12 Days of Christmas {Day Eight: Giving Back}

Today, I am excited to be drawing (later in the afternoon!) for the winner of Crystal Paine’s (aka Money Saving Mom) new book! You still have time to enter here! Since she is giving all of the profit from the book to Compassion International {awesome, awesome!}, I thought I would take the time to highlight a […]

12 Days of Christmas {Day Seven: Elf on a Shelf}

This Christmas series has been so fun! Enjoy this post from Sarah today. Welcome back for Day Seven of the Twelve Days of Christmas! Kelli and I hope you have been enjoying this series! Today, for my part, I’m taking a break from the heavier more spiritual side of the holidays and I’m leaning more […]

12 Days of Christmas {Day Six: Christmas Crafts}

I can’t believe Christmas is this week! If you have a few extra minutes, here are a few crafts that I love to make. I am a recovering scrapbooker, and have found some pretty fun ways to put that TON of scrapbooking paper to use. A few year ago, I started decorating dominos. I don’t […]

12 Days of Christmas {Day Five:Scripture on Sunday}

Enjoy this beautifully-written post from Sarah.  I have so enjoyed doing this series with such a kind soul! Welcome back for Day Five of the Twelve Days of Christmas! Thanks, Kelli, for sharing Day Four yesterday! I recently began a “Sunday series” I call “Simply Scripture on a Sunday”. You can view past posts here […]

12 Days of Christmas {Day Four:Yummy Treats}

I love Christmas food! The decadent, the savory, the sweet- I love it all! I also love hot-chocolaty drinks, but most of them are filled with sugar. Now I love me some sugar, and as I explained here, sugar really loves me and wants to hang around forever! So I developed this yummy low-cal mocha […]

12 Days of Christmas {Day Three: Changing Traditions}

Enjoy this post from Sarah about her family’s Christmas traditions,  and how they have changed over the years. Welcome back for Day Three of the Twelve Days of Christmas, brought to you by myself and Kelli and More Bang For Your Bucks! Christmas has changed for us over the last several years. When I lived at […]

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