Raising Blessings

I can’t believe that in one week from today we will be on our way to British Columbia for Christmas. I am ready for a fun family vacation but there is still a lot that I need to do before I leave. Like finish sewing my daughters Christmas gift. I’ve started on it but then [...]

I believe that it is important for husbands and wives to compromise. JJ and I have done really well at compromising over the last 4 years. Right now we both have different views on something. JJ wants me to stop nursing Rebekah (almost 15 months) “because she’s too old and she talks which makes it [...]

While taking a walk with my daughters down a trail by my home I noticed a big blue metal box that said Dasani on it. I thought it was strange that they would have a box of water in the middle of the trail so we walked to it to take a closer walk and [...]

Usually when I think of cruises I picture my husband and I going on a romantic vacation without the kids. I recently saw a commercial on TV that showed kids playing with a dolphin and families enjoying each other on a carnival cruise. My husband and I both exclaimed at the same time “wow, you can [...]

Winter is arriving and many people are wishing they were somewhere warmer. Taking a winter vacation does not have to be overly expensive; in fact there are 4 night carnival cruises to the Caribbean for less than a plane ticket to Hawaii. That price includes all the taxes and surcharges as well!My husband and I really want to [...]

When I went to Tennessee I saw the smoky mountains but I never actually visited them. The Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country! Maybe the next time we go there I will actually be able to visit them. I love waterfalls and I hear that the smoky mountains [...]

One of the places on my list of countries I want to visit is New Zealand. Pictures that I have seen online, in magazines or movies that have been filmed in New Zealand are breathtaking. Auckland, the city of sails is well known for its beautiful beaches and much more to do with the water such as dolphin watching and [...]

One place that I would love to take my husband and children is to Scotland so they can meet my family there and of course to have some british sweets! I haven’t been back there for 6 years. I especially want my husband to meet my grandma, I know she would love him. Britain is [...]