As Easter approaches once again, our family tradition of filling our children's Easter baskets with books continues. As a family with nine children spanning from preschool to young adults, finding the right books for each age group can be a daunting task but one I...
2023 Shower of Roses Christmas Gift Guide + Giveaway
Welcome to our Annual Christmas Gift Guide and Giveaway! Get ready for a curated selection of fantastic gift ideas and a chance to win amazing prizes. Once again I've gathered suggestions from every member of our family to ensure there's something for everyone. We've...
Little Flowers Girls’ Club
Find my original Little Flowers Girls' Club post here: Our Little Flowers Girls' Club "Little Flowers Girls' Club® is a Catholic program for girls ages 5 and up based on learning Catholic virtues through the lives of Catholic saints, Scripture and the Catechism of...
Meet the Masters
Meet the Masters is a three step program that begins with an online lesson “Introducing the Masters,” step two continues with teaching “Art Techniques,” and then in step three the children move on to the actual “Art Activity.” The project that the students complete...
End-of-School Interviews 2020-2021
I started this post when our school year ended back in May, but it's taken me until now to finish it up. At the end of May, "Rose" and I flew back to Virginia to make the long road trip home from Christendom College with the older boys. The rest of the summer...
The Fourteen Holy Helpers
Have you seen the lovely new book by Allison Lunsford and Illustrated by Joan Bennett? As we kick off our new school year, I have three copies to of The Fourteen Holy Helpers to give away, one copy here on the blog and two more over at Instagram!"The fourteen...
Summer 2020 :: The “Nun Run” Part One
Now that golf season has ended, and now that I have a lot of free time while I recover from my knee surgery, I can start back up on the posts! You can find my past posts here: written by Twinkle Toes.Last summer a group of us girls from St. Joan's went on a...
St. Joseph’s Day
In March we put together our annual St. Joseph's Altar but I never got around to sharing the pictures. I thought I'd post them today in honor of the feast of St. Joseph the Worker! My husband and our oldest daughter are actually across the country over at...
Baskets of Books for Easter {and a Giveaway!}
Happy St. Joseph's Day! I can't believe how fast Holy Week and Easter are approaching... I hope you are all having a blessed and fruitful Lent this year. Here is North Idaho we are so grateful to have full access to Holy Mass, and all of the sacraments, unlike last...
2020 Christmas Gift Ideas & Stocking Stuffers {Plus Another Sleighful of Giveaways}
It's time for this year's list of "Christmas Gift Ideas" and another "Sleighful of Giveaways!" I actually got a jump start on it this year, and thought I'd actually might finish it early, but between our girls getting their wisdom teeth out on Tuesday, the boys flying...
Prayer of Mothers
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.