Healthy Living
Reading Time: 4 minutes How to Take a Detox Bath Inside: Here’s how to take a detox bath to rid your body of toxins. This is a great natural remedy for when you have a cold or flu–or when you’ve overindulged at your family’s holiday meal! For years, I spent the afternoon and day after Thanksgiving and Christmas feeling, […]
Archives for December 2013
Family FinancesWhat We’re Giving Our Girls for Christmas This Year
Reading Time: 3 minutes These are GREAT Christmas gift ideas for little girls!! We give our girls three gifts at Christmas. This is something we started when our oldest–now 5 1/2–was an infant. And let me assure you: They do not lack for anything! We do not limit the gifts our extended family give to our girls (we feel […]
Healthy Family5 Ways to Serve Others With Your Children
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post was originally published December 5, 2011. It’s no secret that people seem to come out of the woodwork to serve during Christmas (while, really, there’s plenty of work to do year round!). As a Christian, my Christmas celebrations center around remembering Christ’s birth. Jesus came to serve, and He calls us to serve […]
Celebrating Christmas When You Don’t Feel Like It
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was originally published December 19, 2011. Away in a Manger. Silent Night. Joy to the World. Go, Tell it on the Mountain. Carol of the Bells. Oh, Holy Night. Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel. It’s hard to escape the sounds of the season. And why would you want to escape the beautiful music […]
11 Tips for a Great Road Trip (Stay Sane and Enjoy the Ride!)
Reading Time: 5 minutes Family car rides just got easier! Before you hit the road for holiday travel, read these 11 tips for taking the best family road trip. Even though our family does not vacation often, we have taken lots and lots of road trips during our 10+ years of marriage since our families live so far apart. […]
Create Your Own LEGO Mini Figure Family Holiday Card
Reading Time: 2 minutes This post brought to you by LEGO. All opinions are 100% mine. This past week I discovered a fun, FREE computer activity to do with your kids–create your own LEGO mini figure family holiday card! My girls love playing with their LEGOS, and they were one of my husband’s favorite toys as a kid. We […]
How to Keep Fit During the Holidays
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post was originally published December 16, 2011 By Mary, Contributing Writer This is the most difficult time of the year to be healthy and keep fit. There are parties and sweets everywhere. It is okay to enjoy these things with family and friends, but in moderation. To stay healthy during this season, you must have […]
2 Non-Messy, Easy Christmas Crafts for the Not-so-Crafty Mom
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post brought to you by Duck Brand provided by ShurTech Brands, LLC. All opinions are 100% mine. Today’s post gives two ideas for non-messy, easy Christmas crafts for the not-so-crafty mom–like me! Enjoy! I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I.am.not.crafty. Unless it’s through a resource like Truth in the Tinsel’s daily […]
7 Ways to Healthier Holiday Eating While Pregnant
Reading Time: 4 minutes This post was originally published December 13, 2011 By Sara, Contributing Writer Whether you are pregnant or are nursing, with SO much yummy food around during the holidays, it is easy to fall into the “I’m-eating-for-two” mindset. Yup, you are eating for two! For you and one weighing (and needing) WAY less than you! All that sugar, caffeine and […]
Healthy HomeBenefits of Avocados & 6 Avocado Recipes
Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Hass Avocado Board. Avocados are one of my most favorite foods. I actually never tried one until I spent the summer in Puerto Rico during college. There, they hang off the trees in abundance. I immediately fell in love with the smooth and […]
How to Upcycle Packing Paper into Beautiful Gift Wrap
Reading Time: 2 minutes This post brought to you by Duck Brand provided by ShurTech Brands, LLC. All opinions are 100% mine. We like to keep gift-giving simple in our home–and that includes the gift wrap. I’ll be honest: That typically means that I save and reuse gift wrap and gift bags from previous years. I use them over and […]
5 Ways to Incorporate Yogurt Into Your Holiday Menu
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yogurt is full of probiotics, which balance out the flora in your gut. Here are 5 ways to make plain yogurt part of your holiday menu. I absolutely LOVE yogurt. I grew up eating it all the time, but I had no idea what a super food it is until just a few years ago. […]
How to Keep Gift-Giving Simple
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was originally published November 17, 2011 Before Little Girl’s first Christmas in 2008, my husband and I started talking about and praying through how we would approach gift-giving with our children. Would we lavish them with any and every new toy? Would we do Santa Clause? How would we give to our children […]
Celebrating Christmas in Heaven
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was originally published December 12, 2011. Today marks 14 years–14 years–since my dear childhood friend left this earth and made her new home in Heaven. Not a day goes by that I do not think of Courtney Brooke. As I pen these words in front of our Christmas tree, one single squared ornament […]
Decorating with Nativities from Around the World
Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was originally published November 8, 2011. I’ll be the first to admit that I am not a natural at decorating!! But each Christmas, my husband and I have enjoyed sprucing up our home with nativity sets we have collected from all over the world. One of my favorite childhood memories from the Christmas […]
