Take time to think about where you have been the past 12 months, along with your family. It is so helpful to keep your heart in check with God.
Category: Parenting
Family Games at Thanksgiving
How to Make the Holiday More Fun: Thanksgiving Games I love Thanksgiving. But in the past, it’s basically just been a really long meal prep culminating in a dinner that’s devoured in less than an hour, and then nobody knows what to do after they’re more stuffed than the turkey was. Last year when we…
How to Support an Adoptive Mom
The Best Ways to Support an Adoptive Mom (from an Adoptive Mom) I’m sitting here trying to write a piece on how to love your fellow adoptive mom. I’m stuck. I want to tell you how wonderful and beautiful adoption is, and the beautiful stories that go with it. But I’m also sitting here with…
Christmas Gift Plan for Families & Gift Ideas for Kids
Making a plan to simplify Christmas with your kids this year? Read our tips on ways to approach gift buying and see our ideas for gifts for all ages.
The Teal Pumpkin Project
Non-Candy Treats to Make Halloween Fun for Kids with Food Allergies What does Halloween look like for your family? How great would it be if when we post Halloween pictures on Facebook or Instagram this year we hashtag it with the number of times somebody got mad or sad, the number of attempts it took…
Back to School, What Now for Homemakers?
4 Homemakers, 4 Questions, 4 Answers: The Homemakers Guide to getting our lives organized after our kids head Back to School We’re excited to share our first Collaborative Article with you! There are four Homemakers who write regularly for Just Homemaking, and we thought it would be fun to talk about our to-do lists and…
Memory Verse Printable
Weekly Feedings I only feed my children once a week. I know that they should have food daily, but I’ve found that they can actually get by on one good meal weekly, so I’ve been skimping to make things easier. In fact, I’m not even the one cooking or serving them that one meal. I…
Prioritizing Marriage when you have Kids
Ideas for keeping Marriage a Priority It’s a very difficult thing to do. Prioritizing my marriage can easily get lost in the shuffle of kids, jobs, and activities. Keeping my husband at the forefront of my mind has to be something I think about and pray for each day. Kids bring us closer together because…
A Small Slice of Pie
A Fresh Look at Your Role as “Mom” My dear friend makes the best apple pie on the planet. The kind of pie that everyone knows about. The one people request as their birthday gifts. The one when you see her walking towards you during school pick up, paper plate in hand, your heart skips…
The Beans of Our Lives
Choosing to be Intentional with the Time We have with our Kids Last year my husband and I decided to make bean jars for our three boys after talking about doing it for a few months. Our goal is to be aware of the time we have with our kids. This will help us be…