3rd Day of Advent: Tower of Babel Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily scripture readings…
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The Art of Giving: How Children’s Artwork Helps to Feed the Hungry
“In Honduras, one in every four kids suffers from chronic malnutrition. Deprived of food, shelter and love, these poor children lie awake at night praying for their next meal. But there is hope– Catholic kids across the US are reaching out with the love of Christ to feed their friends in Central America through The ART of Giving, an online…
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ACTIVITY: Jesse Tree: Bethlehem
24th Day of Advent: Town of Bethlehem Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily scripture readings (with…
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Jesse Tree Ornaments: Naomi and Ruth
12th Day of Advent: Naomi & Ruth Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily scripture readings (with…
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Operation Christmas Child: Boxes are Dropped Off!
We dropped off our boxes today! In case you missed our update last week, we got together with some of our favorite mommy friends and pulled together three boxes for Operation Christmas Child. Today, we dropped them off at one of their designated drop locations! Rather, I should say little man dropped them off in his favorite little shopping cart (that…
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Catholic Relief Services – Making a Difference
The devastation in the Philippines from the typhoon – barely after their magnitude earthquake – is heart breaking. My husband and I were both glued to the news last night, watching one horrific tale after another, knowing that 1 in 10 people in the country are impacted, and we were left wondering…what can we do? We want to do SOMEthing,…
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Book Club: The Advent Book by Jack and Kathy Stockman
Can you believe Advent is just a few weeks away? I can’t…especially with temperatures still in the 80’s. Amazing. With Advent being just a few weeks out, we had our annual sign-ups for our church’s “Advent Wreath Workshop”, where we’ll be making advent wreaths together as a parish family for use in our homes. I had prepared a table in…
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ACTIVITY: Jesse Tree: Joseph Coat of Many Colors
8th Day of Advent: Joseph & the Coat of Many Colors Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above),…
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Jesse Tree Ornaments: Joshua, Rahab, and Jericho
11th Day of Advent: Joshua, Rahab, and the Jericho Wall Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above),…
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Jesse Tree Ornaments: Ten Commandments
10th Day of Advent: Ten Commandments (tablets) Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily scripture readings…
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Jesse Tree Ornaments: John the Baptist (baptismal shell)
20th Day of Advent: John the Baptist (baptismal shell) Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily scripture…
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Jesse Tree Ornaments: Burning Bush (Moses)
9th Day of Advent: Moses & the Burning Bush Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily…
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RECIPE: Healthy Pumpkin Muffins with Low-Fat Cream Cheese Filling
Mmm…nothing smells like fall more than the amazing smell of pumpkin muffins baking in the kitchen. I love pumpkin flavored anything, and really wanted to share the wonderful taste with our family – but in a healthy way. I took a favorite recipe of ours, tweaked it a bit, and came up with these outstanding healthy pumpkin muffins stuffed with…
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RECIPE: Halloween Desserts S’mores (Pumpkin Brownies with Peeps)
Happy (almost) Halloween! With Halloween being just two weeks away – and our church’s bake sale this weekend – I couldn’t resist making Halloween desserts. I’ve always been a fan of s’mores, and took that concept, added a bit of pumpkin and Halloween flair, and came up with Halloween S’mores. So fun – and so easy, as it’s based on…
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Book Club: Egree’s Journey Illustrator Interview
Last week we shared an interview with Judy Smith, the author of Egree’s Journey (the children’s book we recently shared). Today, we’re back in an interview with Sondra Parks, the incredibly talented artist who brought the story to life with her illustrations in the book. Me: “So tell me…how long have you been such a creative genius? I love the drawings…
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