Happy Friday,
Matt and I just got back from our yearly getaway. We have been doing this together most of our married life, but most consistently and intentionally in the last 8 years.
It was just for 2 nights close to Boone, NC and the airbnb wasn’t anything fancy. But it was a super sweet time together where we reflected on the last year, dreamt about the future, and just enjoyed uninterrupted conversations.
One thing we realized is that we feel way more hopeful in life than we have in the past.
The YouTube video I put up this week unpacks the mindset shift we have both tried to adopt and, wow, does it help me see life totally different!
IDEAS FOR INTENTIONALITY
Need help finding Intentional Toys? Here are my favorites!
Need help with some Christmas decor and wrapping paper? Here are the ones I am loving!
Precious Christmas Book: I ordered a couple of your Christmas picture book recommendations and, WOW, this one blew me away! A beautiful example of how consistent love can help thaw a hurt person’s heart and how Jesus is the provider of that love.
What I am sipping on: Right now I have this Chocolate Peppermint Bone Broth Powder in my mug! So yummy, it tastes just like hot chocolate. I warmed up some milk on the stove, put in 2 scoops, whisked it really well and added a marshmallow on top! Not bad for 40 g of protein spread across my family’s mugs!
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Amazon Orders this Week: I got a bag of dried elderberries to make elderberry syrup and some slippery elm lozenges for winter sick season.
Other Winter Wellness Items: I picked up this Holistic Mother Bundle (on sale right now!) from Perfect Supplements. This is my first order from them, but I KEEP hearing how awesome their products are so I am giving it a try! I like that it has cod liver oil in it, because that is supposed to be a powerhouse of nutrition, especially for kids.
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Family Advent Worship: I grabbed a stack of these for my family so the bigs can have words to follow when we sing Christmas hymns. It’s cute to see my little girls who aren’t readers feel big with their words. AND it is nice for me to see how RICH these old lyrics are!
Christmas Picture Books Haul: I already told you about The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomy, but I also grabbed All Creation Waits Children’s Edition (beautiful!), and Mortimer’s Christmas Manger! Any others you would recommend?
NOTABLE SALES
Just Ingredients Black Friday Sale Starts Today!
They just launched a bunch of new products too! It always amazes me how creative they get!
- There is protein powder WITH creatine that helps with mental clarity and focus.
- Plus actual clean energy drinks with all kinds of good stuff in it, like Lion’s Mane, but with nothing fake at all.
Make sure to use GIRLTEACHME10 to give you $10 off during the sale, but they also have all kinds of stacking discounts to make the sale worth your time.
NEW ON YOUTUBE
The Motivating Secret Every Happy Mom Knows – I am sharing one of the biggest lessons that changed my motherhood and helped me stop all of my little excuses as to why I couldn’t be a happy and hopeful mom. It has changed a lot of my marriage and even my walk with the Lord.
ON THE BLOG
Yearly Marriage Goals – In this post that is dropping today, I am sharing how we have built a strong foundation for our marriage and how we tackle life as a team with excitement and strategy.
Sending love,
Lana
P.S. Y’all, if you haven’t seen this video you are in for a good laugh! It goes perfectly along with the craziness of how our culture makes Christmas about all the other things besides Jesus.
Pregnant P.S. Here are 4 secrets when it comes to preparing for a natural birth!