THIS IS AN AWESOME FAMILY POST The Kitchen Is Not Just For Cooking But For Connecting From Courtney On Good Morning Girls Facebook: NEW POST: This is our final week of the “Making Your Home a Haven” Series! This week’s challenge includes Conversation Starters for your kids and some of Women Living Well’s Favorite Recipes!…
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Happy Saturday! Making Our Home A Haven (Or Trying To)
From Sarah:Hopefully, most of you are off work and home with the family. or exploring somewhere with your loved ones. Making Your Home A Haven takes advantage of weekends off and family times together.Did any of you sleep in? How about a special family breakfast. I know it’s freezing in many parts of the US….
Making Your Home a Haven / Rest And Release
Making Your Home a Haven Annual Challenge Making Your Home a Haven Annual Challenge : Revisiting Past Challenges Including Rest And Release From Sarah: Whenever I do this series I always go deep. I search past posts and videos. I search other bloggers for similar posts. Check out the past posts for this series here….
HOW TO COOK A FROZEN TURKEY By A Modern Homestead
How to Cook a Frozen Turkey HOW TO COOK A FROZEN TURKEY By A Modern Homestead From Sarah : I have to admit, I don’t worry about cooking a turkey or fixing a huge Thanksgiving Or Christmas Dinner. I never have. I will admit that I always make sure that I defrost the turkey before…
Making Your House A Home By My Mommy World / A Brief Word From Sarah
Making Your House a Home Making Your House A Home : By My Mommy World “The single most important thing that we strive to do as moms is to make a comfortable, loving home for our families.” From Sarah : I miss being a mom. I know I am going crazy posting all about the…
Monday Ramblings From Our Neck Of The Woods
It’s Monday here on Rolling Meadows Ranch. It’s our Friday, meaning Danny is off til Wednesday. It was a busy weekend at Lake Kissimmee State Park. Danny had late field. Not so bad this time of year since we close earlier than we did in the summertime. Last we we closed at 7 PM. In…
FOOD + DRINK Carne Asada Skillet Nachos Written by: Gaby: Plus Memories Of Bobby
Carne Asada Skillet Nachos FOOD + DRINK Carne Asada Skillet Nachos Written by: Gaby From What’s Gaby Cooking From Sarah : I wish Danny enjoyed SPORTS. He understands the games but is not a fan of watching them on TV. I miss watching the Cubs with my Dad ,dad , my sister and my Grandpa and…
Podcast Episode 47: Simple Ideas for a Christ-Centered Thanksgiving by Marci Ferrell
Podcast Episode 47: Simple Ideas for a Christ-Centered Thanksgiving Podcast Episode 47: Simple Ideas for a Christ-Centered Thanksgiving by Marci Ferrell From Thankful Homemaker. From Sarah: The following brief quote is from Marci’s about me section of her blog. This is one of my favorite blogs to read all year. Christian homemaking at it’s best. “Hello…
Sunday In Our Neck Of The Woods
https://goo.gl/photos/xFtu1ft7SdyPU9UM7 By Sarah’s Attic Of Treasures https://sarahsatticoftreasures.com It was warm out. In the upper 80’s. Busy . Danny was in the Ranger Station. I worked for a while. And then drove around. Family Time : Watching NASCAR with Danny and the cats. BBQ. Special Times : They only…
Grandma’s Porch By Ally’s Kitchen
grandma’s porch allyDecember 19, 2015 https://allyskitchen.com/grandmas-porch/ Walking up the narrow cinder block steps to grandma’s house, I’d hear the creak of the back screen door as I pulled it open, hoping not to fall off the steps. Yes, that creak was like a doorbell. Grandma knew I was there…not quite in the kitchen, the door…
Everything Happens For A Reason + A Post Of My Own .
