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Teaching Our Children to Make Things Right
My children are not perfect.My children have accidents.My children make mistakes.I don't expect perfection.I am not perfect, either.I have, at times, over-reacted to accidents and mistakes.I have,...
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A New Holiday Recipe
Pop over to my Family Blog for my new Low Calorie Pumpkin Oat Bran Muffin recipe.They only have 65 Calories per muffin.
View ArticleChristmas Goodies
I hope you will visit my Family Blog,to see pics and visit links to recipes for some of the Christmas Goodies that I have been baking this year.What are your family's favorite Christmas Goodies?
View ArticleShepherding Our Flocks
Have you ever seen a shepherd?In the year 2000, do shepherds still exist? While driving down country roads, I have seen fields with sheep grazing peacefully, but I have never seen a shepherd.Even...
View ArticleWhat's Cooking? - Part 1
What's In Your Grocery Cart?"How do you do it?" As a stay-at-home mom with nine children, people often ask me how we make ends meet financially. Yes, it is difficult. However the place in which I...
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What's Cooking? - Part 2
"Don't Be Afraid to Ask"(first published in 2000)Would you like some more help to save money on your food budget? I have a non-traditional idea I would like you to try. For this idea, you have to be...
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What's Cooking? - Part 3
How do we feed our family of eleven for under $250 per month? (even in 2001, when I first wrote this article, that was very economical) Let me try to answer that question for you. In addition to...
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Baby Shakes & Daisy Cakes
I went to a Baby Shower tonight.The Baby's Name is Daisy.So . . . I decided to make "Daisy Cakes".But . . .let me take a few steps back a bit.While I do love to scrapbook,I am not necessarily known as...
View ArticleThe Mommy Quiz
I just have to share this HILARIOUS, LOL, Oh.So.True. "Mommy Quiz" written by my Blog Friend Kate. Thanks, Kate, for keeping us all laughing!!!* * * * *After having half of a poptart thrown over...
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Mama Has Been Sew Busy
While I have done a bit of sewing over the years,it has been quite some time since I've pulled out the machine.(Let's just say that I think the 3 younger kidswere unaware that Mama knows how to sew.)I...
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After School Snacks
As a homeschooling family, we've never really done "After School Snacks". You know . . . the classic "picture" of Mom with her apron on, baking cookies as the kids come in from school every afternoon,...
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Cappuccino Brownies with Cappuccino Frosting
You can pop over to my Family Blog to get the recipe for ourFamily Favorite Cappuccino Brownie with Cappuccino Frosting.
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Mama's In The Kitchen Again
I told you last week that I had been Baking, Baking, & Baking . . .in order to make After School Snacks for Hosanna & Friends . . .as they came over before Play Practice three days in a...
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Baked Pumpkin Donut Holes
I discovered these little gems a couple of months ago,and they have become our family's "go to" treatfor anything . . . everything . . . anytime.They are a perfect Breakfast Treat.Who doesn't like...
View ArticleGod is Restoring My Ministry
I am sooooo.... excited!As some of you know, I had a Speaking & Writing Ministry for 20+ years. However, I had to "put it on the shelf" when we brought home our 3 children from Ghana.The past 5...
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Let's Make Homemade Pizza
It is time for . . . Mama's Pizza Crust Recipe.Oh yes!Do you all like Homemade Pizza?Have you ever made Homemade Pizza Crust?What are your family's . . .Favorite Pizza Toppings?Mama's Pizza Crust...
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Caramel Oat Chewies
I discovered this recipe a couple of months ago,and they were a HIT with my kids and their friends.Caramel Oatmeal Chewies(adapted from a Nestle Toll House cookbook) 1 3/4 cups Oats (not instant)...
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Teamwork in the Kitchen Means More Time for Friends
Last Sunday was going to be a Quiet and Relaxed day . . .but turned into a CRAZY FUN day instead.For some families,it could have turned quite STRESSFUL rather quickly,but since we have always worked as...
View ArticleFaith Filled Fridays: Childlike Faith
I have decided to try (no promises, though) to write a weekly post about Faith. I hope this will encourage you as you walk out your own Journey of Faith.Last month, I was asked to speak at our...
View ArticleFaith Is . . . (Faith Filled Fridays)
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”Do you walk out your life in faith?Do you live life . . . sure of what you hope for, and certain of what...
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The Perfect Pie Crust
One of you recently asked for my Pie Crust Recipe,so I thought it was time to re-post this from my Family Blog in 2009.Are you intimidated by the thought of making homemade pie crusts?Have you tried ....
View ArticleTrust in the Lord with All Your Heart (Faith Filled Fridays)
Proverbs 3:5-7 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own...
View ArticleBy Faith . . . Noah Built An Ark (Faith Filled Fridays)
Hebrews 11:7 “By faith, Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.”What would you do if you really felt that God had called you to build an ark? Would...
View ArticleBy Faith . . . Abraham Obeyed and Went (Faith Filled Fridays)
Hebrews 11:8 “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”At age 21, our son Jeremiah...
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