Dads & Daughters

As parents, we don’t always realize the impact our comments and actions have on our children. We can easily go about our days and weeks, hurrying through our life, not thinking about what we are communicating to our kids. I love this blog post from Orange Parents and wanted to share it with you this [...]

Love Boat

This month is the Staying in Love series at Kings Valley. I guess I wanted to share a bit this week, because Dan and I will be married for 29 years this August. We have learned a lot about staying in love, over the years together, having 3 kids, being in ministry together and going [...]

Body Talk

We’ve all done it…… remarked on how pretty or beautiful a child is. We have a harder time commenting on other attributes. You don’t find yourself saying, “wow you are really good at organizing your room (we wish) or showing kindness to animals, or even being creative and keeping our family hopping!” It’s just easier [...]

Making the Main Thing the Main Thing!

I read a tweet from Reggie Joiner today, that got me thinking…..“How to stay focused on what is important may be the most important thing you ever teach your kids”. I can get easily distracted by things around me that are screaming for my attention (like housework), and forget about what is really important (like [...]

Noah’s Story

Noah's Story

Wow, I read this great story today about a family, just like yours and mine.  They are faced with some amazing challenges as parents, and how they are allowing God to use their family to change how the world thinks.   Please take the time to read Noah’s Story (http://www.orangeparents.org/noahs-story/)  and be encouraged by their journey. [...]

PAUSE……

I love babies! They just make me feel totally at home when they are in my arms. I have a great opportunity to hold lots of babies every week in Baby World at Kings Valley. Each one is unique and special, and totally loveable! I remember how I felt, the first time I held our [...]

Pitching a Fit

Well, it’s now 2012 and this is the time of year when we usually think about turning over a new leaf and starting the year “right”. There are lots of new commitments that are made this time of year, hopefully for the better. Get more exercise, organize your house, start watching what you eat, keep [...]

Make a Memory!

We all have them……family traditions.  Sometimes we don’t even realize that we do.  They are things that your family just does together that have become a tradition.  Maybe it’s a fun meal your share together, or an activity you always do a certain time of the year, or it is a trip you take, or [...]

Give THIS Christmas Away

“What if I told you You have the power To give someone hope Beyond their wildest dreams What if I told you It’s right there in your hands In your hands” Tuesday night in Kidz World was a really EXCITING night! 20 Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child were filled and PRAYED for by 72 kids. [...]

The Stomach Flu and Other Forms of Family Bonding

LindaAndDan

I remember reading a hilarious parenting book about 15 years ago called “The Stomach Flu and Other Forms of Family Bonding”.  I would roar out loud with some of the stories the writer would tell about her family.  She always brought everything around to something helpful at the end of the chapter, but did I [...]