I hope you all are hung over from a wonderful day of family and turkey, or whatever traditional foods you may eat! We had a rather last-minute, make-shift Thanksgiving, but it was truly wonderful. I'm so excited for later today. A train in the area does The Polar Express experience and we're taking Michael! It's to kickstart our Christmas season officially with some...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I hope you are spending today with people you love and remembering to give thanks for all the amazing blessings in your life! Today, and ever day, I am so thankful for my entire family. I have been so blessed in my life to have a family that is close-knit and supports each other through thick and thin, even if we...
Who better to ask to guest post than my Mama? She writes over at Grace All Sufficient, sharing her wisdom and faith in many ways. Please make sure to visit her site. Irene, her husband Mike, and their two grandkids-- Maile and Michael. A twenty-something star-crossed beauty, decked out with a scarf around her neck and sweater UGGS over her jeans, craning her...
Guess what? Christmas is ONE MONTH AWAY! Can you believe it? We sang "Go Tell It On The Mountain" yesterday and I was SO EXCITED. I have to admit, every year I end up listening to Christmas music earlier and earlier. But, I mean, come on... who doesn't love Christmas music? I needed a new muffin recipe. I know, I know. I make...
I can't believe this week is over. Seriously. It went by so quickly and without much thought that I have to connect the dots to remember our days. I've been rather tired, and we've really just been taking it easy after some let-downs and stress, so maybe that's why? Can y'all believe next week is Thanksgiving? Like how I slipped that "y'all" in...
I've had a hard time really putting this post together. Possibly because I am overwhelmed by how blessed I am when it comes to my little family. My husband, Clark, continues to amaze me as he rises to new challenges. These challenges can be anything from a broken toilet to stress with his job. He always puts Michael and me first, and only...
I love making meals in my crockpot. Let's face it: it is SO easy. I just stick it in there and (usually) don't have to worry about it. Clark said this is his new favorite. I had to create a human shield to the food to make sure we had some leftovers as I planned. So, be warned. Ingredients: - 1 lb. stew...
I don't think Michael and I made enough pumpkin recipes this fall, do you? More specifically, I definitely don't think we made enough pumpkin recipes. Yes. I am being sarcastic. Now whenever we go down the baking aisle at the grocery store Michael insists we get a can of pumpkin. When I ask him why, he always responds, "Because it's yummy!" Can't argue...
I'm so excited that I've started participating in the Cara Box Exchange that Wifessionals hosts. It truly is a great way to get connected with other ladies in the blogging community. This comes from someone who, admittedly, is really awful at keeping tabs on everyone's blogs. I love a lot of them, and read pretty consistently, but keeping up with commenting or connecting...
A little change from the typical since I missed Friday this week. Once again we've had a little glitch in what we thought we had planned, and we're having to lean on God and know He's leading us in the right direction. But let me tell you friends, I'm struggling. I keep feeling like we have the carpet pulled from under us. It...
For the past year I have felt pretty spoiled. This is not because of extra purchases I have made or received or anything like that. I have felt extraordinarily blessed because of the church home I've become a part of. When we first moved to our little mountain town, I had some trouble making friends and finding a niche. The first thing we...
Confession: I have never baked with white chocolate chips until this year. And I have no idea why. I am in love. I've always liked white chocolate, but when it came to baking I just kind of avoided it. I keep regular chocolate chips in the house on a daily basis, but white chocolate? I mean, who really craves white chocolate chip cookies?...
Picture taken on Saturday by one of my dear friends who watched Michael while Clark and I had an outing. Saturday our noses started running. Sunday we were sneezing. By yesterday it was a full-out cold: runny nose, a few scattered sneezes, coughing... everything except fevers. I think the common-cold is tied with the stomach-flu in my book. There's isn't anything you can...
I like to keep it simple when Clark's on the road. Let's face it: who wants to spend hours cooking a complicated meal, and then eat it alone? Not this girl. Of course I eat with Michael, but 90% of the time he won't eat what's on the menu. I'm hoping this changes in years to come. It will... right? This is easy,...
Let's just start this thing, shall we? Dear Daylight Saving Time, I used to love "falling back" and never understand why anyone could think poorly of you. But now I know. You completely throw off children's schedules and make it extraordinarily hard for parents. I need you to please find a way to work this out so next year Michael doesn't wake up...
Yesterday was a busy day. So much so that Michael slept an extra thirty minutes (woooohoooo), making his current wake-up time 5AM. Hey... it's better than four... right? Annnnnnyway. Yesterday we got up (early, of course, because of Michael), got ready, and ran late to get to family pictures with one of my dearest friends here. After getting a fabulous dozen of pictures...
Halloween was one fun day in our house. It was the first full day Dada was home, which meant Michael was up and about (refusing to nap, of course) and just loving helping/playing with his daddy. He had a lot of fun trick-or-treating. He kept saying, "Trick or treat, candy please!" It was more of one sentence stringing together as a demand, not...
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