When your three-and-a-half year old asks you to read the same bedtime story three nights in a row, you know you have a winner. . . As anyone who knows me well knows, I am a lover of books. I give people books for birthdays and anniversaries, at baby showers and graduations, for wedding gifts. And when we began our family, I immediately set forth starting our future children’s library. For the past few Christmas seasons I’ve slowly been researching and buying a few select books each year to add to our Christmas collection. Each January I store them away with our Christmas and Advent decorations, and each November we take them out anew for reading during Advent in preparation of Christmas. With little ones, we have everything from board [... To read more, click here ...]
Today has been one of those days. The whole wheat sourdough bread I had been working on for two days stuck to my make-shift couche and utterly deflated as I tried to get it into the oven. The garlic pepper jelly I’ve been putting off making for days I finally made today. And it did not gel. The car is stuck. In the driveway. In park. And it won’t get out. Of park. T. has been working 18 hour days and is heading out of town later this week so I’ve been juggling it all here at home, alone. For two weeks. At breakfast, one of my last white bowls was dropped from the perch of a high chair. Broke, dashing oatmeal across my floor. Dustpan and cleanup crew required. [... To read more, click here ...]
A few fun shots from Luke’s baptism this past weekend . . . Luke and his proud (and handsome) daddy. Wearing the family baptismal gown. Luke and his blue, blue eyes . . . And Lloyd hanging out with his Poppa. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a lot of shots with my camera, but I’m hoping to get copies of a few more soon from my mom and T.’s mom (hint, hint) . . . I know they had some great ones! Content Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Warren. All rights reserved.
This week begins the season of Lent in the Christian church. I didn’t grow up in a family that celebrated Lent; I’ve only been celebrating it for a few years, so it’s still new to me. But now that my oldest is almost 3, I’ve been thinking of ways to more fully encompass our faith as a family during this season. Though Orthodox Christians began Lent on Monday, many Protestant denominations and Catholics begin Lent tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday. The three pillars of Lent (I like to think of them as a three-legged stool; all three are essential to making the stool stable) are prayer, fasting/sacrifice and almsgiving. The season of Lent is a time to focus on these spiritual practices and grow in one’s faith. Below are some ideas [... To read more, click here ...]
This week begins the season of Lent in the Christian church. I didn’t grow up in a family that celebrated Lent; I’ve only been celebrating it for a few years, so it’s still new to me. But now that my oldest is almost 3, I’ve been thinking of ways to more fully encompass our faith as a family during this season. Though Orthodox Christians began Lent on Monday, many Protestant denominations and Catholics begin Lent tomorrow, on Ash Wednesday. The three pillars of Lent (I like to think of them as a three-legged stool; all three are essential to making the stool stable) are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The season of Lent is a time to focus on these spiritual practices and grow in one’s faith. Below are some ideas [... To read more, click here ...]
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