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A Teen’s Guide to Hosting a Christmas Party
Hosting a Christmas Party doesn’t have to be complicated. I mean it really does boil down to an organized time hanging out with your favorite peeps, right?! Throwing the word “party” into the mix can make the gathering a little more stressful for the host. However,...
Host a Christmas Craft Party
Hosting a Christmas Craft Party can be a fun way to celebrate the season with a small group of friends, build community and relationships and allow your kids a way to create fun crafts that are gift worthy. Making it Happen Set a Date and time. Early afternoon...
Free Enterprise in the New World
Free enterprise has been a channel for God’s blessing in the early days of our nation while still a British colony into the first centuries of nationhood. Let’s see how free market economics helped to make America great. The British, French, and Dutch governments did...
25 Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving!
Celebrate Thanksgiving We love to celebrate Thanksgiving. At our house it means dedicated days to enjoy each other’s company, visiting, cooking and eating. While there are certain recipes that we always make and certain things we often do, we are always on the...
Thanksgiving Amidst Battles
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is hardly a time to think of battles. We were at Gettysburg recently. It was sobering. The wheat field, the hospital, the pillars from the states erected over acres of war-torn land. It was amazing and quieting. We attended a luncheon with...
The Penny Challenge – An Easy Way to Stay Thankful This Season
As Thanksgiving approaches followed closely by Christmas, life can get a bit... hectic! This week’s life skill tip is all about simply being thankful! Haven't heard of The Penny Challenge? Stay tuned for this fun and simple way to instill thankfulness! Ralph Waldo...
Your Family Can Change History
Can your family make a difference in the confusing times we are living in? Let’s meet Corrie and her family who lived during some significant changes. This Dutch family loved the Lord and lived a simple life going to church and running their own business. Their home...
Teach Your Teen to Plan an Event
How to Plan a Field Trip to the Local Pumpkin Patch It’s fall and the weather is crisp and glorious and perfect for a field trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Why not use this opportunity to teach your tweens and teens about how to plan an event? Event planning is a great way...
The Horacio “The Best is Yet to Come” 2022 Dream Planner Review
I’m a planner. And a paper and pen kind of planner at that. I’m a sucker for a great planner and have tried many with Bullet Journals being the clear winner for several years. I’m a minimalist BuJu Gal, so my journals are practical, well-loved and USED. I usually...
How to Robot Proof Your Kids
How to robot-proof your kids might not be something you’ve thought about. But the future of work indicates that our kids will be living in a technological world: one with artificial intelligence, the internet of things and robots. Those of us using a Rumba or Alexa in...