I've mentioned before how much I love the beautiful and unique rosaries and jewelry from Gail Girón Design! The St. Therese Rosary she created for me is still one of my favorites. I am so happy to have Gail as one of my sponsors here at Shower of Roses...
Our five dolls from St. Luke's Brush include: St. Clare, St. Therese, St. Andrew, St. Catherine of Alexandria, and St. SylviaThis was definitely not the week to sign up for a 7 posts in 7 days challenge. I ended up taking another turn for the worse with this sickness...
Sew Many Booties offers unique, affordable and adorable home-sewn baby booties and toddler slippers in 4 sizes up to 24 months.I first had the pleasure of meeting Angela through her blog and then at our home, along with her youngest daughter, when she traveled to...
Jesse Tree Treasures has a brand new product for Lent this year! Similar to the felt Jesus Tree I've been using with our children for years, the Jesus Tree - Walk with Jesus Through Lent is an excellent teaching tool to use with children to incorporate a...
Mama's Notebooks brings you helpful notebooks to organize your family life. All of our notebooks are designed from the ground up by a Mom for other Moms, and feature simple and effective charts, lists, and ideas to help your family life run more smoothly! Our...
Are you familiar with Usborne Books & More? Marie, an Independent Usborne Consultant from Joy Beyond the Cross, offered to let me choose some books to share here at Shower of Roses! We have always had Usborne books on our shelves and they are often some of the...
So, how is your Advent going? Ours has been very difficult and challenging... First it was colds and poison oak (the poison oak on our oldest daughter's face is finally healing), followed by a snowstorm that kept us home for days, heartbreaking news from...
Congratulations to Amy H. who won the giveaway for a copy of Celebrating Advent and Christmas With Children! I also wanted to let the rest of you know that the Kindle Edition is currently FREE at Amazon! If you are like me and prefer having a hard copy of these sorts...
Advent has arrived and the Christmas countdown has begun! Tonight we will light the first candle on our Advent Wreath, draw names for our Christkindl just like we did last year, and unwrap our first book after our family Rosary and Christmas Novena!...
I always try to have my Christmas shopping completed (at least mostly completed) before Advent begins and am currently working on checking off a few last items as I start to pull out and set up all of our Advent Decorations and Book Baskets! This year I've broken the...
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.
