It’s fall break time! Are you looking for some fun fall activities to do with your children and/or grandchildren? Here are some activities that the whole family can enjoy. Great Ideas for Fall Break 1. Beach Trip – I put this at the top, because that is our usual, but this year things changed a little due to the hurricane last year. Fall is a really nice time to visit the coast. It’s quieter and many times you can find a vacation home at a lesser price. 2. Mountain Trip – We love the mountains in the fall too. We especially like it because we live at the foothills of…
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You Can Live Forever
“Forever With Jesus” is a child’s book written by Lee Ann Mancini and illustrated by Dan Sharp. The book was given to me by the publisher in exchange for a review. I was once again happy to review a book for children especially since I have 20 grandchildren. God is good! This is the third book in this series that I reviewed by Lee Ann Mancini. (Check out the review on “A Servant Like Jesus“ and God’s Easter Miracle) This book is also full of colorful illustrations and adorable little sea creatures to which young children can relate. Affiliate Links Associated With This Post – Disclosure Here In “Forever with Jesus”, the sea…
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The Greatest Lesson My Dad Ever Taught Me
My dad has taught me many lessons throughout life. He is one man that I really miss now that he’s been in heaven since 1994. What a blessed hope knowing that I will one day reunite with him in the presence of our Savior. My dad loved his family and although he had to work many hours, he did not neglect us. There were times that I could ride along to work with him; these were times we spent in talking and me mostly listening and learning from a very wise man. My dad was my hero. Photo by Juliane Liebermann on Unsplash Here are few lessons that my dad taught me over…
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Drop Everything and Let’s Play Drop It!
Drop everything and let’s play Drop It. Yes, we are having a family game night and are playing a new game that was given to me from Tryazon for my honest review. The name of the Game is Drop It which is a new board game by Thames and Kosmos. The gist of the game: -Player drops a shape into a vertical game board zone one at a time -Points are earned for the highest level that the shape reaches when it lands. -Extra points are earned for touching bonus circles. HOWEVER you better watch out because there are certain landing rules. -Don’t let your shape touch a matching shape…
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A Round Up of Valentine Gifts Suitable and Meaningful for Grandparents
Valentine’s Day is so very close and maybe you are looking for a last minute gift for Grandma or Grandpa. Here are 10 gift ideas that might be helpful and suitable for them. I’m sure you can find something that they will love. Honestly, being a grandparent, I don’t have to have an expensive gift, but I do love it when my kids and grandkids show their love, and they always do in so many ways: a surprise party, a handmade card or valentine, a picture they drew; these are the best gifts that I have received. But if you must, then grandparents always love other things too. So take…
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The Great Missing Flag Caper! – A Patriotic Book Review For Children
Do you love America? I do. But I realize at this point, America is not in very good shape. Oh how we need to pray for our country. But I do praise the Lord that this world is not my home and I’m just passing through and one day I will inherit an eternal country (Hebrews 11:16) that will be my home forever. Will you be there with me? As I think of this Christmas season once again, I praise the Lord that our country and the whole world was offered the greatest gift ever, the gift of redemption. This is the one and only thing that can shape up…
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A Tribute to the Best HVAC TECH I know on National HVAC Tech Day
In 2016, National HVAC Tech Day (You can read more about it here) was created to show appreciation for all HVAC technicians in the industry. Do you know or have a great HVAC Tech that takes care of your heating and air problems? The greatest HVAC Tech I know happens to be my husband. He is a licensed and insured Tech in the state of North Carolina. And if you don’t think it was tough getting through that test, just ask anyone who has had to endure it. We are grateful that the Lord helped him through it and he now owns and operates his own business. …
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“God’s Easter Miracle” – A Book Review
“God’s Easter Miracles” is a child’s book written by Lee Ann Mancini and illustrated by Dan Sharp. The book was given to me by the publisher in exchange for a review. Being the grandma of 19, I was once again happy to review a book for children. This is the second book I reviewed by Lee Ann Mancini. (Check out the review on “A Servant Like Jesus“) This is another book full of colorful illustrations and adorable little sea creatures to which young children could relate. You will find the sea creature children in Sunday School on Easter Sunday. Miss Linda is a wonderful teacher whom the children love. On Easter…
