Large Family Raising Fruit John 15:5
Ever since we bought our 40 acre property 5 1/2 years ago, we’ve had a vision of hosting a huge gathering. We planned it for months & were so excited for it. The weather couldn’t have been better – it was a high of 80° …
A couple years ago, in the midst of everything going on, we felt led to start hosting regular get togethers. (With Grant’s disability & chronic back pain, it’s very hard for us to GO places. In our home, we have places that are comfortable for …
We have been doing a monthly potluck… inviting a lot of families & not worrying about how many people accept & show up, knowing it doesn’t make a HUGE difference whether we have 20 or 60 – it’s not that big of a difference in …
We enjoy having people over.. even during a Pandemic! Do we work hard to make sure the house looks nice? Yes. (However, this is something we strive to do anyhow, on a regular basis… it takes a lot less work to keep things up than …
We have some friends who had offered to come for a weekend & help with any projects we needed help with. We had made plans for them to come in March, but had to postpone because of everything going on. They came this past week …
We often make big meals. It does take a little extra time to make a double (or quadruple as we often do) batch of something, but it’s still worth it in the long run. We like to have leftovers for lunches, and it makes it …
We had an incredibly busy week, but had previously made plans for dinner guests the night before our 2 day trip and weekend guests coming the day after we got home. It was important to us to keep those commitments, and we really do love …
Grant & I were both raised to write thank you notes. It’s a lost & dying art, though, we have come to realize. Still, we feel it is very important & meaningful and we are teaching our kids the importance of writing letters. There is …