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Why My Wife Put My Bed In The Backyard
Maybe you are like me and hate surprises. Maybe you are like my wife and love them. To those of you who love surprises, you’re weird. But that’s just my opinion and we can still be friends. To the rest of you who are like me and hate surprises. You rock. Unfortunately however, I married a woman who likes to plan surprises. And, my wife’s happiness is more important to me than my comfort. So, for our anniversary…I gave her the gift of planning a surprise for us. Marriage is not 50/50. It’s 100/100. When Reverend Gary...
read moreEight Ideas To Make a Kid Friendly and Fun Garden
Last week we tilled our garden to begin getting the soil ready for a great summer of gardening family fun. I’m super excited this year to include our daughter Rilee more in our garden experience. But, she’s only two and half. So, unless I make a kid friendly garden…my desire to have her more involved won’t happen. So I’ve made a list of ideas for our garden. THE IDEA: A Kid Friendly Garden For The Entire Family TIPS AND SUGGESTIONS: Plant a rainbow. I’m going to plant 2 foot squares full of one colored...
read moreTell The World You Love Your Wife, Change Your Profile Picture
Today is our wedding anniversary. And my wife rocks my world. I hope you love your wife as much as I love mine. Feel free to use this image as your profile picture. Men, let’s celebrate our wives. Related Post On My Blog 10 Things I’ve Never Told My Wife Related Post On My Wife’s Blog My Marriage Is Four Years Old Get My Free eWorkbook Sign up to receive my blog post by e-mail and get a FREE copy of Write Your Life. An eWorkbook Learn More... We won't share your email. Disclosure of Material Connection:...
read moreShould Your Kids Be The Most Important Thing In Your Life?
Nothing can be more important than your kids. Nothing. Period. End of story. Almost. I have never met a parent who didn’t want what’s best for their kids. Many however don’t know where to begin. I believe there is a structure you can put around your life that will indeed increase the likelihood of setting your kids up for success in life. The specifics of how you do this and how you define success is up to you. Those things are nonessential. It’s having and using a system that is essential. Here it is, my opinion: You...
read moreHow To Build a Force Field Around Your Marriage
Every marriage is one decision away from disaster. And, it’s normally the smallest decision. Once upon a time, a man has been dieting successfully for several months. He’s lost weight and is doing great. One Saturday afternoon he get’s the urge for a cookie. But he thinks to himself. “I don’t need a cookie, but I do feel like a drive…I just won’t go past any stores that sell cookies.” So, he jumps in his car and start to drive around. Soon he finds himself having the following conversation with...
read moreHelp Your Kids Build Character That Measures Up
“Come on boys, get cleaned up. I’m taking you for ice cream.” My brother and I looked at each other in total disbelief. We ran down to the house faster than we ever had before. “Really? Why?” we asked our dad. “Your mom just told me that the two of you have behaved all day. I’m proud of you.” I don’t remember what I ordered, or what we even talked about while eating our ice cream. I don’t remember what clothes we had on or what vehicle we went in. I do remember vividly my dad saying,...
read moreActivities To Enhance a Family Fishing Fun Day
Taking the family fishing is great. If the fish are biting. Taking the family fishing is great. For about 20 minutes. Like a lot of things, parents can create this image in their head of what a day or outing will look like. Only to discover, the kids held a secret meeting where they made and ate fresh donuts and developed an elaborate plot to ruin your plans. So what to do? The secret is engagement. The more engaged a child is at their ability level, the more they will participate. …special note…parenting is an art, not a science so I...
read moreTips To Make Date Night Happen For Married Couples
Most married couples say that having a regular date night is imperative to health of their relationship. Most married couples admit they don’t do a great job at having a regular date night. They have all the intentions and desires to have date night, but life happens fast…put two lives together as one; and life accelerates. Date night is a habit. You’ll either have the habit to date, or not to date. I’m going to assume that you agree date night is important, and not spend time convincing you of this. Instead, this post….in...
read moreHow To Parent The Right Way
Our church uses this saying to talk about doctrine and theology. However, it applies to parenting…and other areas of life as well. THE IDEA: In the essentials we have unity. In the nonessentials we have liberty. In everything we have charity. How does this apply to parenting? In the essentials we should have unity. Kids need to eat. In the nonessentials we should have liberty. What we feed our kids is really up to us as parents. You are free to disagree, you are free to believe that organic is the only way kids should be eating…you just...
read moreHow To Get The Most Out Of Every Free Weekend With Your Family
A weekend without any plans can be a rare commodity in a family. Let’s consider the expanding problem of the rare free weekend. If your kids are 8 and 10, you only have 400 to 500 weekends left until they most likely will move out of the house. Now, that sounds like a lot, but that’s also the number of weekends that have happened since they were born. And let me ask you…have they gone by fast? I bet they have. But, let’s double check our math a second. The idea of 400 to 500 weekends left with kids this age is only...
read moreStop Fixing Your Wife’s Problems
If you are married and a workplace leader….this post is for you. Many husbands (and all men) have a nature that is a fixer. We want to fix things….we want to fix everything. There are two big challenges about this. If you do this all day at work, you’re not helping your team learn and grow into the best team you could have. And, you are probably in “Mr. Fixit” mode when you get home from work. If you treat your wife like an employee and try to fix all of her problems…you’ll soon find yourself with a much bigger...
read moreThe Best Time To Teach Your Kids The Most Important Life Lessons
Have you heard the myth “Kids don’t come with instruction manuals.”? There are two dangers in believing this myth: The responsibility to be a “parent” can seem overwhelming. Many parents give raising their kids successfully over to chance. Don’t believe this myth. I actually have two instruction manuals for my kids. Parenting without a plan is the fastest way to raise your kids without equipping them to have the best life they can. If you’re a parent, you need to know about this one instruction manual...
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