Praises of a Wife and Mommy

Scripture from Luke 3!  ENJOY I love watching and hearing my hubby preach!

One thing I treasure is spending time with my family but I love to have the good quality fun time!  :)  Here are a few ideas to try if you are like me and want more family fun nights: Make a Family Mailbox   Kids love getting mail and as long as the mail isn't bills, parents love mail too. Add some zip to your family communications by creating a family mailbox . Great for leaving messages of encouragement, love, and support for fellow family members.  Ice Cream or Dessert Night Head out even before you eat dinner and go get ice cream or any other dessert first.  It is a surprise and out of the usual and makes for a fun evening.   Family Vacation Jar A  family vacation jar  (or box) is a decorated jar used to save for the next big adventure. Decorated with pictures and words of places you want to visit or have visited, the jar becomes a daily visual reminder of your dreams. Family Game Night Games are a great way to bring the family to...

So I have figured out in more detail my goals for fitness.  I have some great motivations for the year which include 1. a wedding in June that I will be a bridesmaid and 2. my 10 year class reunion will be sometime this year.  So it is easy since I want to look great for those 2 things.  The other motivation I have is within my family.  Today my dad, sister, hubby, and I each weighed in.  We each wrote down our goal weights.  We will weigh in each week and if we gain weight we have to put money in the pot.  At the end of the year we will decide what to do with the cash... probably a family dinner thing.   So I am going to do my goals in 3 steps with 3 great motivators on top of the ones already mentioned.   My start weight is 130 and my goal weight is 115.  After I loose the first 5 pounds I am going to go get my hair done (cut n color), at ten pounds I am going to get a pedicure, and at 15 pounds I want a night in a hotel with onl...

Daily Devotion from Genesis 3, the result of the  fall is that we have traded the good tree of life  for the knowledge of Good and Evil; which only  leads  to death and sin. God's Grace is so  amazing He is restoring us to the tree and river  of life by His blood.

Daily Devotion from Genesis 2, we will  talk about the Tree of Life, Eden, God's  intention for Creation and His  Restoration in Revelation 22. The full  circle connection.

I will make a bigger post in a few days with my 2012 goals.   Here is my theme for the year: GOING TO FINISH things and have NO EXCUSES!  :)