May 21, 2013

Change In 2012

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2012 Begins in our home with one little word  “Change”. Each year I choose  one little word to keep myself , my goals, my family and whatever God calls me to do that year in focus. This year I began with the word opportunity. Thinking it would be the year to discover the opportunities God [...]

FREE Family Rules Printables

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Remind you family of the rules to follow in your family from Love One Another to Hug Often with this FREE printable that  Happy Home Fairy created.  You can print it out and frame it to display in your home. Click here to get your FREE printable  

7 Ways To Display Your New Years Resolutions

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This year create a fun way to display your New Years resolutions whether you create a list of family or personal goals or just choose one word to focus on these 7 ways to display your New Years resolutions  will give you daily reminders during 2012 of your goals, dreams and passions.   #1 Altered [...]

Count Your Blessings Wipe Off Board Tradition

With Thanksgiving just a little over three weeks away I’m beginning to think of ways to help my family take notice of the many blessings God has given our family. I came across this  simple  Blessing Wipe off board that could be  used year after year resulting in a  new Thanksgiving  tradition     For full how [...]

Time For Family – Lesson #1

by: Trisha Novotny My five Children range in age from 9 to 22 years old.  So,  I am often asked what lessons did I learn as a MOM that  I am  now using  with our two younger children? This question got me thinking and what a good question it was. So, I thought I would [...]

Breathe MOM Breathe

Do you ever feel this way? You need to stop and take a HUGE and I mean HUGE breath as a mom. I do and TODAY is one of those TAKE a huge breath days – I keep thinking isn’t this mommy journey supposed to get easier the older they get? The older my 5 [...]

I Love You Family Message Board

A fun way to remind your family members why you love them on a daily basis is to create a re-useable framed I Love You Today sign.  You can create one for each family members bed room, bathroom or use one for your entire family and leave random messages to a different family member each [...]

Create Your Own Family Blog

By Leslie Pleasants Many of you have a facebook page already but do you have a family blog yet?  This is a great way to share with your family and friends all the pictures and memories that happens in your every day lives.  Some people love to write short stories about a particular day and [...]

Making A Difference One Family At A Time With Homes Of Hope

One week from today my family will travel into Mexico for our first FAMILY build -there will be 19 of us (siblings, children, grandparents etc.) joining with another family and together we will  build a Home of Hope for a family of 6  in need of a place to call home. For years I have [...]

A Family – Forever Changed

by: Trisha Novotny24/7 MOMS “This is my passion, it was what I was meant to do.” — Erin Eachus -Reed September 29, 2005 was a day that forever changed my family – I remember vividly that early morning when my Mom who had arrived the night prior for a visit came into my room and [...]