Last Blast of Summer





I love bright sunny spring days. The touch of the warm sun on my ever-so-pale Dutch skin, after a bitter cold winter, as the leaves start to break through with new life. There is so much promise and excitement. Really, those days I just stand back and appreciate the goodness soaked within the day. Then…
With a new year beginning, I can’t help but think about the things I want to change in my life. How can I live life to the fullest? How can I serve God and others to the fullest? How can I love my husband, and daughter to the fullest? Questions that I have asked myself…
Last year I had the opportunity to try out the Personal-Planner. Every planner I had before, I was always done using it after the first couple of months because it just did not suit what I needed. Then I decided to give the Personal-Planner a whirl and I used it until the end. I…
I decided to switch up the topics a little bit and talk about some of the things I learned at the Youth Ministry Conference back in March. I know, it was a long time ago, but I have been reflecting on the summer and the importance of hanging out with our kids. While pondering, I…
Hello snow! The first picture is of us hanging out by our propane fire, with the temperature definitely warmer. And by the end of the week, our first snow! We loved both extremes and everything in between! Mazy loves to roast marshmallows! With snow on the horizon, that meant lots of leaf raking this week!…
As you can see I’m a little behind in blogging – all due to preparing for a garage sale!! I grew up in a family that had garage sales – one almost every summer it seemed when we were young. When my sister-in-law, Wendy, mentioned that she had a lot of items to donate, I…