50 Rules for Dads of Daughters {by Michael Mitchell}

Tweet I was in tears as I read through this list, as I’m sure many grown daughters will be. Mothers – bookmark this list of rules and encourage your daughter’s daddy to read them, memorize them, and put them in to action. And, to all you Dads out there – be sure you pay close [...]

Beating the Back-to-School Blues with Crocs

Tweet I recently blogged about how back-to-school shopping was different for us, in that it wasn’t much different than shopping for any other season. Well, that was before we had officially decided to send all four of our oldest kiddos to school away from home. Back-to-school shopping has taken on a whole new meaning. We [...]

Raising Kids to be Good Friends

Tweet Evangeline Denmark is an author and blogger. She co-wrote The Dragon and The Turtle and The Dragon and The Turtle Go on Safari with her mother, best-selling novelist Donita K. Paul. Evangeline shares sympathetic humor for women who don’t have time to breathe in and breathe out on her blog Breath In Breathe Out. [...]

iCookbook Blooper Reel

Tweet This week, instead of a photo for Wordless Wednesday (which is never really actually wordless), I decided to post a video. It’s a fun one. At least, I think it is. You’ll have to tell me what you think. Just don’t make any negative comments about my reaction to the doorbell, seeing how I [...]

A New Chapter

Tweet My parents lovingly devoted much time and attention to my education, sacrificing much to teach me at home. From second grade through my high school graduation, I never once wished it any other way. All through my childhood I believed that I would home school my own kids. With each new school year came [...]

“An Arnold Palmer, please.” #YourPerfectCup

Tweet Ray and I love our iced tea lemonade. More often than not it is what we order when out to eat. It is what we crave on these hot summer days. It’s what we serve at birthday parties and gatherings. But, as a busy mom on-the-go, I am glad to have the ability to [...]

Five 15-Minute Sabbaticals To Take With Your Kids! {A Guest Post}

Tweet Joanne Kraft loves to encourage moms. Her nonfiction book, Just Too Busy – Taking Your Family on a Radical Sabbatical is the true story of her family’s twelve month time-out and the lessons learned along the way. Joanne has been published in Today’s Christian Woman, In Touch, ParentLife, Kyria, Thriving Family, and P31 Woman [...]

Am I Sacramento’s Most Valuable Blogger?

Tweet Well, somebody thought I should don the title and thus nominated From Dates to Diapers in the Lifestyle category! (Thank you, friend!) I was humbled to discover on Tuesday that I was chosen as a finalist and couldn’t be more honored to have been selected! Now, I don’t like begging for votes, so may [...]

Introducing @11dy’s “Super Mom”

Tweet Do you remember our photoshoot with Elevendy last week? Well, after roughly 22 hours of hard work, we have a final image for all to see – SUPER MOM. I love it. My kids love it. Anyone who has seen it LOVES it! So, what do you think? Didn’t Elevendy do an absolutely AMAZING job?? [...]

Register Now for The 2:1 Conference!

Tweet Registration for The 2:1 Conference is now open!! Only 200 tickets will be available and registration is very affordable! The conference is just around the corner, is in a beautiful location, and I’d love to see you there! What is it all about? Well, The 2:1 Conference is a faith based conference for homeschooling parents [...]

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