I had been looking for the right bible for me for a while and one of the versions I learned more about was the CSB. Thanks to my friends at BH/LifeWay I had the opportunity to try out three different bibles they offer. I have now experienced the CSB Reader’s Bible, the CSB Notetaking Bible,…
I’m so very excited about the Bible Activity books I’m sharing with you today. Ryan and I love having a variety of engaging ways to share the Bible with our kids. Our kids love doing a variety of activities and when I saw these books available, I decided they were a perfect addition to sharing…
*Disclaimer: The Precious Moments figurines were supplied by Precious Moments for today’s post. All opinions, experiences and imagery belong to JoyfullySmitten.com and are my own. Thank you. Precious Moments were a staple of my childhood. I had a Precious Moments Bible, figurines, christmas ornaments, a soft back flip book, stuffed animals and countless other items….
I had such good intentions of sharing all about the camping trip of our summer. I got a great start and then time got in the way. You can read about this camping trip here and here, if you haven’t already. Today I made time to share this particular sweet story with you because I feel like…
As soon as Christmas has come and gone the next holiday that really gets into my heart is Easter. Sure, there is Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day sprinkled in between that I like to make fun for the kids too, but Easter is the next big one. The one full of extra fun, tradition and…
Happy Wednesday, friends. A couple of weeks ago I shared this on Instagram: “Occasionally I let A get a Lunchable at the store…… And every time she gets the it out of the fridge the next day, she opens it and takes out the cookies and puts them on the counter until she’s eaten the…
Blessed. That’s exactly how I would describe this life I live. I have a handsome husband who knows me and gets me better than anyone else and loves our family so well. A healthy, smart and darling daughter that wows me every single day. A healthy growing baby boy in my belly preparing to make…
The other day, A and I spent some time outside planting flowers, pulling some weeds and I did some trimming on our lavender bushes. Doing these things usually helps me put stress to good use or just puts me in a great mood. Not to mention, it usually gets my brain turning. So, I was…
I was supposed to write a blog post yesterday. I found myself last night at 11:30pm on a Saturday night scrolling through Pinterest just to find a quote to toss up, anything that I could put up there just to say I got a post up for the day. And I found one….and I posted…
It was a.day. The kind of day where I found myself in the kitchen at lunchtime with my baby boy needing picked up, the dogs whining to come inside, lunch needing stirred and my daughter wanted to be picked up because “I just want you mommy” all while battling a migraine and this toothache that…