The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus and Jan. 3 is the feast day of the Jesus’ Holy Name. I’m was excited to share...

I think gingerbread houses are fun, so I bought a pre-made kit that included the house parts and the icing. I thought it would be fun for...

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas Day! Our family had a lovely day with lots of sweets! I\’m sure a few of my upcoming posts may...

Ya know, every year during Advent, life gets busier and busier. I have a growing number of students in my homeschool class and that just...

Tracy from A Slice of Smith Life coined the phrase ”Wandering Wise Men.” I thought that was cute so I’ve added it to the name I gave to...

Last week my sister gave us a *NEW* book – Bambinelli Sunday: A Christmas Blessing !! My kids don’t often see *NEW* books!! Being a...

Here is a St. Lucy coloring page my oldest daughter, Rachel, created for her younger sisters. I thought she did a beautiful job!! She is...

Our wise men have been keeping busy this past week! Never a dull day! My kids are having a blast! (If you don’t know about our Wise Men...

Have you seen all the BEAUTIFUL works of art in our Cross Catholic Outreach Art show!! Click here to see all the art work on Cross...

As promised, I’m going to be posting some of our Wise Men ADVENTures! If you didn’t read my last post about our wise men, please click...

My kids love to help the poor! They have tried to come up with many ”schemes” to help the needy. For example, several years ago they got...

The holiday season is a time when we all like to give a gift to friends, or do I mean receive a gift? Ya know, I’m not sure! So often our...

Last year I posted about our ”Elf on the Shelf” alternative. If you don’t know about ”Elf on the Shelf”, he’s a long lanky toy elf who...

November is a time to remember that we should be thankful. While Thanksgiving is not a Catholic holiday, it’s nice to have a reminder...

For years I have bought Catholic calendar/planners and I have been rather upset each time. Everyone of them was incomplete. They have...

Autumn is the time when plants die and farmers gather their harvest. It’s a time to remember that we are going to die. Our death is the...

I wanted to share a picture of the cupcakes we had at our All Saints Day Party. The toppers I created are from the same PDF I used to...

It took several days of brainstorming, but I finally came up with a new table game for our All Saints day party – Saint-themed guessing...

Rebekah wanted to be Bl. Imelda Lambertini, but she did not want her picture posted, so Elizabeth said she would model the Bl. Imelda...

Caleb is dressed as St. Lawrence. St. Lawrence is a favorite at our house for a few reasons, but mostly because of his since of humor!...

Abby wanted to be Our Lady. She as been Our Lady in past years, but she has never been Our Lady of Snows! 🙂 About Our Lady of Snows A...

Here is Jacob dressed in his St. Christopher Costume. There are several legends about St. Christopher including the one in which he was...

Joshua wanted to be St. Raphael. You may remember St. Raphael from the Bible in the story of Tobit. Read more here . Our St. Raphael...

Our Elizabeth wanted to be Saint Catherine of Genoa for All Saints Day. St. Catherine of Genoa was a new saint to me, and when we read...