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Reading Time: 5 minutesNo matter how tough your finances seem right now, you can get back on track with these simple budgeting tips! By Shannon Brown, Contributing Writer Two-foot snow drifts. Twenty minutes to struggle into snow clothes. Twenty-two seconds later, I see my 3-year-old turn around through the lens of my phone camera and say, “Mom, I need […]
5 Ways to Update Your Kitchen for $100 or Less
Reading Time: 5 minutesUpdating a kitchen can get expensive! Here are five ways to update your kitchen for $100 or less! By Lisa Burns, Contributing Writer If you ever watch Fixer Upper on HGTV, you know that the kitchen is usually one of the most expensive rooms to remodel in a home. Even though I have seen the show many […]
Healthy Homemade Chocolate Milk
Reading Time: 4 minutesRich and creamy chocolate milk in only 2 minutes! Refined sugar free, gut friendly, and kid-approved! By Dena Norton, Contributing Writer Want a super easy homemade chocolate milk recipe you can actually feel good about giving your kids? Here you go! This one-step chocolate milk recipe has just 4 ingredients and whips up in minutes with […]
8 Tips to Spend Less Eating Out
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith some planning, you can spend less eating out and still have fun family time. Image Credit By Danielle Tate, Contributing Writer Going out to eat is often a fun family activity. Yet the goal to spend less to eat out is one of the top budgeting issues I hear about as a budget coach. […]
5 Simple Ways to Save Money on Your Favorite Mom Time Activities
Reading Time: 5 minutesSave money on your favorite mom time activities with these 5 simple ways! Guest Post by Victoria of Snail Pace Transformations I think most moms know it is vital to their health to take a mom time out on a regular basis and do something just for them. It isn’t selfish; it is what refuels moms […]
Clean BeautyDIY Natural Bath Bombs
Reading Time: 7 minutesInside: These DIY natural bath bombs are moisturizing, luxurious, and toxin-free! We went on a search for some natural bath bombs but discovered it’s hard to find them without yucky ingredients. So, instead, we made these DIY natural bath bombs ourselves. By Will Odom, Contributing Writer and Erin’s Hubby Around Christmas one year, I started looking for […]
Easy Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Reading Time: 3 minutesInside: These easy roasted brussels sprouts will please both adults and kids alike. Our girls can’t get enough of them. Who says brussels sprouts can’t be yummy?! Recipe by Will and Erin Odom So often we think that the switch to eating real, healthy food has to be hard. Part of my mission for this […]
Motherhood & FamilyGift Guide For the Whole Family: Stress Less About Holiday Shopping
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe hope this gift guide, which includes gifts you can buy ONLINE—without leaving your house—will help take the stress out of holiday shopping! Check out the 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Gift Guides for even more ideas! Co-written by Erin and Will Odom Christmas is just a few weeks from now. We are typically the kind […]
Teach Kids To Make Their Own Meals: Your Kids Can Cook!
Reading Time: 5 minutesBringing kids into the kitchen provides opportunities for them to learn life skills and character traits that will serve them for many years to come. Here are 10 steps to teach kids to make their own meals. If you want to teach your kids to cook, I highly recommend checking out Kids Cook Real Food (the curriculum […]
Easy Recipes for Kids to Make: Teach Kids to Cook with These 20 Easy Meals!
Reading Time: 3 minutesGet your kids busy in the kitchen with these 20 easy recipes for kids. And these are great tips for teaching kids to cook, too! My friend Katie at Kitchen Stewardship has developed a phenomenal cooking class for kids called Kids Cook Real Food! She opens enrollment every few months, and she also offers a […]
Home Safety Inspection: Fire & More
Reading Time: 7 minutesHave you ever conducted a home safety inspection in your house? Keep these steps in mind to protect against fire and carbon monoxide poisoning! A few months ago, we did a full home safety inspection in our house, after several neighbors went through some very scary situations in their homes! This month is Fire Safety Awareness […]
3 Reasons Your Children Don’t Listen to You
Reading Time: 4 minutesChildren don’t listen to you? Here are three possible reasons why (and how to fix it!) Guest post by Brittany of Equipping Godly Women Wouldn’t it be great if our children always listened to us the first time? And cheerfully to boot? While cheerful obedience every. single. time. may be a little much to ask […]
The Best Days of Our Lives
Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever stopped to think we might be in the best days of our lives? By Hilary Bernstein, Contributing Writer I’ve always been sentimental, in the count down the lasts at the end of a school year, remember monthly birthdays of a baby or celebrate all sorts of trivial anniversaries kind of way. But […]
How to Meal Plan When You Hate Meal Planning
Reading Time: 7 minutesInside: Feed your family using these ways to meal plan when you hate meal planning! By Dena Norton, Contributing Writer We’ve all heard it before. Meal planning saves money. It cuts down on extra trips to the grocery store. It eliminates the dreaded 5:00 scramble to figure out what’s for dinner. Yada, yada… All those things […]
8 Ways to Get Organized Right Now!
Reading Time: 4 minutesNeed to bring some order to your house? Here are 8 ways to get organized right now! By Danielle Tate, Contributing Writer I felt like we moved. I had boxes, bags, and bins of stuff sitting everywhere. Buying a new camper and selling our old one on the same day meant I needed to […]
