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In parenting, we often consider ourselves the teacher, our children the students. Of course it should look like this, as we prepare our children to be children, all while preparing them to be adults one day. But what we often overlook is the fact that they are teaching us just as much about life. If…
23 weeks and counting… Still in awe. Still hasn’t fully sunk in. And I have decided I do not want it to ever fully sink in – when it sinks in, that means I wish for time to just pass. I do not want a minute of this all to pass by without taking…
As a parent, we all have to ask ourselves: When to start solid foods? Rice or oatmeal? When to introduce peanut butter and honey? Not to mention, diapering. Cloth or disposables? How tight? What brand? How often? And that’s just diapers! Then there are car seats. Which one? When to make the switch from back…
Nights at home are pretty rare for us. Being in youth ministry, much like how teenagers are night owls, the majority of ministry happens at night too. I would love to say that I have the “night owl” gene in me yet, but unfortunately I don’t think it ever was. Especially now. I have been…
One last week’s worth of pictures from 2018! Here’s our dazzling princess, I mean Mrs. Clause… One thing Mazy LOVES to do is go to the special dollar store in Hudsonville. There is a plethora of items to look at, and with her $3.00, she wanted to go there and spend it! What joy I…
Babies and kids grow up. Too fast. It seems the moment they are brought home from the hospital, the next moment they are at the bus stop ready for Kindergarten. As the saying goes, the days are slow, but the years fly by. Isn’t that true? When it comes to baby clothes, they seem to…