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Never in a million years would I have dreamed of t

Never in a million years would I have dreamed of taking my SEVEN kiddos back to my college campus! Last week we traveled to Oklahoma (rented a huge 15 passenger van!) for Matt’s grandfathers funeral. ⁣
⁣
On the way back we made some stops to see some family and friends and visit OU! I showed them the stadium, the library, the beautiful campus and my sorority house! We walked in and a few girls were on the lower floor eating and hanging out...and suddenly ALL the memories came flooding back! It was beyond wild to be there with my huge family! ⁣
⁣
If you’re in need of the reminder today...let me assure you that sometimes the plans we make for ourselves absolutely pale in comparison to the ones God has for us. When I attended OU I was dating someone else I was convinced I wanted to marry...and being back there brought back to the surface so many old memories and feelings...but now when I look back from this perspective, walking the same paths with my family, I am SO encouraged that God knew exactly what He was doing in allowing my heart to be broken all those years ago. ⁣
⁣
Maybe...just maybe...today’s struggles truly are for a greater good you just cannot fathom today but will make absolute sense in years to come. ✨ #myfacethough😂

Over the past few months I have to admit the time

Over the past few months I have to admit the time away from all things media was good for my heart. It’s so easy to scroll through dozens of picture perfect everything and get lost in all the amazingness. I’d then look at my piles of laundry, my ongoing to do list, or my untidy home and think only of how dissatisfied I was in my own life. ⁣
⁣
What I have realized is that the time I waste scrolling through feeds is time I could instead spend investing in my family. The few minutes I take to envy someone else’s life could have been time pouring into the lives of those in my home. ⁣
⁣
Comparing our lives to others isn’t a new topic. Years ago we didn’t have the ability to peer into someone else’s life or home the way we do now. And it’s created some angst in us when we look around and become dissatisfied.⁣
⁣
The great lie is that we would be happier with other people, living elsewhere, with other stuff. But it is just that. A huge lie.⁣
⁣
Is there a need for some extra attention in your marriage? Is there a need for an extra hug for one of your kids? Is there a room you could brighten or a moment to just enjoy. Sorting through that pile of laundry really could be something to enjoy when you share the load with those you love. Are the moments with your family worthy of living even if it isn’t going to be photographed and shared? ⁣Oh my goodness yes!!!!
⁣
So to all my friends out there who may have just had one of 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 days (🙋🏼‍♀️) and are now scrolling just to check out and find some relief from your crazy life, please let me just encourage you and me both with one more reminder our homes are a blessing, our families are a gift and right where we are at is not only worth investing in, but celebrating. ✨

Football practice, ballet practice, meals, errands

Football practice, ballet practice, meals, errands, shopping for school supplies, prepping to homeschool, chasing chickens, painting an old antique cabinet, feeding babies, wrangling toddlers, dance parties in the kitchen, running out back to help build a deck...⁣
⁣
here’s to one of my new favorite CA based companies who makes adorable dresses that can quite literally handle it ALL!!! ⁣
⁣
These pieces (the dresses are so far my FAV) are made from the same fabrics your favorite workout pants/tops are made of. I had my little Quinn start to laugh while I was feeding her applesauce, got ALL over me and my dress, and it just wiped right off! I wear mine with heels, rain boots, and running shoes...and sometimes all in the same day! Not even kidding.⁣
⁣
⁣
Use code: 𝗠𝗘𝗚𝗪𝟮𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 $𝟮𝟬 𝗼𝗳𝗳 your purchase! I’ll link directly to the shop in my stories! ⁣
⁣
⁣@r.e.c.r.o.o.m.
#sponsored #recroom #summerofcomfort

