Apr 30, 2018 | Community Life
We have been celebrating Cake Day for quite some time in the Hurley Homestead and we can begin to see the fruit of consistently meeting together with our community. First, if you are unaware of Cake Day, it is a gathering that happens on the first of each month where...
Apr 24, 2018 | Community Life
When I was growing up, we practiced the tradition of leaving May Day Baskets on our neighbors’ porches. It usually consisted of baked goods or flowers, sometimes even paper flowers I had made at school. We would place the basket on the porch with a little “Happy May...
Apr 16, 2018 | Community Life
Tim and I are approaching our third year of marriage and we certainly don’t claim to “know-it-all” but we would love to share with you some things that have significantly impacted our relationship and how we communicate life in our home. Preemptively Set Expectations...
Apr 9, 2018 | Community Life
Calling all book worms! It’s one thing to spend time with our friends, it’s another thing to engage with your friends’ minds, ideas and faiths. If you want to take your friendships to a new level (or just have an excuse to get together once a week), consider grabbing...
Apr 2, 2018 | Community Life
My husband and I have an obsession with pottery kitchenware. It began the year we were married when we were gifted a beautiful pottery bowl made from the clay of my home state, Kansas. Immediately, we felt like this piece was not just another snack bowl in our house,...
Mar 27, 2018 | Community Life
My husband and I picked up a book called The Tech-Wise Family this winter and began to intentionally set boundaries around our technology use. We still love a good television show and can certainly bond over a funny YouTube video, but we felt like there was this...
Mar 13, 2018 | Community Life
Sometimes to encourage our efforts in friendship, we need real examples of women who are cultivating deep, life-long relationships with one another. Author, Melanie Shankle, celebrates her twenty-five-year friendship with her best friend Gulley in her memoir: Nobody’s...
Feb 22, 2018 | Community Life
I find a lot of joy in hosting baby showers, galentine’s, birthdays, or “just because we feel like it get-togethers”– I am always dreaming up a new party idea. But with the grand visions come grand budgets that aren’t always feasible. We love the fun...
Feb 3, 2018 | Community Life
February is here and so are the opportunities to spread some creative Valentines for our family, neighbors and friends. I have always been a bit cheesy so all the pink, candy hearts, and flowers make this girl happy. Not just because I have a Valentine, but because I...
Jan 24, 2018 | Community Life
Even though we want to hibernate in our homes during the colder months, we need to continue to find ways to connect! Here’s five creative, inexpensive, and fun friend dates to try until the warmer months come. Thrifty and Nifty I am a newb to thrifting but some...
Jan 19, 2018 | Community Life
You’ve invited folks over for an evening to reconnect and share a good meal. Before your friends arrive, you are finishing up dinner details, cleaning up the house and selecting the party music. Creating an environment that feels thoughtful, inviting and nourishing is...
Jan 14, 2018 | Community Life
Usually I am writing about building my relationships with friends, but my community also extends to the two people who live inside my home—the ones that truly have to “do life” with me. Perhaps, nurturing these relationships are the most important! Being a first-time...
