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.

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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

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.

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Wordless Wednesday: That Cultural Phenomenon Otherwise Known as ‘Planking’

Posted by Hallee on Aug 2, 2011 in Raising teens

Wordless Wednesday: That Cultural Phenomenon Otherwise Known as ‘Planking’

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The Timeless Qualities of a Virtuous Young Woman

Posted by Hallee on Jul 2, 2011 in Christian Faith, converstations, Parenting, Raising girls, Raising teens

In continuing our discussion of Vicki Courtney’s 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter, we reach the final Chapter 19, “The Timeless Qualities of a Virtuous Young Woman.”

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5 Conversations: Princess Today, Royal Pain Tomorrow?

Posted by Hallee on Jun 18, 2011 in Biblical womanhood, Christian Faith, converstations, Parenting, Raising girls, Raising teens

My daughter, Kaylee, spent the second semester of seventh grade living with her father in Florida. My boys and I went to spend Spring Break with her. In our beach house, we had cable – something we don’t have at home. Kaylee insisted that I watch a show with her about sweet sixteen birthday parties for young up and coming divas that she’d been watching at his house.

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5 Conversations: Bad Is the New Good

Posted by Hallee on Jun 4, 2011 in Christian Faith, converstations, Parenting, Raising girls, Raising teens

The director over the entire group put a hand to her chest and said, “Doesn’t it just break your heart?”

To which I replied, “It might, if she hadn’t practiced that for two hours today. She used a hand mirror and once she got the face right, she used a mirror in her room and watched herself walk away with several angles. She’s been waiting for an opportunity to do it all night and knew she couldn’t sit with me.”

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Seeing My Daughter Through New Eyes

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

Kaylee has a lot of friends. She’s an alpha personality, a natural leader, and breaks the traditional clique lines without fear. She often has friends over, on a one-to-one basis, but this was a rare opportunity for me to see her with a group setting outside of our church youth group.

Tags: alpha personality, Cincinatti, friends, Kaylee, Kings Island, Ohio, Raising girls, Raising teens

Let’s Talk Text Talk

Posted by Hallee on Mar 25, 2011 in Parenting, Raising boys, Raising girls, Raising teens

For four days in a row, I got a phone call from this number. Then I got a text (same number). The incoming texts are in green. My replies are in blue. I have changed nothing -no spelling, no grammar, no punctuation. This is over the course of two days.

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Seeds of Faith: A Reality Check for Christian Parents

Posted by Hallee on Mar 19, 2011 in Biblical womanhood, Christian Faith, converstations, Parenting, Raising girls, Raising teens

Ninety-five percent of women will have sex before they’re married. It doesn’t matter if they’re Christians devoted to purity or not. It means that if you had a church ladies’ group of one hundred women, only five of them were virgins on their wedding nights.