Trying to get all the faces looking at the camera

Trying to get all the faces looking at the camera with HAPPY smiles is like trying to nail jello to the wall! ⁣
⁣
Last week I had a plan for all things regarding school. It was set and I knew what we were doing. But then I learned a few more things about this “plan” of mine and I suddenly realized it wasn’t going to work at all as I had hoped or imagined. ⁣
⁣
The past few days we haven shaken it all up again like a huge snow globe and have decided to go a completely different route. And it’s one I am actually SUPER excited about!!!⁣
⁣
We will be fully homeschooling on our own without any distance learning from the public schools and while I feel as if I’ve gone off the high dive (which I HATED as a kid!) I also feel hopeful like this really could work for this season.⁣
⁣
I would never have imagined me taking this route but sometimes the Lord just opens doors and shoves us through! ⁣
⁣
We are delaying our start date until Thursday so I can get a few more things set in place but tell me how things are going so far for you all! ⁣
⁣

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Never in a million years would I have dreamed of t

Never in a million years would I have dreamed of taking my SEVEN kiddos back to my college campus! Last week we traveled to Oklahoma (rented a huge 15 passenger van!) for Matt’s grandfathers funeral. ⁣
⁣
On the way back we made some stops to see some family and friends and visit OU! I showed them the stadium, the library, the beautiful campus and my sorority house! We walked in and a few girls were on the lower floor eating and hanging out...and suddenly ALL the memories came flooding back! It was beyond wild to be there with my huge family! ⁣
⁣
If you’re in need of the reminder today...let me assure you that sometimes the plans we make for ourselves absolutely pale in comparison to the ones God has for us. When I attended OU I was dating someone else I was convinced I wanted to marry...and being back there brought back to the surface so many old memories and feelings...but now when I look back from this perspective, walking the same paths with my family, I am SO encouraged that God knew exactly what He was doing in allowing my heart to be broken all those years ago. ⁣
⁣
Maybe...just maybe...today’s struggles truly are for a greater good you just cannot fathom today but will make absolute sense in years to come. ✨ #myfacethough😂

Over the past few months I have to admit the time

Over the past few months I have to admit the time away from all things media was good for my heart. It’s so easy to scroll through dozens of picture perfect everything and get lost in all the amazingness. I’d then look at my piles of laundry, my ongoing to do list, or my untidy home and think only of how dissatisfied I was in my own life. ⁣
⁣
What I have realized is that the time I waste scrolling through feeds is time I could instead spend investing in my family. The few minutes I take to envy someone else’s life could have been time pouring into the lives of those in my home. ⁣
⁣
Comparing our lives to others isn’t a new topic. Years ago we didn’t have the ability to peer into someone else’s life or home the way we do now. And it’s created some angst in us when we look around and become dissatisfied.⁣
⁣
The great lie is that we would be happier with other people, living elsewhere, with other stuff. But it is just that. A huge lie.⁣
⁣
Is there a need for some extra attention in your marriage? Is there a need for an extra hug for one of your kids? Is there a room you could brighten or a moment to just enjoy. Sorting through that pile of laundry really could be something to enjoy when you share the load with those you love. Are the moments with your family worthy of living even if it isn’t going to be photographed and shared? ⁣Oh my goodness yes!!!!
⁣
So to all my friends out there who may have just had one of 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 days (🙋🏼‍♀️) and are now scrolling just to check out and find some relief from your crazy life, please let me just encourage you and me both with one more reminder our homes are a blessing, our families are a gift and right where we are at is not only worth investing in, but celebrating. ✨

Football practice, ballet practice, meals, errands

Football practice, ballet practice, meals, errands, shopping for school supplies, prepping to homeschool, chasing chickens, painting an old antique cabinet, feeding babies, wrangling toddlers, dance parties in the kitchen, running out back to help build a deck...⁣
⁣
here’s to one of my new favorite CA based companies who makes adorable dresses that can quite literally handle it ALL!!! ⁣
⁣
These pieces (the dresses are so far my FAV) are made from the same fabrics your favorite workout pants/tops are made of. I had my little Quinn start to laugh while I was feeding her applesauce, got ALL over me and my dress, and it just wiped right off! I wear mine with heels, rain boots, and running shoes...and sometimes all in the same day! Not even kidding.⁣
⁣
⁣
Use code: 𝗠𝗘𝗚𝗪𝟮𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 $𝟮𝟬 𝗼𝗳𝗳 your purchase! I’ll link directly to the shop in my stories! ⁣
⁣
⁣@r.e.c.r.o.o.m.
#sponsored #recroom #summerofcomfort

