If you haven’t been watching The Sing-Off on NBC… you should have been.  I was totally blown away by the amount of raw talent!  Troy and I kept seeing the previews and I am SO glad I remembered to set the TIVO!  We laughed, we cried, we cheered…. and our favorite won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When Nota` sang this [...]

What has faith done for you?  Its a simple question that I will venture to guess would have a lengthy answer from anyone you pose it to.  If you have been reading this blog for any amount of time you know that faith plays a big part in my life.  You know that i believe [...]

We all do it. We hide. Hide from problems and confrontations in life. We make things out to be a bigger deal than they have to be. We stress ourselves out worrying about things that may or may not even be. We hide from so many thing. We hide [...]

There have been so many “technical difficulties” around here lately… if you are a normal visitor to my blog… you probably recognize that something is WRONG.  I finally did too!!!  If you are viewing this in IE… it looks nothing like if you are looking at it in FF.  Also, somehow, it has started randomizing [...]

I made this cute little banner to hang over our manger scene.  I saw it on Etsy and thought… I can make that!!!!!!!!  So I did   LOL  As it hangs in my living room it makes me smile.  I walk past it and it truly helps me to remember what it is that [...]

I have to say that my biggest fear in life has always been failure.  I am always afraid that I am going to let someone down so I hold myself to these standards that are impossible to achieve.  I am a hopeless perfectionist.  I want things to be perfect but the sad fact is that [...]

I took this photo at one of our fall weddings this year.  I looked up through this perfect sunset and there Troy was in perfect silhouette.  It brought tears to my eyes… I am not usually one to get emotional over that kind of stuff.  I think all too often, when you are married for [...]

Series courtesy SimpleMom.net
7 Weeks Till Christmas: Organize Your Family’s Holiday Calendar
Photo: Country Living
1. Write down some descriptive words. Take a few minutes before the craziness of the holidays sets in and physically write down what the holidays should MEAN to you.  What do you WANT the holidays to be above the presents and lights?  It [...]

Yes yes… I promise I will post the FULL christmas card after I get them mailed for all of you, my bloggy friends, who I would SO be friends with if I knew you IRL!!!  I managed to have a brilliant idea this year of a method to photograph my kids!  One day, about an [...]

So the holidays are sneaking up on us!  I can remember as a child that the Christmas music started playing as soon as the Cantata choir books were distributed!  The Christmas play practices started and we were off and running for the season.
I can honestly say that music inspires me in ways that no other [...]