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Ham & Potato Soup recipe

Ham & Potato Soup recipe

Ham & Potato Soup is one of our favorite meals. I have adapted the recipe to suit our family & wrote it out recently for our girls, so I thought I would share in case anyone else is interested. =) We have a spiral sliced 

Encouraging Podcasts for Moms

Encouraging Podcasts for Moms

I recently read a great little book by Durenda Wilson called “The Unhurried Homeschooler“. It was very encouraging & easy to read (& short!).  I then looked up the author & realized she does regular podcasts. I have never been one to listen to many 

Weekly Gratitude Post 1/19/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 1/19/20

I wanted to brag on my kids a bit today. 🙂 I am thankful for each & every one of them, they bless me every day. 🥰💜💙 Not only did they make it work for me be gone to Ohio over New Year’s & part 

Avocados

Avocados

I found HUGE avocados at Woodmans this week & bought a bunch. So we spent a morning prepping & freezing avocado cubes for smoothies & Ellie’s pouches, making avocado pudding & a bunch of guacamole.

Being Excited about the Little Things

Being Excited about the Little Things

After feeling so deprived by all the foods I can’t have, I decided it is better to get excited about some new foods I found that I CAN have…or at least try… like parsnips… they didn’t test for them, but I can have many root 

The Power of Food & Using Discernment

The Power of Food & Using Discernment

Ellenor was being a bit of a handful last night as I was trying to get her ready for bed. I remembered that she had a fairly early dinner & didn’t eat very much so I figured she was hungry. I sat her down with 

Chicken or Turkey Tetrazzini Recipe

Chicken or Turkey Tetrazzini Recipe

I have to admit, my mouth is watering & it’s a bit cruel as I can’t eat the delicious dinner that we made…but, such is life for me right now. And that’s OK, it’s a season. =) The family loves this & it’s one of 

Snow Fun

Snow Fun

It was beautiful out on Sunday so we enjoyed an afternoon playing outside. 🙂

Being Without Power

Being Without Power

When we bought our house 3 years ago, it came with a whole house generator, which has been such a blessing as we lose power pretty frequently. For whatever reason, the generator is not currently working. We lost power Friday night & it came back 

Weekly Gratitude Post 1/12/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 1/12/20

Today’s Gratitude Post is by Emmalyn. Emmalyn is thankful for rainbows, because of all the beautiful colors. She is also thankful for Christmas trees, and the beauty they bring at Christmastime. She is thankful for stockings that can hold things. Emmalyn is thankful for “icicle