Seeds of Faith: Lies Women Believe About Children

Posted by Hallee on Jan 21, 2012 in Biblical womanhood, Christian Faith, Lies and Truth, Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls

I enjoyed chapter seven of Nancy Leigh DeMoss’ Lies Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets them Free. Gregg and I are raising our children to be conformed to the Word rather than to the world, and we get a lot of confused reactions to that.

Tags: Christian theology, conform to the word, conforming, lies and truth, Lies Women Believe, Lies Women Believe and the Truth That Sets Them Free, Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Parenting, Raising boys, raising children, Raising girls, Religion/Belief

Seeing the Negative Space

Posted by Hallee on Oct 27, 2011 in Parenting

Our son Scott is a remarkable boy. He remembers everything, and makes correlations and comparisons in things you wouldn’t think a 5-year-old could possibly understand. He is extremely loving and needs to touch constantly, sitting in your lap or touching your face when he’s talking to you. He is an absolute joy and a miracle from God, surviving being born 10 weeks early, weighing just 3 lbs. 5 oz. at birth, but thriving despite all of his odds.

But, there is something outside of the realm of “normal” about him.

Tags: Aspergers, Autism, Parenting, Scott

Endurance

Posted by Hallee on Oct 26, 2011 in Life, Parenting, Raising girls, Raising teens

On Monday, Kaylee has softball conditioning for two hours and Tuesdays are horseback riding lessons. This past Monday she really worked out at softball conditioning. She was worn out Monday night. Tuesday morning she could barely move. Tuesday afternoon, I got a text from her that said that she was so sore she couldn’t walk. I texted her back and said that she still needed to go to horseback riding lessons and at least try. My thought was that her muscles would warm up once she was on the horse.

Tags: Horse, horseback riding, Kaylee, Parenting, Raising girls, Raising teens, Softball, Sports

Sunday Viewing

Posted by Hallee on Oct 21, 2011 in Christian Faith, Family, Life, Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls, Raising teens

Our rule for Sunday viewing is this: it must be a Bible story, or about God or the Bible in some way. We have a HUGE movie selection, and a big portion of our movies are God focused, so there is no problem finding something to watch. We love it when the kids pick something that is a specific Bible story, but we’re happy with Veggie Tales or similar programming. Kaylee has several Christian themed teen appropriate movies and documentaries, and Gregg and I could watch the documentaries, video studies, and movies we have for a solid month and not put a dent in our choices.

Tags: Christian Faith, Parenting, Raising boys, Raising teens, television, Veggie Tales, watching television

Transitions

Posted by Hallee on Oct 5, 2011 in Christian Faith, Family, Life, Love, Marriage, Prayer

I’ve had so many people ask me how the transition of Gregg being home has gone. This past weekend, while Gregg had drill in Alabama, the kids and I visited my parents in West Virginia. At church Sunday, their pastor asked me how married life was treating me – as if we were newlyweds. It made me laugh. It also made me want to share this.

Tags: Afghanistan, deployment, Gregg, Johnathan, Kaylee, Life, Marriage, Parenting, Scott

Why, Yes

Posted by Hallee on Sep 29, 2011 in Parenting, Raising boys

Why, yes, there are boys who live here.

Tags: fun, Jeb, Johnathan, Parenting, parenting boys, Raising boys, Scott

This, Too, Shall Pass

Posted by Hallee on Sep 27, 2011 in Life, Parenting

My friend, Angela, has three little boys. Her oldest is in kindergarten and her youngest is one. Her middle boy has Down’s Syndrome and is extremely high maintenance. Angela, though, is wonderful and handles all of the challenges in her life with such grace that she inspires even the most weary of moms around her. She blogs with humor and amazing depth at her blog My Three Sons.

Tags: Angela, attachment parenting, breastfeeding, exhaustion, exhuastion, Johnathan, My Three Sons, Parenting, preemie, Scott

Cybil & the Fiero

Posted by Hallee on Sep 5, 2011 in Family, Life, Parenting, Raising teens

Hi from Ft. Wayne, Indiana. We drove the 280 miles last night, arriving at 11 PM, so that Gregg could buy Kaylee a Fierro. She’s 14, and he plans to spend several months rebuilding it with her, teaching her all about the inner workings of a car. By the time it’s finished, and she’s old enough to drive it, she’ll be in a classic 1985 sports car that’s safe and gets good gas mileage. He is so excited.

Tags: Cybil, Indiana, loss of pet, Parenting, pet death, pet dying, Raising girls, Raising teens, suffering loss

Two-Year-Blogiversary Q & A

Posted by Hallee on Aug 9, 2011 in Blog Stuff, Christian Faith, Hallee's Galley, homeschooling, Housekeeping, Life, Marriage, Parenting

To do something different, in yesterday’s Monday Morning Survey, I asked readers to ask me questions. So here they are. No question went unanswered except one – and it will be its own blog post tomorrow morning.

Tags: Bible, Bible Study, Bible translations, Christian Faith, Data collection, Grammar, Homemaking, homeschooling, Human communication, Marriage, Music, NKJV, Parenting, Q&A, Question, Raising boys, Raising girls, Real Food, Social Issues, soup kitchen, survey, Vocal music, wife, Yesterday

Proverbs

Posted by Hallee on Aug 6, 2011 in Christian Faith, homeschooling, Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls

The before dinner devotions are open – it will be whatever my husband or I determines will be discussed at that time. During breakfast, however, we have a set Bible reading.