I drew up this fun little printable for you to hang on your fridge and discuss with your Happy Home over the next few days if you’re interested… 🙂
It was inspired by an article I read over at Focus on the Family.
Enjoy!
Happy Easter Bunny-ing! 🙂
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One of these amazing boys made me a thoughtful card and gave me a small box of chocolates.
One of these amazing boys made me a special edition of his homemade comic strips in honor of Mother’s Day.
And one of these amazing boys patted my stomach during the sermon at church and whispered, “I think there’s a baby in there.”
😂🫠😂🫠😂
Happy Mother’s Day!
💕🫶🏻🌷💕🫶🏻🌷
2 weeks ago
We are celebrating that because of the cross we have the unwavering favor of God. Because of the cross we are pursued daily by God’s perfect love, we are offered forgiveness and freedom, and we are equipped with the hope of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, Jesus!
🤍🙌🏻🤍🙌🏻🤍🙌🏻🤍
2 months ago
Things I’ve learned from breaking my tailbone >>
1. It is possible to wear only 4 outfits in 2 weeks.
2. God is more concerned with developing character and deep roots than about our physical comfort.
3. My children don’t love to see me bedridden, but they love that they have been able to eat nuggets, pizza, and fries for 2 weeks.
4. When you can’t sleep because of pain or wild imagination that is not helpful, put on worship music.
5. A good prayer to pray, “Show me the depth of my need for You and shatter my self-sufficiency. Change my mindset so that prayer becomes my first response in every situation. May I seek You in all things. Help me to put all my hope in You...”
6. Hold on to a sense of humor. Or find someone to get you laughing. Even though it will hurt to laugh. You need to not take it all so seriously!
7. God’s people are so precious. People showed up on our doorstep with lasagnas, flowers, sandwiches, Uber Eats gift cards, and one dear soul even sent her cleaning ladies to our house to undo the damage of mama being down for days on end. Whenever I was tempted to despair, someone would text or bring by some freshly cut fruit. The message here is don’t ask, just do > because every act of kindness reminded me of Who is in charge.
8. When hard times come, lean into gratitude instead of fussiness and resistance. Thank your husband for carrying everything while you’re down, thank your community for carrying you to Jesus, thank the Lord for being present in all circumstances with a plan for your good and His glory. There is a reason God tells us in the Bible to do all things without complaining or disputing-so that you. will. shine. It’s not easy, but the reward is GREAT. I want the world to see Jesus shining in me in my adversity. Doesn’t mean you can’t cry and admit that what you are facing is so very difficult, but this can be done with a surrendered heart. This is the new assignment. Accept it, receive it as something that is from a loving Father. Look for the provisions along the way. You will go from strength to strength. Move forward with hope. He’s got you!
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12
3 months ago
He makes me laugh more than anyone. And for some reason he is especially hilarious now when it hurts really bad to laugh. 😆
Happy Valentine’s Day, best friend. 💖
3 months ago
The only place to buy your Christmas ghosts.
#homegoods #funny #humor
5 months ago
Mom and Dad are here and now it’s officially Christmas! ❤️🎄❤️
I haven’t opened our home to host anything since 4 years ago when we got a dog and I lost complete control of the house. Also because this is a house of boys and the bathroom permanently smells like an outhouse and I’m a little self conscious about all of it. 🫠
But when your parents come to town, it’s time to dust off the plates that aren’t made out of paper and plan a delicious breakfast menu! ✨
The dog was absolutely thrilled to have so many new friends. Also he probably ate more than all of us combined. 😆
All is calm and all is bright! And even the toilets aren’t so bad! 🥲
5 months ago
✨When we wake up, it will be Christmas!✨
I felt the Holy Spirit nudging me to bake a cake for a family very dear to us. I went to the store, bought the ingredients, and carefully followed the recipe. The recipe said multiple times not to overcook the cake because it will very easily become dry. So I watched the oven diligently. But when I pulled the cake out, I could tell it had baked a little too long.
God called me to bake this cake for this family. It wasn’t time to quit, but it wasn’t time to make another cake! So instead of getting discouraged, I chose to pray about it. I asked the Lord to take my offering and make much of it. If He can multiply the loaves and fish, He can moisten up a cake!
Precisely one day after delivering the cake, we received a text stating what I thought was impossible. The cake was good! Delicious even!
