Beautiful Calling

Summer 2010 – My handsome daddy and his fish I grew up in Sioux Lookout, Ontario – known for it’s fishing and hunting. It’s an amazingly beautiful area and I am blessed to have an Aunt and Uncle who still live there on a beautiful house by the lake. We’ve been up visiting a few [...]

Chloe turned four this month. She’s such a blessing! Thank you, Lord, for purple twirls and bouncy blond curls. Celebrating thankfulness with Heavenly Homemakers’ Gratituesday and participating in Wordless Wednesday at Two of a Kind and 5 Minutes for Mom.

Easy Pizza Ingredients 2TBSP sugar + 1 tsp sugar 1 package of yeast (2 1/4 tsp dry active yeast) 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp onion salt 1 1/4 cup water (divided) 3 cups flour pizza sauce can of pineapple chunks stick of pepperoni chopped onion chopped can of mushroom pieces shredded mozzarella cheese Easy Pizza [...]

Badly Taken by me. Pregnancy Update I’m almost 16 weeks. I feel huge. The more babies I have, the faster I “pop”. My baby bump looks much bigger from the top I think. Things are going well. As long as I take my Diclectin, I’m not usually sick in the morning and the all day [...]

      Photo by Astrogrl We’re expecting another baby; I am so excited.  This will be our fourth pregnancy in our 5 years of marriage. Isaiah is in the arms of Jesus,  but I have Chloe and John to fill my arms {and my days!}. When we lost Isaiah, I also mourned the loss of my [...]

                          May 27, 2011 life is going to change. This post links to Gratituesday & Wordless Wednesdays Have you entered the Spa Gift Certificate Giveaway? 9/30 Worldwide!

I can vividly recall the cool fall days, the smell of the earth, the cold water from the hose splashing as I wash the dirt clumps clinging to the bright orange carrot I just pulled from Grandma’s garden. I remember {I can taste it!} that wonderful freshness that came from biting into that delicious, crunchy [...]

We enjoyed our long weekend; DH and I had a nap every day. How amazing is that?!? Monday we went apple picking; only Macs were ready so these are just eating apples {or apple sauce}. Thanksgiving Monday our whole family will go out picking and we’ll get our baking apples then. I’m thankful for fall; [...]

Pillowhead We arrived home this weekend, tired but happy. I’m thankful for safe travels. My first trip to Africa was an amazing, eye-opening experience. {BIG thanks to my in-laws for the opportunity to visit Africa, the good food; they were amazing hosts!} I didn’t fall off the face of the earth but after my camera [...]

Photo by autopaattie I’m Inadequate Christian, wife, mother, blogger, happy, optimistic, friendly, thankful… If asked to describe myself in one word, I might use any of those words because they are all true. But in my heart of hearts, if I needed to choose one word to describe myself it would be inadequate. As a [...]