Hidden Treasures

We are getting ready to celebrate my daughter’s birthday tomorrow and she has been excited for a while.  She doesn’t have a wish list of gifts or anything, but just gets excited for the celebration, cake, singing, and gifts with people she loves.  As parents, we like...

Losing it

  A week ago, I was throwing a load of laundry in the washer and shortly afterward I noticed my ring was missing.  It has slipped off a few times before when my hands were wet, but I usually immediately see where it went.  So I was 90 percent sure it was either...

Patiently

  A week ago, we attended an AWANA fun fair with our three children following a year of working to memorize bible verses.  If you quizzed them now, they would not likely recall every verse, but would at least be familiar with most of them.  So the fair was filled...

Holy Week

When you hear the phrase Holy Week, what comes to mind? You might think it is the week leading up to Easter Sunday, and you would be correct, but do you celebrate in any special way through the week?  If you are like me, you may only have heard of or attended a Good...

Spring Fever

Living in Iowa, you think we would get used to things changing all the time, but there is still a feeling of excitement to it.  Maybe it is the desire to be done with strings of cold days or the occasional snowfall, but by March, we are usually excited for Spring to...