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I’m Going To Give You A Bear Hug! – A Book Review
Who doesn’t like hugs? And especially great big bear hugs? “I’m Going To Give You A Bear Hug!” by Caroline B. Cooney and illustrated by Tim Warnes is just what it says: a book about hugs. In this book you will find all kinds of hugs – bear hugs, dog hugs, cat hugs, horse hugs, and many other critter hugs. It ends with a mom hug which is a way beyond compare hug. The book is based off a poem that the author wrote for her children who are now grown. It is meant to be a playful and comforting bedtime book that imagines all the wonderful ways a child…
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Say & Pray Devotions: First Words, Devotions, and Prayers – A Book Review
Say & Pray Devotions is an adorable hardback book for children that will help teach them the importance of reading God’s Word and associating everything with the Creator. The author is Diane Stortz and the illustrater is Sarah Ward. They have done a beautiful job in putting this little book together. Affiliate links are associated with this post Say & Pray Devotions is a durable book with wipe clean pages so when those sticky little fingers get all over it, you can easily wipe it clean. More important is what this book teaches. My grandchildren love books and even the smallest child will love this one. As you open the…
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A Servant Like Jesus – A Book Review
“A Servant Like Jesus” is a child’s book written by Lee Ann Mancini and illustrated by Dan Sharp. The books was given to me by the publisher in exchange for a review. I was happy to review this book because it is a child’s book and I have LOTS of grandchildren – 19 in all! God has blessed us so much and I look forward to all them becoming a servant like Jesus. The book has adorable colorful pictures of sea creatures and young school aged children could relate to the story. Miss Stella Starfish is the school teacher awaiting her students the first day of school. The sea…
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Parenting – A Book Review and a giveaway
Parenting for many of us is a great struggle. Really, it is a life long process; by the time your children are grown, then you are doing grand parenting. Do you sometimes feel lost in this tremendous God given responsibility? I know I have felt that way many times. “Parenting” by Paul David Tripp is written to help us focus on godly principles as we parent our children. I really love how the author lays out these different principles and shows us how to incorporate each of them into our skills as parents. Tripp gives 14 foundational principles centered on the Word of God. He then shows that…
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10 Lessons Grandma learned from the Littles
This grandma was privileged to go on an outing with a couple of her grand littles this past week. It is amazing what lessons can be learned from these special times together. Note: Affiliate Links are associated with this post – Disclosure Here “Grandma, you never got me anything for my K5 graduation!” said K. “K!”, shouted big sister, “you are not supposed to say that to Grandma!” Oh, now K is crying because she feels badly for asking. Grandma soothed her. “Don’t feel bad, K. It’s ok. I’m glad you asked because I really intended to get you something, but just kept forgetting. Why don’t we just have…
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5 sure ways to help your day run smoother
Are you looking for ways to help your day to run smoother? Are there days you feel overwhelmed and disorganized or frazzled? I find if I make these five tasks a priority that my day runs much smoother. These 5 tasks not only help my day to run smoother, but they help me to keep my “act together” or “keep my sanity” if you want to put it that way. Note: Affiliate Links associated with this post – Disclosure Here Spend time with the Lord – This should be something that should never be left out. I find it hard to believe that you will not have a smoother day if the Lord is…
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5 Steps to Assist you in Parenting
Steps to assist you in parenting is something we all would love; In fact we would love it even more if they were simple steps. But to be truthful, parenting is not always simple; however, there are a few steps that we can put into our hearts and minds to help simplify it. Actually, the steps below were gathered from a friend of mine while she was giving a devotional at a ladies meeting regarding parenting. Using these steps consistently will help guide us in becoming better parents. Note: Affiliate links may be associated with this post. Disclosure here. 5 Steps To Assist You In Parenting 1. ACCOUNTABILITY – Realize your Accountability…
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New Hobby for 2016-Really? I Never Would Have Guessed!
