DIY Tutorial for Your Own Resurrection Eggs

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We have been telling the Easter Story to our Children from the time our oldest was a wee babe - Using Our Home-Made Resurrection Eggs... and today - I am going to show you how to create your own! Make Your Own Resurrection Eggs All you will … [Continue reading]

Character Counts – Our Family Favorite Character Education

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"I will look at people when they speak to me." "I will ask questions that I don't understand." "I will sit or stand up straight." "I will not draw attention to myself" "I will keep my eyes, ears, hands, feet and mouth free from … [Continue reading]

Who Needs Another Mommy Blogger?

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I have been blogging for four years.  I have been a mom for 21 years.  I can remember the moment each and every one of my babies were born.  Like it was yesterday.  And I knew those moments would be the beginning of change for the rest of my … [Continue reading]

History Readers Your Family Will Love

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"In this house there lived a candlemaker whose name was Josiah Franklin.  He was a good and pious man, and the Lord had given him a virtuous wife and a blessing of seventeen children, all counted." ~ Benjamin Franklin by Ingri & Edgar Parin … [Continue reading]

If Jesus Came To Your House

We have been reading this poem in our home for many years.  Please feel free to print and use in your family reading time or posting on your fridge.  ( please note resource book... you might want to order your own copy and read ALL of the wonderful … [Continue reading]

Make Your Chicken Stock ( and soup for the family!)

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Our basic recipe for homemade chicken stock. ... Just to ease your thinking that this might be a grueling, all-day process - Well, It is NOT!  It is one of the healthiest, easiest meals to prepare for a family, and you will be soo thankful you … [Continue reading]

Soup for your Saturday?

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Saturdays in our home are for Soup Mainly because it frees up my schedule, it is a nice comfort food after a busy, cold week in the north, it is economical, I can slow cook it in a crock pot or kettle, and mainly - Because we LOVE soup! ( Please … [Continue reading]

I Need A Moms Conference Too

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Those not so stellar days that I would rather put onto a shelf and not file away in my memory - Yep, you know the very days I am speaking to. Not my finest moments.  Still brain bending about what could have made the day better, or how I could have … [Continue reading]

A Weekend Favorite Pizza!

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This is my absolute FAVORITE pizza EVER!  I prepare it for entertaining all of the time, and love chatting with our friends while this is cooking in the oven!  The garlic and basil mix is my all - time favorite combination! There have been so … [Continue reading]

The (Un)Homeschooling Day

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I give myself permission to set one day a week aside for (Un)Schooling. I am strange like that.  Permission granted.  What a HUGE success. Don't be mistaken - We still homeschool that day.  It just looks different.  And what an AMAZING … [Continue reading]