Seasons of Life

 Seasons of life. Seasons are seasons, you change with the wind at times. I am so thankful our family is doing great. Every Friday we take time to spend with one another as a couple and we are watching a great, clean show (we do vid angel but this doesn't even need it) Home Before Dark. 

We have been enjoying our times eating together and growing together. Our focus is on our family and growing in a strong relationship as a couple, not just with our children. 

We have heard plenty of wisdom that you have to be best friends aside from your kids. Our years have been centered around our kids, as it should be, but we are practicing growing with one another as a married, one flesh relationship. 

What will we do when our kids are graduated? We have one year left with our son who then will be off. 

I found a beautiful place to drive and travel too, and we plan to do this on a break. Its Bear Lake Utah, a lake that looks like the ocean, is a close drive, rural, and affordable. I'm excited. Plus, they have strawberry shakes from the strawberries that grow there. Find a getaway. Dream. Plan it. Work for it. Wait for it. Put in the effort to get away at times. Its healthy for your marriage. 

Our family is doing well and the busyness of life is a blessing. 

We are also praying about schooling options. Our Christian school is such a blessing and has been to our kids, we are praying this route now for our littles. We take schooling choices year by year and are trusting God on this path.

Seasons of life will come and go and God, if you stay close to Him, will direct your path. 

Your one flesh spouse is the most important person on earth besides Jesus in your life. 

I hope this is encouraging for someone. 

Love, 

Briana

#DateNight

#datenightwithmyhubbyJeremiah

#awesomeValentinesDay

#familydinnerswisssteak

My Days-Time Is Precious

Our new. schedule with helping my husband with working.

6:30-7pm, go to bed with littles

5am-Wake up, coffee, care for dogs, fold/wash laundry, do dishes, clean kitchen counters and other surfaces, extra cleanings--crockpot for dinner

...somewhere in here,,, kids get up (2, 4 yrs) watch Bible shows#Superbook, eat cereal or breakfast

6 am- Get ready for work

7:15am- Leave for schools

...drop offs multiple locations

8:30am-4:30pm Work

5ish pm- Dinner, bath times, brushing teeth

Free play, Shows, or Hanging Out

--packing food for the following day, prepping

6:30 Littles and I in bed

Later Evening- Older Kids Eat/Come Home

...I usually wake up to say hi

Weekends,,,Family, Rest, Rejuvenate

No wonder I'm an online shopper! Everyone stays very busy-it's a good thing.

Walmart

Temu

Shein

Etsy

My go to places...

#stockphotoabove

Prayers Answered

 My husband is the most excited for me, besides myself, that I got a job in a Christian environment with women. Thanks for prayers! This means, we. have come to the decision together, our littlest will be in public school. I read an article about a child's faith being sharpened in the world, and it held me. Learning to have authentic faith, not easy faith. I'm also thankful for Trump ending the political warfare in the public schools-which was a big go forward.

I will still be using Rod and Staff Bible with her at home as my call for her. Also, Spanish at home.

I'm excited to save money and have family vacation money.  

Love,

Briana

Mistakes in my life are there, Jesus heals.  Aren't we glad? Jesus heals us all. Working on a more meek and quiet spirit-please laugh, I'm a work in progress. Cherishing my husband and kids. Living quietly and working with my own hands. Thank you Lord for saving me on that cross of calvary. May we all humbly come to the foot of the cross. May we seek restoration and God's ways in our life and listen to his nudges.  Blessings to you and yours.

Briana

Onigiri Rice Mold Lunch Ideas!

 Introducing easy sushi ideas for kids lunches---cooked!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p5r8IJUZQ8

I bought all at Walmart.com.

Needed: Sushi Sticky Rice, Sushi Roll Mat, Onigiri Molds, and Seaweed Sushi Paper for Rolling

That's it! 

You can eat these too.

Ideas: (Season your Chicken, Pork, or Ground Turkey with Garlic Powder, Coconut Aminos, Sesame Oil, Sea Salt, and Onion Powder while Cooking)

Rice & Tuna Mold

Rice & Avacado Mold

Rice & Cooked Shredded Chicken, Ground Turkey, or Pork with Cilantro

Rice & Canned Salmon

Rice & Canned or Cooked Veggies (Peas, Carrots) with Cilantro

Rice & Beef with Cilantro

Rice & Imitation Crab with Avocado 

Rice and Cooked, Seasoned Portobello Mushrooms

God Answers

 God has shown up in many ways.  Answered prayers kept close.

I love my husband.  I love my kids.  

God has provided some awesome things for me.

Got Questions- A Biblical Marriage

 I loved this devo and want my marriage to be stronger each new day. When married, it's important to know you are one flesh with your spouse and no one is to seperate this oneness as commanded by the Lord. Marriage has great and rough seasons, but don't let the enemy steal, kill, or destroy what God has joined together. 

Devo:

What does the Bible say about marriage?

ANSWER

The Bible records the creation of marriage in Genesis 2:23–24: “The man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called “woman,” for she was taken out of man.’ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” God created man and then made woman to complement him. In the Bible marriage is God’s “fix” for the fact that “it is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18).

As the Bible describes the first marriage, it uses the word helper to identify Eve (Genesis 2:20). To “help” in this context means “to surround, to protect or aid.” God created Eve to come alongside Adam as his "other half," to be his aid and his helper. The Bible says that marriage causes a man and woman to become “one flesh.” This oneness is manifested most fully in the physical union of sexual intimacy. The New Testament adds a warning regarding this oneness: “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate” (Matthew 19:6).

Several of Paul’s epistles refer to marriage and how believers are to operate within the marriage relationship. One such passage is Ephesians 5:22–33. Studying this passage provides some key truths concerning what the Bible says marriage should be.

The Bible, in Ephesians 5, says a successful biblical marriage involves both the husband and the wife fulfilling certain roles: “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior” (Ephesians 5:22–23). “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25). “In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church” (Ephesians 5:28–29). “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh” (Ephesians 5:31).

When a believing husband and wife institute God’s principles of marriage in the Bible, a solid, healthy marriage results. A biblically based marriage keeps Christ as the head of the man and the wife together. The biblical concept of marriage involves a oneness between a husband and wife that pictures the oneness of Christ with His church.

Dr. Stanley- Biblical Answers

https://youtu.be/WyXmXw4Jyks?si=EgYOM7t0_6i1PWzQ

 Jeremy visited the cardiologist today for his heart. Thx for prayers. He has to wear a monitor. I'm praying and hoping he is strong, well,  and that doctors have the Lord's wisdom. Thx for praying for my husband. 

Dear Mama

Dear Mama, you are more than enough. If it wasn't for you, your household would not run. Don't forget this list of things you do:

Wash Dishes 

Do the Laundry 

Change Diapers

Teach your Children about Jesus 

Homeschool or Pack Lunches for School 

Bathe Children 

Dress Children 

Read to Children 

Love your Husband 

Buy Food 

Buy Supplies 

Cook and Bake Food 

Feed Everyone 

Clean the House 

Take out Trash

Manage the Home 

Take Care of Pets

Take Care of the Car

Manage Educational Choices 

Manage Christian Decisions with Your Husband

I could go on and on... Look at all you do Sweet Mama!!!

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