Our Children
By the time we started the fostering process we had been married 4 years and had lost 2 babies through miscarriage. We were involved in Children’s Ministry and working with kids all the time. Other...
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Orange Chicken
I wrote this years ago, but we had this for dinner tonight and I thought I'd share:Everyone knows about the take-out version of orange chicken...yummy orange scented fried sticky gooieness of...
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Leftover rice - breakfast Fried Rice
I have a hatred for wasted leftovers, and my family is terrible about eating leftovers. This was born from waking up, opening the fridge, and thinking, "if I don't use this today, I have to throw it...
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Parenting Through Challenges
What is a parenting challenge? I submit that it can be anything, both serious and silly, that forces you to problem solve.When a series of severe strokes threw my bootie into a wheelchair, parenting...
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Not so wordless Wednesday
I just can't keep my mouth shut....My favorite view in the world is to look up through trees on a sunny day. I don't know why it brings me peace to watch the leaves rustle in the wind. What kind of...
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Pumpkin Dip
As promised...Here is the batch I took to Bible study: 1 - In a mixer, dump softened cream cheese and about 1/3 can sweetened condensed milk. Blend.2- Add 1/2 can pumpkin purée (reg size can)....
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Time to Think Tuesday
I have a rather busy day tomorrow, as I did last Wednesday. I doubt I'll get time to post. So here is a picture by Terryl to ponder:
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Another thought to share...
I ran across the NLT translation of this verse this morning, and I was reduced to tears. It touched me. Maybe it will say something to you too.Proverbs 31:25She is clothed in strength and dignity and...
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Busy Mommy Ranch Chicken
There are days...Sometimes, way tooooo many in a row.I love to cook from scratch. In fact, I'd say my family is rather spoiled. However, today was a day that the herd needed food, but I was loathe to...
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Trash free Christmas
I kinda stumbled into this...We found huge felt gift bags at Michael's. In our house, each child gets three gifts. I just put all three unwrapped in the big bag (this bag has grandma gifts). I have one...
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Christmas craft with tweens-candy cane wreath
My daughter and I worked together on this. She will be 13 in April. It was a rare "cool mom, this is fun" moment. It does take a lot of hot glue, so make sure you have a lot.I made this one 1- glue...
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Christmas Kisses and Reindeer Noses
Aren't these cute?They are fun, yummy, and very very easy.I blame Terry! I was contemplating making these with the kids. She "pushed" me over the edge.Lay the square pretzels out on a cookie...
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Kid friendly, quick quinoa salad
I prefer red quinoa. I like the flavor better.I admit freely to cheating in the kitchen when this mom gets busy...One box (12 oz) quinoa cooked... 1 1/2 c quinoa plus 3 c water, in my rice cooker on...
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Sick tummies and homemade soda crackers
I discovered something cool. Three of us had sick tummies. Homemade crackers REALLY did a wonderful job settling them. Even the non sick folks chowed down. The difference between store bought and...
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Toilet papers
We all need t.p.It drives me batty that no one in my home posses the "super power" needed to remove the old tube and replace the roll.Recently I found a brand that has no paper roll....nothing left to...
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Parenting Goals for the New Year
What goals have you set parenting wise for the new year? Mine is to spend more one on one time with each kid. We operate so much as a herd. We do everything, including homeschool, as a group. Yet, each...
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Your go to "delivery" meal.
My church has had an explosion of people needing meals delivered because of new babies and surgeries.My go to "delivery" meals are chili and breakfast casserole. I gotta go to the store for more...
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Marmalade Sandwiches
It is totally up to you to decide what to watch and/or if your family does family movie night. Several months back, we watched the new Paddington movie. It was clean, and my entire crew enjoyed it. One...
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Corn dog muffins
Hot lunch... My goofy kids say that is their fav part of being homeschooled.Today I was knee deep in Algebra with my oldest. I only had the time it would take her to work her next problem to throw...
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My husband, bless his heart, will shoot daggers with his eyes at me every time I bring this up. He doesn't want his baby girl to grow up. He takes a few days, but eventually I get him to talk with me....
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How do you decorate?
I used to be all about decorating and HGTV.Then I had kids.Then life happened.My decorating style has changed.The other day, Terry reminded me that "love" is a verb. I've been thinking on that a lot. I...
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Protein pancakes!
I must admit that my "famous" made from scratch pancakes are actually a recipe I "stole" from Melissa years ago when I visited her house and we had breakfast for lunch. That was about 10 years ago. My...
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