Carey Bailey

Summer of Joy

Please, won't you refill my cup of joy?

Last week was a rough week. There were plenty of logical reasons why. I had been traveling the week before, my kids were off their routine, my husband wasn’t feeling awesome, and I had started a new workout routine. I have to just face the facts that exercise…especially butt kicking exercise…always makes me grumpy. But, I found it ironic that I was having such a non-joy-filled week as I prepped resources for the new Summer of Joy series with Britta Lafont. Friday morning I woke up with  ...

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Summer of Joy

Are you Abiding in the Harvest?

My kids and my husband call me "the brown thumb".  My sister got all the green thumb genes from BOTH of my gardening parents.  I am the kind of plant mother that doesn't have to worry about repotting plants as they grow...just about getting new ones, the same size as the old ones, when they die.  I think if we could hear the little plant voices, crying out, as I wander through the Garden section at Lowe's, they would be saying: We've heard about you!  But we hoped you were just an urban  ...

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Summer of Joy

Summer Joy For Big Kids!

As a kid I anticipated summer! Well I should say I didn’t look forward to the Texas humidity but as the end of the school year wound down the countdown to summer joy began. I found myself looking forward to: Summer camp Family road trips Vacation Bible School Orange juice popsicles Staying up later Extra time in the day to pretend I was a dress designer,adoption worker, or school teacher. You? What brought you excitement in the summer? Here we are...today...BIG people. With summer sitting  ...

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Crafts/Printables, Pin God 1st

May Printables

I hope you don't think I am too crazy but I have seriously JUST recovered from Africa. I never imagined that. Never! It is nice to finally feel like I have come back to life. I think I have mentioned it around these parts before but my husband and I started a prayer journal a few years back. Mostly because we barely have 10-15 minutes of conversation a day that doesn't involve the kids in some way. Our prayer journal is our way of staying connected with what each other needs. For the past  ...

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