Love Your Spouse Challenge

Have you heard of the Love Your Spouse Challenge? It’s simple. 1.Post seven pictures (one a day for seven days) of you and your spouse and tell the world why you love your spouse. 2. Tag your married friends and encourage them to do the same. Why do the Love Your Spouse Challenge? I like […]

Mother, Daughter, and Tea Parties

 I cherish every Mother Daughter Tea Party my daughter and I share. She, my oldest daughter, is getting married next month. #toomanyemotionsforme These days before the wedding, my emotions roll like waves in the ocean. My emotions rise with the joy of this happy milestone and fall with letting my baby go. They crest with […]

Well-Rounded Gal: Parenting

Proverb Gal is a mommy and her children are singing her praises with their dear ol’ dad. “Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:  “Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all.” Proverbs 28-29   What was Proverb Gal’s “parenting style” to get that kind […]

Well-Rounded Gal: Her Marriage

Proverb Gal is married. In fact, there are five verses in the passage that mention her hubby.  The first two verses that reference hubby are perched at the top of the list. “The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil […]

Well-Rounded Gal: Christ Follower

Thanks for coming back! I’m glad you are joining the journey with me. Last post, we met Proverb Gal, our well-rounded gal and identified seven  areas that this well-rounded gal had going on! This post, we are checking out one of those areas that she was rocking the ol’ growth-o-meter and it just happens to […]

Well-Rounded Gal: Plan and Do

There are a bunch of ladies that are my inspiration. But there’s one lady that has captured my attention since I became a Christ Follower. I nick named her Proverb Gal. (You can read about her in Proverbs 31: 10-31 or HERE). She may not have an official name, but she’s one well-rounded gal. She’s the […]

On the Road with HTHL: The Grand Finale

July 11, 2016-July 24, 2016  Pasadena, California to Phoenix, Arizona to Placerville, CA Range of miles: 21,835-23,915 Week #21-22/23weeks Monday In the afternoon, we paid a visit to Marty and Carolyn Forte of Excellence in Education in Monrovia, California. What was supposed to be a few hours of visiting turned into a wonderful six-hour fellowship and ended at a […]

On the Road with HTHL: Home and Back on the Road Again

June 20, 2016-July 10, 2016 Ontario, California to Placerville CA to Pasadena, CA Range of miles: 21,002-21,835 Week #18-20/23weeks We left our home February 21, 2016, and on June 20 at 9:30 pm, the first and largest part of our 2016 homeschool convention tour came to a close. We pulled up our steep windy driveway, and […]

On the Road with HTHL: Sea to Shining Sea

June 12, 2016-June 19, 2016 Memphis, Tennessee-Ontario, California Range of miles: 18,714-21,002 Week #17/23weeks Monday: We continued to pursue the setting sun as we made our way west from Richmond, Virginia to Ontario, California.  Between Saturday night and all day Sunday, we managed to leave behind 841 miles of asphalt, We had bedded down for the […]