Trying to get all the faces looking at the camera

Trying to get all the faces looking at the camera with HAPPY smiles is like trying to nail jello to the wall! ⁣
⁣
Last week I had a plan for all things regarding school. It was set and I knew what we were doing. But then I learned a few more things about this “plan” of mine and I suddenly realized it wasn’t going to work at all as I had hoped or imagined. ⁣
⁣
The past few days we haven shaken it all up again like a huge snow globe and have decided to go a completely different route. And it’s one I am actually SUPER excited about!!!⁣
⁣
We will be fully homeschooling on our own without any distance learning from the public schools and while I feel as if I’ve gone off the high dive (which I HATED as a kid!) I also feel hopeful like this really could work for this season.⁣
⁣
I would never have imagined me taking this route but sometimes the Lord just opens doors and shoves us through! ⁣
⁣
We are delaying our start date until Thursday so I can get a few more things set in place but tell me how things are going so far for you all! ⁣
⁣

Load More... follow @megwallace

follow us

@megmariewallace

Never in a million years would I have dreamed of t

Never in a million years would I have dreamed of taking my SEVEN kiddos back to my college campus! Last week we traveled to Oklahoma (rented a huge 15 passenger van!) for Matt’s grandfathers funeral. ⁣
⁣
On the way back we made some stops to see some family and friends and visit OU! I showed them the stadium, the library, the beautiful campus and my sorority house! We walked in and a few girls were on the lower floor eating and hanging out...and suddenly ALL the memories came flooding back! It was beyond wild to be there with my huge family! ⁣
⁣
If you’re in need of the reminder today...let me assure you that sometimes the plans we make for ourselves absolutely pale in comparison to the ones God has for us. When I attended OU I was dating someone else I was convinced I wanted to marry...and being back there brought back to the surface so many old memories and feelings...but now when I look back from this perspective, walking the same paths with my family, I am SO encouraged that God knew exactly what He was doing in allowing my heart to be broken all those years ago. ⁣
⁣
Maybe...just maybe...today’s struggles truly are for a greater good you just cannot fathom today but will make absolute sense in years to come. ✨ #myfacethough😂

Over the past few months I have to admit the time

Over the past few months I have to admit the time away from all things media was good for my heart. It’s so easy to scroll through dozens of picture perfect everything and get lost in all the amazingness. I’d then look at my piles of laundry, my ongoing to do list, or my untidy home and think only of how dissatisfied I was in my own life. ⁣
⁣
What I have realized is that the time I waste scrolling through feeds is time I could instead spend investing in my family. The few minutes I take to envy someone else’s life could have been time pouring into the lives of those in my home. ⁣
⁣
Comparing our lives to others isn’t a new topic. Years ago we didn’t have the ability to peer into someone else’s life or home the way we do now. And it’s created some angst in us when we look around and become dissatisfied.⁣
⁣
The great lie is that we would be happier with other people, living elsewhere, with other stuff. But it is just that. A huge lie.⁣
⁣
Is there a need for some extra attention in your marriage? Is there a need for an extra hug for one of your kids? Is there a room you could brighten or a moment to just enjoy. Sorting through that pile of laundry really could be something to enjoy when you share the load with those you love. Are the moments with your family worthy of living even if it isn’t going to be photographed and shared? ⁣Oh my goodness yes!!!!
⁣
So to all my friends out there who may have just had one of 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 days (🙋🏼‍♀️) and are now scrolling just to check out and find some relief from your crazy life, please let me just encourage you and me both with one more reminder our homes are a blessing, our families are a gift and right where we are at is not only worth investing in, but celebrating. ✨

