps, our eggs in the morning, and our potato fries at night. We did not realize what a viral sensation sriracha was until we saw […]
6 Ways To Spice Up An At-Home Date Night
Last Christmas I gave Hubs the best gift I’ve ever given him: a year worth of monthly dates planned by me. A typical night at home usually involves sweatpants, a computer, and propping up my feet, so I knew I needed to spice things up a bit. Like many married couples with kids, we wanted […]
Waiting to Serve
Feeling Called to Ministry My husband has felt called to ministry since his early college years. I always had this feeling that I would be a pastor’s wife. I grew up engrossed in my father’s ministry and so it felt natural. I really did not know any other way to live but in a full […]
Beautiful Ashes: The Sanctifying Work of Motherhood
The Shameful Event At this particular moment, I find myself sitting in a fairly quiet house listening to the sweet sound of my 7 year old reading his Bible to his 4 other siblings. It’s early, ridiculously early, but this weary and exasperated mother has tucked all of the children (besides the new baby) into […]
10 Ways to Save Money this Spring
The trees are blooming and the birds are chirping, which could only mean one thing, it’s spring. If you’re like our family, your event calendar is full and your to do list is a mile long, and you wonder how to stretch your dollars further this season. As you prepare for fun in the sun […]
Best Advice for New Moms and a Mother’s Day Giveaway
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and I’ve gotten together with a group of bloggers to bring you a giveaway and blog hop that we are hoping will bless your socks off! We not only hope to bless several moms with some pretty awesome giveaway prizes, but we also hope to bless many more […]
To the Wife Whose Husband is Unemployed
I Was You I will be honest. I don’t write a lot about marriage. I never feel like I am seasoned enough to be able to give advice in this area. I have done so little right and all I have to offer are a few things I have learned from looking back over the course […]
Real Food, Real Easy
Time Management in the Kitchen Time management is my nemesis. Making everything from scratch can be time consuming, and if you are not a plan-ahead type person you will find yourself scrambling to just get something on the table. I think one of the worst hurdles for me to overcome with eating healthier is that it […]
How to Create a Method for the Madness that is Homemaking
Unrealistic Expectations I was one of those women that always knew that when I had kids, I would be a stay-at-home mom. I definitely had an idealized version in my mind of what me being a homemaker would look like. I was sure that I would keep a tidy house, never yell at the kids, […]