PINK LAUNDRY

[...] !  Worth the sacrifice?  Undoubtedly! 3.  Language learning enables me to be a better "stay home mom"  Again, huh?  Ok, so maybe it's better to say that language learning enables me to [...]

[...] that in the trenches of toddlerhood, you are probably thinking (especially if you are a stay home mom) "how in the world can life NOT revolve around my child?"!   As toddler moms [...]

[...] With school starting back for the big girls a few months ago, this little mess pot and I have found ourselves with lots of quality time. You [...]

[...] . Otherwise, I've been trying to take one or two days a month (usually just a morning while the big girls are in school) to stock the freezer in a way that makes overall meal prep easier and also cuts [...]

[...]  Especially this thing.... (having one of my spacey moments- what would you call this?  The big girls would whisper to her in one end and she'd look so confused as she tried to talk back then [...]

[...] one of the characters right! I've been having us read Colossians 3 over and over.  The big girls are working on memorizing it, and the little girls key parts. After bible reading, [...]

[...] .  It's something we've been praying for.  Seeking after. It's hard enough to live in a foreign culture, but living in a foreign culture, surrounded by an American bubble of traditions and [...]

[...] a combination of things: the gradual build up of the stress of living and functioning in a foreign culture, the inability to truly communicate what I am trying to say especially in a stressful [...]

[...] don't think for a minute that we can't create our own comfort zones right here in this very foreign culture.  Although we are physically removed from what is likely MOST comfortable, the world is at [...]

[...] back porch and mop it around ourselves?  Mom can we build a tent in the living room?" etc etc.  Be deliberate with your "yes" and look for ways to say it.  In the long run, [...]

[...] and have healthy eating habits.  I WANT to have meal plans and organized household chores etc etc, but I have been so bone weary lately that I have absolutely not been able to make any of those [...]

[...] all the food that needs to be cooked of course), bags of all sorts of other side items etc etc.  So this family decided that there was a lovely looking picnic spot on the other side of [...]

[...] that Naomi was already in the shower, I was having surgery the next morning, it was late etc etc.  I knocked on the door just minutes after Abbey had told them we weren't coming and was [...]

[...] take 15-20 minutes) and they had an impromptu sleep over. Naomi had fun playing with the neighborhood kids.  We somehow managed to keep Anabelle from discovering how fun playing in the snow could be. [...]

[...] I'm celebrating that for now, for today, she still loves to play capture the flag with the neighborhood kids and hide-n-seek with her baby sister. I'm mourning the fact that the sin in our world has [...]

[...] our almost 2 years in this city.   Our new home has become a gathering point for the neighborhood kids and those kiddos have parents that we've begun forming relationships with.  It's [...]

[...] Here's a look at my latest post on the cooking blog I share with some overseas friends.  It's been a while since any of us have posted, but I [...]

[...] desserts and pot pies.  (a lot of these recipes can be found here at my already mentioned cooking blog).   Here is my favorite pancake recipe to keep in the freezer.  These cinnamon oat pancakes [...]

[...] destination- a meeting in Greece.  As I was helping AB get settled into her seat, I asked the older girls where Lubby was.  I was met by blank stares.  My heart sank!  We were some of the first to [...]

[...] 38 degrees and didn't really seem to be sticking.   A friend called offering to take the older girls to the Hobbit which had just come out here, so we sent them on their way to the movie. [...]

[...] adventures and were studying French.  It's been so much fun to return especially as our older girls are old enough to really appreciate the places we are able to see. There are A LOT of pictures [...]

[...] her birthday, we were at our weekly worship time where we gather with other friends, our overseas family,  in our homes and do church together.  We were singing "Blessed Assurance" and I [...]

[...] their big brothers and sisters and parents (her favorite "aunts and uncles"- our overseas family)  So we had a crowd.  Still tried to keep it simple and stick with cake and ice cream but [...]

[...] sharing about my journey towards finding healthy and easy and do-able recipes for our overseas family.   You can click on "my recipes" in the top right on this blog or just go  [...]