3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Kids Cookie Challenge By Clean Mama
Kids Cookie Challenge By Clean Mama http://www.cleanmama.net/2016/11/kids-cookie-challenge.html From Sarah : What a wonderful activity for the WHOLE FAMILY. “If your kids are interested in cooking and baking and love the cooking competition shows, they’ll love this idea. The concept is simple – a simple baking competition that even little kids can participate in. You can…
My Morning Time With The Lord
My Morning Time With The Lord By the Thankful Homemaker January 21, 2015 by Marci Ferrell http://thankfulhomemaker.com/2015/01/my-morning-time-with-the-lord/ A sip of coffee and being cozied up by the fireplace in the mornings and I’m ready to sit at the feet of the Lord and glean from His Word. My time in the mornings continues to vary…
6 Ways To Speed Clean to Clean-Enough for the Holidays [& The 1 Habit That Changes Your Morning & The Whole Day]
6 Ways To Speed Clean to Clean-Enough for the Holidays [& The 1 Habit That Changes Your Morning & The Whole Day] Ann VosKamp : A Holy Night http://onethousandgifts.com http://annvoskamp.com/ My Mama said you can’t hurry clean —- just like you can’t hurry love. And I’ve been spending about, oh, the last 20 years trying…
12 Absolute BEST Family Christmas Traditions
http://arabahjoy.com/12-fun-christmas-traditions/ Christmas Eve Box When I was young, our parents would let us open one present on Christmas Eve. My husband doesn’t like that idea because we don’t have many gifts around the tree~ smile~ so we do the Christmas Eve Box. In this large box we place a variety of things such as snacks,…
Sundays at Home Link Party – Meet Some Of The Bloggers Featured -Christmas Foods, Decorating, HomeTours
Sundays at Home Link Party http://loveofhome.net/sundays-home-week-140 From Love Of Home Welcome to Sundays at Home! Hope it is not too cold where you are. We have some wonderful Christmas-y features for you this week. May as well revel in the season while it lasts! Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here. Love of Home is a…
25 Days of Christmas By Donna Reish
25 Days of Christmas By Donna Reish 25 Days of Christmas My kids started an amazing tradition a few years ago that has grown to be the highlight of my and my husband’s parents’ Christmas season. Our kids, seven kids ages eighteen through thirty-four, call it “The Twenty-Five Days of Christmas,” but you could easily…
Our Simple Family Christmas Traditions
Infinite and an infant Eternal, yet born of a woman… Oh, the wonder of Christmas. ~ Charles Spurgeon ~ Our Simple Family Christmas Traditions By The Thankful Homemaker http://thankfulhomemaker.com/2015/12/our-simple-family-christmas-traditions/ Christmas has always been one of our favorite times of the year. For many years our family celebrated Christmas as non-believers. We did all the normal…
Why Do We Have Christmas Trees? – Christmas 5 Minute Family Devotional
Why Do We Have Christmas Trees? – Christmas 5 Minute Family Devotional by Melanie Rainer on December 06, 2016 Welcome to the JellyTelly 5 Minute Family Devotional! We’re excited to journey through the Christmas season with you and your family as we learn all about the holiday and its many traditions. Check out all of…
Christmas Devotions Epic Fail- (A Learning Experience)
Christmas Devotions Epic Fail By Melissa Spoelstra Christmas Devotions Epic Fail {From Sarah : I disagree that it was an epic fail. Their 6 year old loved it. That alone was worth it. The infant wasn’t going to enjoy it either way. The 2 year old twins would have enjoyed bits and pieces of it….
15 Christ-Centered, Meaningful Christmas Books to Read as a Family
15 Christ-Centered, Meaningful Christmas Books to Read as a Family 15 Christ-Centered, Meaningful Christmas Books to Read as a Family A fellow pastor’s wife recently asked for suggestions about meaningful Christmas books that can be read with kids, whether in a church setting, Sunday school class, or as a family. Here are a few recommendations…
25 Christmas Activities From Glorious Within Her
http://www.gloriouswithinher.com/25-christmas-activities/ One of the things I’ve always loved most about Christmas is the Christmas Spirit. It brings with it love, peace, joy, and hope! While I know not everyone celebrates Christmas with a true understanding of the depth of it’s meaning, the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there is still this sense…
How to Experience Real Rest
This week, as many of us head into extended time with family, may we receive the affirmation of God in the deepest part of who we are so that we may work from a place of love rather than fear.
Let’s allow the present to be imperfect and rest in the presence of Love.
books I’m reading
Each month I share in this letter the books I’m reading. Here’s this month’s stack:
3 activities to help make family dinner a little more fun! – (My Thoughts)
http://kaysepratt.com/2016/10/make-family-dinner-more-fun.html Crazy. C & P is still messed up. I copied most of the post this time. From Sarah Our family dinners/ suppers growing up were awesome. It was just something we automatically did. No one really thought about it. Families ate together. They laughed and talked. Friends were invited. We never knew what we…
Beyond Meal Time
I want to cheer them on in their victories, and help mold them through, and wipe their tears, in their greatest times of need. However, often, we are so busy. This week, as part of ourMake Your Home A Haven Challenge, we are to bake and fill our kitchen with yummy goodness. I love it. I can’t wait to cook some amazing things. But that isn’t what I want to share with you today. Today, I want to talk about
Thistlekeeping – Thistlewood Farm
http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/thistlekeeping-97/ Thistlekeeping: Thistlewood Farm Fall is in the air. Back to school brings fall back.
Sunday Prep – Living Well Spending Less®
http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2014/08/22/sunday-prep/?inf_contact_key=719ce7bf402b4306c5ad8ab83041718c07550aed6b2007051e20bdd8de39ffd6 Sunday Prep: Living Well And Spending Less FROM SARAH: Ruth and her family do this Sunday evenings but your family can do it anytime. I wouldn’t have done it on Sunday evenings when I had kids around because Sunday nights were family nights. Watching a favorite movie. OR sports. Playing a game we choose….
