“During this Christmas season, and throughout the year, I pray that we will remember the Generous One – our God, our Father, our beloved Shepherd and Counselor. For He is the Gift-Giver! He is the Generous One!…He endows us with gifts so sublime and precious that they exceed out ability to fully comprehend and even …
Christmas has come and gone but ours was so good and needed to be documented. Our Christmas season was full of beautiful memories. Christmas Trees and MORE Christmas Trees I remember having a small Christmas tree that was just mine in my room growing up and I loved it. I have wanted to do that …
We were really sad that we weren’t able to spend some time with the Bernings during Christmas because of illness, so we were SO HAPPY to be able to spend a weekend with them this month. It felt just like Christmas with the Christmas tree and decorations still up and we LOVED it!
“When we talk about the birth of Jesus Christ, we appropriately reflect on what was to follow. His birth was infinitely significant because of the things He would experience and suffer so that He might better succor us – all culminating in His Crucifixion and Resurrection… [But I also] think it’s appropriate this time of …
When I was looking at our upcoming school year this last spring and summer, I decided that I wanted to add some Christmas goodness to our school day in December. And I am SO glad we did! I have heard of others doing all sorts of things. Some as simple as singing a Christmas song …
To add to our “Christmas School” we put our regular music study on hold and used Squilt’s Christmas Carols Volume 1. This was a super easy way to add an extra dose of Christmas excitement to our day. We learned what a “carol” is and studied two different Christmas carols this year. Carol of the …
Another Christmas season has come and gone and it was a beautiful one. We filled our time with togetherness and I am just so grateful. We put Sarah’s normal preschool activities on “pause” and instead did CHRISTMAS SCHOOL!!! Christmas School We just barely scratched the surface of The Peaceful Press Christmas Guide but it was …
“Let us make Christmas real. It isn’t just tinsel and ribbon, unless we have made it so in our lives. Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and …
Christmas is magical. I love the simple Christmas traditions that we have created as a family. Christmas Cookies We have spent hours all cozied up reading Christmas books by the tree and watching “White Christmas” bundled up on the couch. And the holidays wouldn’t be the same without some gingerbread cookies. We were able to …