Christmas morning is reserved for just the three of us. First, Avery hops into bed with us and we read the Christmas story from the book of Luke. Then after everyone brushes their teeth, we head to the living room to open
Christmas 2011: The Clarks
Christmas 2011: The Hromadas
Christmas Eve is the day we have designated to be with my parents and sister. The day usually includes relaxing, eating, playing games and opening gifts. We enjoyed two new board games this year: The Logo Board Game and Word on the
Christmas 2011: The Sandlins
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Obviously, we took a break from blogging in December. It wasn’t necessarily planned, but you know what I mean when I say the month flew by! The good news is that we’ll have several big
Pauline Burress’ Chocolate-Covered Peanuts
I have an awful sweet tooth, which I somehow passed on to Avery. So one of my favorite parts of Christmastime is all of the yummy sweet treats we get to enjoy. Here is a delicious candy recipe courtesy of my
Mash up!
Several weeks ago, we enjoyed a family dinner with Chris’ parents after church. Mommaw invited Avery to help her make the mashed potatoes. I think she liked using the electric beaters! Right now, Mommaw is nearing the end of a
Decking the halls
According to family tradition, we put up our Christmas decorations on the day after Thanksgiving. Usually we watch “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” while decorating. But since Chris was working on homework and didn’t want to miss watching the movie, Avery
BSF 2011-2012: Hebrews 11-13
Faith. It’s easy to say you have faith in something or someone. Yet this is a challenging Christian doctrine. Faith is woven all throughout the book of Hebrews but especially in these last three chapters. The first verse of chapter 11 gives us
BSF 2011-2012: Hebrews 7-10
There is so much doctrine in these four chapters of Hebrews! I could go on and on about how Christ is the superior sacrifice, how He is our King and Priest in the order of Melchizedek, how thousands of years earlier
BSF 2011-2012: Hebrews 4:14-6:20
This section of Hebrews focuses on how Jesus is superior to the Jewish priesthood. There also is a brief change of topic when the writer warns the readers against laziness by not moving past basic Christian doctrines into “meatier” teachings
BSF 2011-2012: Hebrews 2:5-4:13
What a challenging Scripture! This portion of Hebrews emphasizes that Jesus is superior to mankind. These verses also warn against hardening our hearts by disobeying God, just like the Israelites did while wandering in the desert (Numbers 13-14). My favorite