What’s in the Cart This Week Every Sunday after church, I do a big grocery run to set our week up for success. With four growing boys between the ages of 6 and 15, feeding this crew is no small operation — and finding that sweet spot between food they’ll actually eat and food that
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What Landed in Our Cart This Week Saturday morning grocery runs have become something of a ritual in our house. Sometimes one of the older boys tags along, sometimes I’m flying solo with a list and a prayer that I don’t forget anything. This week I got out the door early, hit the store before
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Another Saturday, Another Mission If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that Saturday morning grocery runs are practically a spiritual discipline in our house. I load up, hit BJ’s and the grocery store, and come home with enough food to feed what sometimes feels like a small army — though
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Another Week, Another Cart Full of Groceries If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know Sunday afternoons look pretty much the same in our house. I get back from the store, bags hit the kitchen counter, and within about 90 seconds all four boys are circling like they haven’t eaten in a
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Another Saturday, Another Mission to the Grocery Store If you’ve been following along here for a while, you know that Saturday mornings in our house have a rhythm. The boys wake up, there’s cereal happening somewhere, someone is asking about lunch before breakfast is even finished, and I’m already mentally building out the week’s meal
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Posted on April 3, 2026 Hey friends, I can’t believe it’s already April. The last time I sat down to write a blog post feels like it was just a few days ago… but it’s actually been over a month. February turned into March, March turned into April, and somewhere in the middle of it
Posted on February 18, 2026 Hey friends, Where January Went It’s been almost a month since my last post, and I can hardly believe it. January melted into February, Christmas decorations finally came down (mostly), Tang Soo Do belt tests came and went, homeschool projects piled up, and somewhere in the middle of all that,
Posted on January 19, 2026 Hey friends, Where Did the First Half of January Go? I blinked and the first half of January vanished. My last post was over two weeks ago — how is that even possible? This winter is moving at warp speed. Between Tang Soo Do classes, homeschool wrapping up the semester,
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Posted on January 5, 2026 Hey friends, Happy New Year! I blinked and the last ten days of December disappeared. Between Christmas prep, family celebrations, late-night wrapping sessions, and the general joy (and exhaustion) of the season, time slipped through my fingers like dry cookie dough. I meant to share each haul as it happened,
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Posted on December 22, 2025 Hey friends, Christmas is in full swing here — lights are up, presents are (mostly) wrapped, and the boys are bouncing off the walls like it’s Christmas Eve every day. Between cookie baking, last-minute shopping, and Tang Soo Do practices, the fridge was starting to look like a ghost town.
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