The Advent Season is hear! Or at least, the calendar says it's here. We celebrate Advent in our home because the month of December (including Christmas) is a celebration of the coming of Christ. This year, I will attempt my blogging Advent Calendar and we shall see how many of the 25 days I get… Continue reading Advent 2016
This past Sunday was the first official start of Advent: hope. For years now, we have been celebrating Advent as a family to help us focus on the reason for the Christmas season: the birth of Jesus Christ. He wanted to start a new tradition in our home and with our children so that they… Continue reading Advent: Hope
God has blessed me with only one daughter and I am very thankful for her! She is so much like me that our first few years were quite challenging. But now, I can't imagine not having her hugs, her smile, her intuition, her understanding, or her inner AND outer beauty. I no longer have to… Continue reading Thankful For a Daughter
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...or at least it would seem that way if you've stopped by my blog this year. There just never seems to be time to sit and write anymore. I do take my 'blog in hand' this month for 30 Days of Thanksgiving. The world around me… Continue reading An Attitude of Gratitude
In our home, we celebrate the Reformation Day on October 31. In the year 1517, a young monk names Martin Luther nailed a conversation starter to the wooden door of Christ Chapel in Wittenberg, Germany. This document was a 95 part thesis of grievances young Luther held against the current practices of the Roman Catholic… Continue reading Celebrating Reformation Day
Music is a powerful thing for many people, myself among them. Many songs from my childhood and teen years will transport me back in time to memories that can make me smile, laugh, or even cry. My go to song for this concept use to be Kenny Chesney's "I Go Back". However recently I heard a… Continue reading Music and Memories
Back in 2010, we finally made the stop Ben had been begging to make: the National Arms Museum. This museum is located in Fairfax, VA on the first floor of the NRA building. They had an amazing display of many of our favorite movie weapons to include an impressive collection of John Wayne's rifles. Our… Continue reading National Arms Museum
Kay's Little Korner 