She has been asking to have a family bonfire but realistically it isn't possible. We are only a family of five however getting everyone at home on the same night at a reasonable time and all wanting to sit around the fire is next to impossible. Key word I think is the "wanting". John thinks bonfires are stinky. He's kind of picky that...





I have no idea where this came from but Job, my child who doesn't like heights, decided to place our hammock high in the cherry trees. He even measured it. It's 12 feet off the ground. He comes home from school, has a snack and climbs into his hammock for about 1/2 hour. Sometimes he just sits, other times he has his binoculars,...














My kids need a reason to dress up. I never need a reason to pick up my camera. Job really went all out with this dress nice for dinner. He wanted his picture taken and really hammed it up for the camera. It was hilarious to see him peacock and pose. Lona not so much. However having the kids goof off and be...
A Youth Group Activity: Middle School Girls sleepover
By Leslie Parks - Thursday, April 23, 2015














The Grace Project (our youth group) have gone through some changes. We started out as a large group including high school kids. We would play games, sing, and have a teaching time only to be divided into groups based on middle/high school and gender. I went with the middle school girls. We would discuss the teaching which was on Mark while doing an...












We've sort had egg hunts before but our Easters weren't characterized by them. We've done different things. It's been hard and we've tried to find a balance between what we thought a church wanted and what we've believed. This year I felt free to celebrate with an egg hunt. I quickly scanned Pinterest for ideas and came up with hollowing out eggs and...














We've had many boy sleep overs. They consist of food, video games, maybe a movie with more food, breakfast and more video games. But girls, they are different. They are busy, extremely different and they chatter and craft and do their hair (different colors), and paint their toes and nails, and cook and bake and paint their faces and wash their hair....