Seems silly to pray about an overcooked cake, but I believe God is honored in these small acts of faith. Believing in the impossible was something God asked Mary to do, so why not trust Him to do the impossible here, too?
What impossible thing can we bring to Him in prayer today? He loves to hear from us. He loves to delight and surprise us when we choose to believe He is good and powerful and kind. He is no magic genie, but I think when our desires align with His heart, when obedience is the priority, and we are fully surrendered come what may, we can trust He will do a good thing.
“For nothing is impossible with God!” Luke 1:37
“He satisfies the hungry with good things.” Luke 1:53
Sleep tight, friends!
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5 months ago
Highlights from our week in Georgia visiting my parents…
🧡Seeing my parents. 😍
🤎Reuniting with my older brother and his family who we haven’t seen in 5 years! 🫶🏻
🦃Getting to stay in my parent’s new house. Home is where your mom is. 🤗
🧡Having a bird fly into the house after we got home from dinner on Wednesday night and watching my parents trap it in the bathroom and then go in their with tennis rackets and a trashcan to see if they could get it to fly out the window. Prime entertainment. 🐦⬛
🤎Seeing how happy the boys were to be with their grandparents again. 🤩
🦃Weather that doesn’t make my hair frizz! 🙌🏻
🧡Seeing my parents. 🥹
It was a really great Thanksgiving!
Grateful for all of YOU. Keep seeking Jesus. He loves you!
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6 months ago
Date night in ☀️July☀️ priorities >>
✅ Wear flowy dress 👗
✅ Go see a fun movie 🎥
✅ Eat French fries and also his French fries 🍟
✅ Laugh a ton 😂
✅ Remember why you’re best friends and in it forever ❤️
10 months ago
This is *perfect* for me to print and roll up to put inside the bunny treat envelopes I made for our church’s Easter Egg Hunt this weekend!!! Thank you so much for sharing this!!
I linked this into the post I put up on my blog about making the envelope bunnies : )
This is the 1st blog I’ve ever read. I just stumbled on it. Love your stuff! Thanks for sharing such wonderful Easter ideas day after day! You are a blessing! Happy Easter!
Love it! So cute and thought provoking too 🙂
I really love this, Julie! Such great “hooks” for remembering the concepts. I can imagine reviewing the ideas, asking children, “Why is the bunny white?” “Why does he have big ears?”
I never thought I’d say this, but I’m glad to see someone adapting the Easter Bunny to Christianity, and not just bashing the idea and making everyone feel bad about enjoying the tradition. Thank you 🙂
This is just what I need for Easter! Do you have a B&W outline for the “Real Easter Bunnies” page? I would like to use that as coloring pages for a homeschooling group I go to. 🙂
OH MY HECK. I adore this. Thank you for taking the time to make it and especially for sharing it with us!
I featured you today at Ucreate with Kids.
Thank you for this. I printed it to hand out to all our sunday school kids this Sunday!
I love the idea of the Real Easter Bunny. I did it with my girls this morning: http://melanieblignaut.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/ten-days-of-easter-day-eight/
Love your blog… is the “real Easter bunny ” printable… if so I can’t find it… thanks
If you click on the image, it will open as a PDF and you can print it from there! Enjoy! 🙂
I love this printable. I am using it this year with my Sunday School class of 48 kids. I plan on having them do this craft from Oriental Trading (http://www.orientaltrading.com/bunnies-spread-gods-love-ornament-craft-kit-a2-13682900-18-0.fltr) and then giving them YOUR bunny to go along with it. THANK YOU for taking the time to make and post this!
I love your idea on Real Easter Bunnies…This is so helpful in my Sunday School class.
Julie,
Happy Easter Sweetheart!!
Your picture of The Real Easter Bunny is
Truly wonderful!! What an amazing insight to share, beautiful, creative, inspiring!! Thank you for making my Easter perfect!!!
thanks for sharing I”ll be using this tonight, it’s so adorable! I did take out the color so that my kids could color it, if you are interested in having the black and white option I can sending it to you, email me and I’ll send it your way. thanks again
Thank you so much for this post! People have started asking my girls about the Easter Bunny, and I just want to shout, “it’s the LAMB OF GOD WE’RE CELEBRATING!” I needed to find a way to respond to questions regarding the bunny, with grace. This helps so much!
Hi Julie,
I can’t download this picture! Would be fantastic for our kids at Kindy! 🙂
Thank you so much for this. I am so grateful to you for putting it together.