Beautiful Calling

Saturday we went to an apple cider bee hosted by friends at our church. They host it every year at their farm and all the church family is invited! Apple Cider parties are definitely a Finer Thing! What fun it. Chloe was able to help put the apples into the grinder and was very excited [...]

The littles had it with pasta for lunch and we ate it with a hearty stew for dinner I had a very successful bread baking day yesterday. Just a basic white bread recipe but it turned out wonderfully. I don’t have a bread-maker and I don’t really want one either. I have enough gadgets. I [...]

I am so thankful for Irelynn’s safe arrival. She is my first niece and she is darling!! When she was born my brother emailed that she weighed 3.37lbs. My heart stopped for a beat until I realized that in his crazy excitement, he meant to say kg. She really weighed in at 7lbs 6 oz!! [...]

This week I am thankful for the opportunity to help with vacation bible school at our church. The theme this year is “ Polar Extreme; all of me, all out for God!” It’s going to be a lot of fun I think. Since I have a two year old, an almost one year old and [...]

I am thankful for the internet! It is a wealth of information on everything that you could need, from recipes and knitting patterns to craft ideas, cake ideas and more. It is filled with inspiration, encouragement and wonderful bloggers such as ourselves. Yes, I know that the internet can also be a very dangerous place, [...]

I recently stumbled across a blog entitled Stop and Smell the Chocolates. Anyone who knows me, also knows of my obsession addiction intense love affair great fondness for chocolate so of course with a title like that, I had to visit! Right now she is celebrating a one year bloggy friendship and encouraging others to [...]

Photo by jamelah I am thankful that the Lord speaks to me through His Word. It is sometimes hard to comprehend how the Lord can speak to us, but He does!    1 Corinthians 11:1,  Ezekiel 22:30 and Titus 2:7 and Are You a Mrs. Titus 2 Crystal, of Biblical Womanhood and Mom of Littles, [...]

 On Friday we made our second trip ever to Toys R Us. Nana (Great-Grandmother), GG (Grandmother), the littles and of course Scott and I. We ended up getting a bike trailer (it’s on the way), a funny ball and a scooter for Chloe. On the way home from the store (a 1/2 hour drive), Chloe [...]

It’s been a tough week with grandpa passing away. Though there have been many sad moments, I am thankful that they were interspersed with joy droplets. I’ve learned that there is good in everything; sometimes it just takes a little more looking to find it! Joy Droplets of the Week: The comments of encouragement and [...]

Photo by Jasmic This past weekend I attended Faithway’s 20th Ladies’ Retreat. Each year, I am thankful that they put it on and that I am able to attend. This year, the theme was “Celebrate Change” and it has a variety of applications. The most important application being the change that comes with Salvation; a [...]