• Embracing Struggle for Growth: Lessons from Fitness and Life Challenges

    Embracing Struggle for Growth: Lessons from Fitness and Life Challenges

    Over the last few years, I have tried to get into a healthy frame of mind while also working to get in to better physical shape. I’m trying to lose weight, gain muscle, make good healthy habits around food and keep from indulging in foods I know are not good for me. My wife is…

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  • Making Memories: Creating Family Traditions Your Kids Will Remember

    Making Memories: Creating Family Traditions Your Kids Will Remember

    Our house has a couple of traditions that we put into our schedule. They are not really planned out far in advance. But our family nights are an important part of our routine. I know that every family does this with their own flair and I am so interested in hearing from other people about…

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  • The Toy That Is Taking Over The Pool!

    The Toy That Is Taking Over The Pool!

    This post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you choose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. Every year there is some kind of toy that everyone wants to have. The one that kids are asking for and fighting over at the parties. I…

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  • Household Harmony: Creating an Effective Family Schedule

    Household Harmony: Creating an Effective Family Schedule

    So I posted earlier about our family meeting and how important it was to our family. It really helped our family to get on the same page as the summer schedule began. Without it, we would be a month into the summer and have to do damage control, trying to fix things including mindsets, attitude,…

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  • The Family That Meets Together: Vital Time That Unites

    The Family That Meets Together: Vital Time That Unites

    This weekend, we sat down with our kids and had a family meeting. It was the first time in a long time that we had all gathered in our living room with the purpose of all getting on the same page on some things that were happening over the summer. It was a great time…

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  • Faith: Hidden in the Schematics

    Faith: Hidden in the Schematics

    Faith. It’s one of those things that you can live your life and not think much about until you need it. You may find yourself at a point in your life where you need to make the really big decisions or when things are scary and out of your hands, or out of your control.…

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  • Beyond the Tie: Creative Father’s Day Presents to Show Your Appreciation

    Beyond the Tie: Creative Father’s Day Presents to Show Your Appreciation

    When Mother’s Day comes around, I always reach out to Google to see the year’s mom’s day gifts ideas. Every year, I look at a few lists from various bloggers to get some ideas and every year I click of the blogs and STILL need ideas. They all seem to lack something. In the spirit…

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  • Book Recommendation! The War of Art

    Book Recommendation! The War of Art

    This post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you choose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. Do you read more than one book at a time? When I start a book, I have strong intentions of finishing it fast. However, that is rarely…

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  • Branching Out: Exploring the Versatility of Ryobi’s Cordless Pole Saw Combo

    Branching Out: Exploring the Versatility of Ryobi’s Cordless Pole Saw Combo

    This post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you choose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. One of the things I love about my house is that we have so many mature trees in our neighborhood. The best part about that is that…

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  • The Best Parental Controls in the Gaming World!

    The Best Parental Controls in the Gaming World!

    This post contains affiliate links. This means I may earn a commission should you choose to sign up for a program or make a purchase using my link. Does anyone else have a child that would NEVER stop playing video games if you didn’t cut the power and/or internet? In a house with 6 kids,…

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