My new hobby for this year is ….. Can you guess? This new hobby is certainly not one that I would have chosen. But sometimes the Lord has a way of choosing things for you. 🙂 What is your hobby? Do you have a new hobby for the year? I would love to hear how you chose your new hobby. Sometimes life is really interesting, isn’t it? What would cause a new hobby to come into your life? It is brought about by uncontrolled circumstances. You are bored and need a new routine. You are actually working on your dreams. You are hoping to actually do something different with your…
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12 Ways to show your husband you are glad to be “stuck” with him
Stuck with him, yes, till death do us part, I am stuck with him, my husband! What a blessing and a privilege! Do you still have your husband’s heart? Are you still glad to be “stuck with him”? If you have a Christ Centered Home, then being stuck with him ought to be a delight. Valentine’s Day will be here soon. Here are some ways you can show your husband that you are glad to be stuck with him as your valentine. 12 Ways to show your husband you are glad to be “stuck” with him 1.Give him a complement. Have you told him lately what you appreciate about him? …
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How To Be The Best Grandma Ever!
Well, it’s that time of the week again and here they come. It is time to babysit the grandkids! Hooray! Now I have a chance to be the best grandma ever! After all who doesn’t want their grandkids to love them? And what grandma doesn’t want to be awesome? So now is my chance! NOT! They are all different ages ranging from 5 months to 18 years and I have lots of them, 21 to be exact! Isn’t God Good? They don’t usually come one at a time, but often I will have 6 -10 of them. I really want to be the best grandma ever so ahead of time…
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10 Great Activities To Do With Your Grandchildren
I feel like I am always trying to find something for the grandkids to do. What do you consider some great activities for your grandchildren? Since I have 20 grandchildren, it is often a challenge to think of great things for them to do. I’m not saying that you always need to think of something, but when they come to grandma’s house, it is nice for them to have something “special” to do. Of course, having a wooden swing set/ climbing/ monkey bars/ slide/ etc. in the back yard helps. Add the different riding toys and they manage to keep themselves entertained and you don’t always have to think of…
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6 Characteristics of a Godly Father
What comes to your mind when thinking of characteristics of a godly father? Blessed with a godly Father One cannot help but think about their father when Father’s Day rolls around. Truth is – I think about my father many more times than that! I am so thankful that He was a godly father! He left this earthly life in 1994 (wow, has it really been that long ago!) and went to his home in heaven where he now enjoys fellowship with his heavenly Father. What an awesome day that must have been, meeting the Savior face to face for the first time. As the hymn writer wrote: Face to…
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Married to the Right Man – 42 Reasons Why
Every year I try to update this post and add a reason that I know I’m married to the right man. I praise the Lord for giving that man to me. He is definitely the person that God wanted me to marry and I’m thankful for the many years God has given us together. Not only am I assured that I’m married to the right man, but I know that we shall both be forever with the Lord in eternity. How do you know if you married the right man? April 2nd is our anniversary date. I am thankful for 42 years that I have been married to my…
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The “Littles” Cook with Grandma
Cookin’ with the “Littles” at Grandma’s House This is a sponsored post with affiliate links. Grandma, may we watch the Berenstain Bears? I hear that quite often when the “littles’ come to Grandma’s house. I keep a playlist of the Berenstain Bears so they can choose the one they want to watch. This is a favorite of the smaller grandchildren. So when Family Christian offered to let me review “The Berenstain Bears Country Cookbook”, well, how could I resist? We are blessed to have 17 grandchildren, 4 live in Brazil because their family has been called of God to evangelize there, and the other 14 live close…
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Eleven Important Ways to Pray for your Children and Grandchildren – Free Printable Bookmark
Do you know how to pray for your children and grandchildren? Or I should say do you pray for your children and grandchildren every day? We ought to. This bookmark lists eleven important and helpful way to do just that. You can enjoy your free copy of this printable bookmark on How to Pray for your Children. Eleven Ways On How to Pray for your Children and Grandchildren – Free printable bookmark I have seen this list many places on the internet. I am not sure where it originated, but the first time I heard them was from a sermon preached by my pastor, Pastor Norman Pyle, several years ago.…
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10 Things I admire about My Sister
This is a Tribute to my sister, Judy; HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love and appreciate you as my sister and friend. I am so blessed! She loved her little sisters and little brother and her big sister. Basically she loves her siblings. She is the one who remembers all our birthdays, anniversaries, etc. and works hard at keeping the family close after the home going of our parents. She was a godly example that you could look up to. Even though I was a lot younger than her, I watched her as she lived a godly example before us. This had a great influence on me in wanting to do right. …
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Serving God – Others or Our Own First?
