We had practiced all week. And I was realizing how fantastic my three-year-old was at memorization. It made me want to stretch and challenge him to memorize more. So we did, two verses instead of the usual one. We showed up for his Wednesday evening "Knight School" at church where I stay with him ...
How Nicodemus Helped Me Endure a Natural Birth
Giving birth hurts like the dickens. It doesn't have to--I know--because we have these wonderful drugs known as epidurals, but for me and my second baby, I wanted to do it naturally. I've told you before how my first birth went south. It wasn't just one thing that caused it to end in an emergency ...
Dear Stranger on the Street, Regarding My Closely Spaced Kids
Hi there! I'm thrilled to have my dear friend and former roommate write a guest post today! She is a great source of encouragement to me as a mother and I hope she can be that for you, too. <3 Kate This morning I attempted to get out the house for a walk before the temperatures soared. In our ...
Families of Houston: Don’t Miss The LEGO Americana Roadshow at the Baybrook Mall!
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Baybrook Mall, your GGP shopping destination for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. This past weekend, we had one of those special family days that will be locked in my memory forever. You know, those days where you expected ordinary but you got ...
Must-Have iPhone Apps for Parents
Hey parents! In the age of the iPhone, there are thousands of apps available to us. These little handheld computers have so much potential to help us optimize our lives. Orrrr they can clutter up our screens and slow things down. That's why today, I'm sharing my top five apps for parents--apps that ...
Solve the Summertime Conundrum: Keep Track of Pool and Beach Toys!
We are into full on beach and pool season now. In Texas, if we are outside between June and September, we MUST be in water. There is no way to be comfortably alive outdoors otherwise. So that leaves me packing up my two kids and the 23 bags of stuff we always need multiple times a week. Okay, maybe ...
The ME time vs. FAMILY time dilemma all moms face
For as long as we've been married, my husband has worked six days a week. Just recently, he started getting two Saturdays off per month--which is AMAZING. It has opened up a new world of fun day trips and quality family time. It has also made it possible for me to have a little bit more time to ...
The Tendency Moms Have to Rush and Regret
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association / American Stroke Association for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. College wasn't so long ago for me that I've forgotten how badly I wanted to just be done with it. I always knew exactly how many weeks of the semester I ...
How to Keep Your Kids in Touch with Long Distance Grandparents
My parents regularly tell me that the best thing I’ve ever given them was a grandson, and the worst thing I’ve ever done was to move him one thousand miles away from them. It’s been three years since we committed the terrible offense of moving to my husband’s hometown in Texas. We've since added ...
What I’m teaching my two-year-old son right now about rape culture
The Stanford rape case is blowing up the conversation about rape culture. As it should. The statistics say that 1 in 5 women has survived sexual assault. That's difficult to measure because so many survivors suffer in silence without seeking justice. Who can blame them when they see what the victim ...