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Most Popular Posts of 2020

Published December 27, 2020 Updated January 09, 2021 Leave a Comment

One of my favorite parts of the end of the year is to look back and reflect over the previous one. I enjoy doing that with my own life - and this humble little blog of mine! One of the things I do is spend time looking at my analytics to see what people were reading at Joyfully Thriving this year. I always start with looking back to see what the most popular posts of the year were. It's interesting to me that with all our time spent at home this year, there were several new posts that made it to my top 10 list this year. Here are the 10 posts that were viewed the most in 2020 on Joyfully … Read More...

Church Quiet Bag Ideas

Published July 13, 2020 Updated July 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

Church is important. Church with little ones is definitely challenging at times, but it is important. I grew up in the church (with a Pastor dad and organist mom). I was a church worker teacher (before I began staying at home) who is married to a church worker teacher. We firmly believe that we need to be in church, training our children, from the time they are small. Yes, there are many Sundays that I miss large parts of the sermon but we are there, by God's grace. (Here is some encouragement for when going to church with kids feels pointless.) I believe in modeling and … Read More...

Easy Kitchen Bingo

Published May 28, 2020 Updated May 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

Looking for a fun kitchen idea? Print this free kitchen bingo game and have fun trying different things in the kitchen! It's an easy kitchen idea to do with kids, too.  It's going to be a different summer this year with so many things closed still. I don't know about you but all of our travel plans have been cancelled. The friends' college reunion. A cousins' wedding. Even the extended family reunion. We're disappointed but understand that this is just what this summer will bring. Instead of regretting it all, I am determined to make the most of it. I started looking for easy and free … Read More...

Most Popular Posts of 2019

Published January 01, 2020 Leave a Comment

One of my favorite parts of the end of the year is to look back and reflect over the previous one. I love looking back to see what people are reading on Joyfully Thriving. It's been quite the year here with writing new blog posts and updating old blog posts and fulfilling over 250 custom book orders. There is so much more I want to do in 2020 and we shall see what the new year holds blog wise. I always start with looking back to see what the most popular posts of the year were. What were people reading the most on Joyfully Thriving? There was a bit of overlap with the most popular posts of … Read More...

How to Make Money with Vitality Rewards

Published October 29, 2019 Updated October 29, 2019 1 Comment

As I talk to Lutheran teachers and church worker friends around the country, I am continually amazed by how many people are not using Vitality rewards through the Concordia Health Plan. Vitality is an excellent perk of our Concordia Health Plan! This post is for you - all my fellow Lutheran church workers! (If you are not Lutheran but your company also uses Vitality, then this post still applies to you as well.) Let me preface this by saying – I am not a Concordia Plan representative nor am I receiving any compensation for writing this post. This is my personal understanding of how Vitality … Read More...

Whole 30 Resources, Tips and Recipes from My First Ever Whole 30

Published February 21, 2019 Updated August 17, 2019 7 Comments

Thinking of attempting a Whole 30? Here are some great Whole 30 resources, tips and favorite recipes from a busy mom of little ones who did the challenge too! #whole30

At the beginning of the year, my youngest sister shared that she was embarking on a Whole 30. I was intrigued and began researching it myself. A week later, my husband and I started our first ever Whole 30. It ended up becoming quite the long distance family affair as my other sister and her husband joined in, Andy's sister and her husband, my mother-in-law and my parents, all attempted Whole 30s. Some of us made it longer than others but we all embraced this challenge. I wanted to see if I could do this. I wanted to see if I could flatten my stomach after 3 babies. I wanted to cut … Read More...

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