Football practice, ballet practice, meals, errands

Football practice, ballet practice, meals, errands, shopping for school supplies, prepping to homeschool, chasing chickens, painting an old antique cabinet, feeding babies, wrangling toddlers, dance parties in the kitchen, running out back to help build a deck...⁣
⁣
here’s to one of my new favorite CA based companies who makes adorable dresses that can quite literally handle it ALL!!! ⁣
⁣
These pieces (the dresses are so far my FAV) are made from the same fabrics your favorite workout pants/tops are made of. I had my little Quinn start to laugh while I was feeding her applesauce, got ALL over me and my dress, and it just wiped right off! I wear mine with heels, rain boots, and running shoes...and sometimes all in the same day! Not even kidding.⁣
⁣
⁣
Use code: 𝗠𝗘𝗚𝗪𝟮𝟬 𝗳𝗼𝗿 $𝟮𝟬 𝗼𝗳𝗳 your purchase! I’ll link directly to the shop in my stories! ⁣
⁣
⁣@r.e.c.r.o.o.m.
#sponsored #recroom #summerofcomfort

Trying to get all the faces looking at the camera

Trying to get all the faces looking at the camera with HAPPY smiles is like trying to nail jello to the wall! ⁣
⁣
Last week I had a plan for all things regarding school. It was set and I knew what we were doing. But then I learned a few more things about this “plan” of mine and I suddenly realized it wasn’t going to work at all as I had hoped or imagined. ⁣
⁣
The past few days we haven shaken it all up again like a huge snow globe and have decided to go a completely different route. And it’s one I am actually SUPER excited about!!!⁣
⁣
We will be fully homeschooling on our own without any distance learning from the public schools and while I feel as if I’ve gone off the high dive (which I HATED as a kid!) I also feel hopeful like this really could work for this season.⁣
⁣
I would never have imagined me taking this route but sometimes the Lord just opens doors and shoves us through! ⁣
⁣
We are delaying our start date until Thursday so I can get a few more things set in place but tell me how things are going so far for you all! ⁣
⁣

I’ve been putting a list together of my top favo

I’ve been putting a list together of my top favorite “lessons learned” through this very long time away from social media. ⁣
⁣
On the top of that list is learning even more so to truly value the faces right in front of me before the faces on my phone. I have loved taking photos in my mind and making memories in my heart simply because they are precious. The family we have is worth investing in regardless of whether or not others are watching. ⁣
⁣
What I am also learning is itdoesn’t mean there cannot be both. The phone and the people I love to interact with are not evil. To enjoy and those gifts isn’t wrong, in fact, it’s a blessing I am so incredibly thankful for.⁣
⁣
But when I look at these precious faces as means to a greater end I’ve completely missed the mark. ⁣
⁣
As I begin to dip my toes into sharing our lives over these mediums again I am continually and constantly moved to encourage you and I both to prioritize our hands, hearts and souls to serve first in our homes and with our people...and to allow all else to flow from there. ⁣
⁣
I know we aren’t the only family here with a new fall schedule that might feel intimidating. I’m sure we aren’t the only ones that don’t feel prepared to take on what’s just around the corner. So if I can help speak to my own heart as I also hope to encourage yours—let’s continue to learn to love this legacy we are building right here at our very own kitchen table. Pouring into little lives right in front of us will always be worth our time.⁣

✨Tell me, what’s one thing about the fall that you really are excited about!

Given the ever shifting circumstances 2020 has con

Given the ever shifting circumstances 2020 has continued handing out, this year has had invitation after invitation to engage in all things other than my home. I see now just how valuable this time away from posting/scrolling has been, for me it’s been the best gift of the year. ⁣
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During this time away we have learned, celebrated, played, built, painted, eaten, laughed, slept, cleaned and shared…we have also made many messes, fought, lost our cool and above all grown.⁣
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This fall marks another curve ball for our family as I’m sure it does yours. For us, we have decided to homeschool all of our kids (gasp!). If you’ve followed me for any amount of time you might remember we used to homeschool in CA and moved to TX once we found out baby #6 was on the way. ⁣
⁣
I have to be honest, this round is simultaneously exciting and terrifying. I am equal parts hopeful and intimidated! ⁣
⁣
Tell me, what are you doing for school this fall?

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I hear you. I stand together with you. #blackouttu

I hear you. I stand together with you. #blackouttuesday “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”- Genesis 1:27

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