Do you ever get in food ruts? Seems like it’s so easy to just keep eating the same things for the same meals every day. Eight years ago, when our family began to discover and be diagnosed with a gluten intolerance (everyone except for hubby), I was forced, in a way I am now very… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ A 7-Day Breakfast Plan
The alarm went off at 4am. We were out of bed a few minutes later and eating breakfast ~ ugh. A rice cake with peanut butter and honey, a banana, some regular H20 and a few swigs of Vitamin Water. I’d rather eat nothing until the race is over, but I know the fuel and… Read More Half Marathon #5 & Running Therapy
I’m pretty sure it wan’t on my top ten list of favorite things to do when I was 12, and I know for certain that I absolutely refused to wear the hat and boots that my cowboy-hat-salesman father encouraged me to, but now going to the rodeo is something I look forward to when we’re… Read More Yankees and Ugandans at the Rodeo
I’m very excited to introduce you to some new friends today. You may already have been introduced to Jack and Kelly, the very American looking couple in these photos. Kelly was my middle school Spanish teacher turned dear friend, and Jack is her husband. You may also already know that Jack and Kelly got engaged… Read More Hope Received & Hope Given in Uganda
After Classical Conversations was over on Monday, Kayla and I made our usual stop at Starbucks (i.e. reward for enduring another week of CC without her friends from home), and then we headed to Michaels to pick up some Valentine supplies. Oh ~ the endless possibilities found on the scrapbook paper and sticker aisles!… Read More Valentine Fun & Flair
She said he was growing in wisdom and stature, and I knew that, but to hear it from another observer was encouraging. Moms love, but they see everything, and can even lean anxious and be blind to what is good, what is growth. “Bring your clothes down, and I will wash them for packing,” I… Read More Stature, Strength, Steadfastness, Service
Another thing I was able to do last week, while I had a few days to myself, was explore the “cook” book that came with my Vita Mix blender. The sad thing is, I’ve had the blender for about a year now and can never find time to sit down and learn how to make… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Nutty Fruit Smoothie
While I was sitting on the porch last week, reading, soaking up the sunshine, and enjoying the golden silence, the kids were having a great time in Hondo, TX with Grammie and Paw-Paw. The highlight of their week away was a guided fishing trip that Paw Paw arranged for them. They caught 25 catfish, and… Read More Restin’ and Fishin’ and Runnin’ and Eatin’
The two days of silence were wonderful! I started each day with a morning run and fruit and veggie smoothie of my choosing out of a cookbook that I haven’t had time to experiment with much. Fun! And then I sat. Sat on the couch and read my Bible, prayed in my journal. Sat and read… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Running Recovery Smoothie
“The counting of all blessings is ultimately summed up in One.All gratitude is ultimately gratitude for Christ, all remembering a remembering of Him. For in Him all things were created, are sustained, have their being. Thus, Christ is all there is to give thanks for; Christ is all there is to remember. To know how… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts ~ January