Now that our nest is empty, I often think I need to do so many “things” to be serving the Lord, but where is my most important place of service? Here are some things I am learning: Affiliate links associated with this post – Read my disclosure here. ~William Burkitt’s Expository Notes 1 Timothy 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. From The People’s New Testament Commentary1Ti 5:8 If any provide not for his own. The support of his relatives and servants is referred to. Children and grandchildren must support…
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The Ins and Outs of Running a Business from a Christian Wife’s Point of View
There were many times we thought about running our own business, only to come to the conclusion that there was no way. It just was not reasonable for us and there were a thousand reasons why it would not work, But as time went on, this thought actually became a reality. Should We or Shouldn’t We? An Out We asked ourselves this question for a while. I kept telling my husband he could do it. But he said no he can not. There is much more to it than just doing it, he would tell me. Little did I know. 🙂 We kept talking about starting our own business and…
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LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH -What Kind Of A Legacy Are You Leaving?
I recently attended a baby shower and was asked to do a devotional. I’ve been reading an ebook by Ken Ham and Steve Ham entitled Raising godly children in and ungodly world – Leaving a Lasting Legacy. As I was thinking about this, the words Live, Love, and Laugh that are often displayed in homes came to mind. Personally, I think these words are fruitless, if they are not backed by Scripture. Really, what is one saying when they say live – Live and let live maybe? or Love – Hollywood Love? (lust), or Laugh? (eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die) Oh my, what kind of legacy would that be? …
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The Big 60!
Planning It that’s time of year again! My birthday! This was the year of the big 60! I decided to plan my own birthday party! 🙂 This was the first time I had ever done this, but I decided what I would really like for my birthday and planned it that way. These were the plans. First of all, I sent out an email to the relatives that I knew would be here. This included my children and my grand kids, my two nieces, and my sister and her husband. In the email, I told them that this is what I wanted for my birthday: Your Presence -not necessarily your…
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Two Mountain Top Experiences at the Same Time
Oh how we enjoyed our mountain top experience at Little Lost Cove Cliffs in NC. It is quite a rugged hike, but worth it at the end. In fact a few times it was quite agonizing for me trying to make it to the top, but I finally did. Not only was it gorgeous, but we were the only ones there and were able to enjoy the view and the quietness all by ourselves. What a blessing that was! While we were enjoying our mountain top experience, our son was also enjoying his mountain top experience. His was just a little different from ours and so much better too! What…
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A Tribute to My Mother-In-Law
My Mother-in-law is a special lady. We have been blessed to still have this lady in our lives since my mom, grandmom, and grandmom-in-law are all now in heaven. They are missed dearly, but we are thankful for the hope of seeing them again one day. With Mother’s Day Coming Soon, we always want to honor this one lady who is still in our lives. In fact Mother or Father should be honored on any day of the week or year. Ephesians 6:2-3 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on…
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Some Juice and a white thing
We have been praying for our grandson, JD to get saved. This past Sunday night we had the Lord’s supper and JD wanted to partake when the plates were passed. Of course, he was told he could not until he got saved. After church he kept asking if he could go talk to Mr. B., one of the deacons who helped serve the Lord’s supper. When asked why he wanted to talk to him: JD – “I want to tell him that I am saved” Grandpa – +Why do you want to tell him you are saved?” JD – “So I can have some juice and one of those white…
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Some Things do not have an End
Some Things Do Not Have An End I love my family. There are the only thing on earth you can take with you to eternity. How important to share the gospel with all of them! It is exciting to see my grand children, one by one come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. I look forward to the day when each one of them has been saved through the blood of Jesus Christ and I look forward to that great reunion in heaven. You can be 100% sure!
