What encourages me My God: His grace that continues to draw me closer to Him. He’s consistent, all knowing, never changing. My husband: The lattes he makes for me every morning, his pursuit in seeing me grow in character, the way he leads our family. My kids: Mason’s genuine love of Jesus. Their love for […]
10 bags/suitcases we unpacked in the last few days 3 piles of stuff still needing to be put away 2 big boxes we shipped home of stuff we couldn’t fit in our suitcases 3 toddlers we have in the house- no more babies 5th year we are starting at Chico State 4 yrs old the […]
My title is a joke but only kind of. lol I recently downloaded several new FREE apps to my iphone that are great learning tools for the little mister and soon for the girls. Here is what the little mister is enjoying playing on my phone while learning. Let me know if you have any […]
Being a mom is the greatest gift I have ever been given, the toughest job I’ve ever had, an adventure that has taught me the most, a role that has humbled me more than I thought possible and an experience that has changed me forever.
We’ve been counting down the days till we leave for our great summer adventure. Three different locations within the next 3 months! We leave this coming Tuesday afternoon for San Fransico. Brian has a one day conference at Stanford the next day on Wednesday and then we will head to OH bright and early Thursday […]
I’ve been having some really special times with the Little Mister lately. He has the greatest little personality that is such a JOY to be around! This week we went to Barnes & Nobles and we found one of my childhood favorites Amelia Bedilia! I introduced them to the Little Mister and we had a […]
The Little Mister has made his debut as a sports all star through our local rec program. It’s a 6 week program for one hour on Saturday morning where you a try a different sport each week. We’ve done 2 weeks and let me tell you it has been a learning experience for us all. […]
I have been waiting to blog about this for awhile but because it was a surprise and certain people read my blog I could not disclose any information. But now that the surprise is over and was a big hit I can tell you all about how my dad and I pulled off a very […]
The last 4 weeks there have been significant changes at the Barela household for the better. All because of ONE wonderful idea, and an answer to many prayers, life seems a little bit more managable. On Monday’s our neighbor friend comes over to watch the kids for 2 hours. She is 13, lives right across […]
The last couple weeks I’ve been talking with The Little Mister about the fruits of the Spirit. Both him and I could grow in several of these. I would like to eventually go through all 9 but we’ve been camping out on the first one, LOVE, with it being Valentine’s Day and all. We talk […]