Our Advent and Christmas Book collection has really grown over the past 14 years. I've been getting quite a few requests to share our favorites (not to mention the fact that I was having a hard time choosing which books to wrap up for our Advent Book Basket this...
So… Our family has this little collection of Christmas books! ;)As I've mentioned in the past, we started collecting Christmas picture books in 2000, following the birth of our oldest son, and we still love adding to our collection each year. In 2007, following...
Today I wanted to share some of our Advent and Christmas favorites available from Holy Heroes! Advent is right around the corner and I have been making plans! I am still working on this year's Advent Book Baskets (you can find last year's book basket here) and I have...
A Merry Nest is a Catholic-owned business specializing in personalized baby blankets. The idea stemmed from the desire to recognize each child as a precious, unique individual - whether that baby is the firstborn or the tenth in the family, every baby should be...
Every year on December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas, our children wake up to find their shoes or slippers filled with treats and chocolate gold coins (sometimes they even find new shoes or slippers if they are needed), along with a new Christmas Picture...
Last year our children loved unwrapping their stacks of books on Christmas morning… well, at least most of them! ;)I'm planning on giving them each another stack this Christmas and have been collecting books all year. I just ordered the recently published fifth and...
… on All Souls Day! Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in...
Today we celebrate the dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica which is our Holy Father's church and also the “mother and head of all the churches of the city and the world.”We will be having a potluck after Mass this afternoon and I'm bringing cake! When I realized...
The Little Habit is an Etsy shop which was recently opened by Summer Dubay, a creative and talented Catholic wife and mother of eight from Southern California. Some of you may recognize Summer from her gluten free guest submissions over at Catholic Cuisine! You can...
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life with Like Mother, Like Daughter. ~{pretty}Cranberry ThanksgivingI found this book displayed in the kitchen the other night… I think someone (one of the girls) is hinting that it's time to read it again and bake...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