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Even Charlie Brown and Linus Knew the True Meaning of Christmas
You certainly don’t see much of this any more on TV!
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Have you Every Heard of a Skype Shower?
Recently, we had our first ladies meeting of the year at our Church. Another lady and myself are in charge of planning these meetings and this year my helper came up with the idea of doing a Skype baby shower for one of our missionaries. Mrs. Joanna Jennings is expecting her first baby and since she and her husband are missionaries out of our church, we thought it would be nice to include her in a baby shower. It is the usual habit to give a baby shower for the first child that a mother is expecting after joining our church. I have to admit I was a little nervous…
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Fun Day with Audrey and Adalyn
Grandpa and Grandma had such a good day with Audrey and Adalyn today. We ate out at Hallelujah Acres, then went to the Schiele Museum in Gastonia. After that, a trip to the Mighty Dollar so the girls could get some prizes. This free photo slideshow customized with Smilebox
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Acts of Kindness–Do they transform lives?
A friend of mine recently shared some blessings that he experienced. Here is what he says: On two different occasions this Memorial Day weekend, God used stranger to bless my family and I in ways that can only be described as uncommon. On the way home from church Sunday, my wife suggested that we stop by and get a menu from a restaurant we had never eaten at before. As we pulled into the restaurant parking lot, we decided to go ahead and get something to eat. After placing our order, the children and I went for a walk around the parking lot while we waited. On the way back…
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Wordless Wednesday
Blue Birds lined along our fence and shed Addie was having fun putting the fire hat on Grandma. I participated in Wordless Wednesday. I am learning how to do this. It is fun to link up and see other blogs.
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The ABC’s of Christmas
One Christmas our son-in-law and daughter came up with the ABC’s of Christmas. Each letter represents something that goes along with the Christmas story along with the Scripture verses. A is for Abraham, of whom Christ did descend. Through his lineage came the blessing that truly has no end. Gen. 12:3; Mt. 1:1 B is for Bethlehem, where Jesus would be born; No room in the inn; only a stable forlorn. Micah 5:2; Mt. 2:1 C is for the children, who were slaughtered by the king. No more did sounds of joy through the houses ring. Jer. 31:15; Mt. 2:16 D is for David, Christ will rule from his throne.…
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Do You Know God’s Loving Son?
Here is a song sung to the tune of Jesus Loves me that you could sing for Christmas and teach to your little ones. Merry Christmas Everyone, Do you Know God’s Loving Son Who was born in Bethlehem? Shepherds came to worship Him. Wisemen guided by the star As they travelled from afar, Came to see the Baby small. Let us worship, one and all. (Chorus) Come let us worship Come let us worship Come, let us worship God’s Son, the King of kings.
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Protected: Lockhart Update – July through October
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Smiles From Grand Kids
JD, (our grandson) “escaped” from grandpa tonight while being babysat during choir practice. When he returned, Grandpa told him if you touch the doorknob, you might get a whippin’, to which Addy (our grand daughter) exclaimed “I never touch door knobs, Praise the Lord, I won’t get a whippin’.
