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Weekly Gratitude Post 1/26/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 1/26/20

I loved this quote I heard today & wanted to share this short 1 minute encouraging clip also. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough!” (This isn’t only talking about money.) Adopt an Attitude of Gratitude Today’s Gratitude Post is by Xanna. “I am thankful 

Jocko Willink’s books

Jocko Willink’s books

For Grant’s birthday, we bought him one of Jocko Willink’s books that he had been wanting. He really has loved the book & shared it with friends. He had been listening to Jocko online for a while. While Jocko doesn’t specifically talk about Christ, he 

Activated Charcoal

Activated Charcoal

Activated charcoal is our friend. Anytime anyone is throwing up or nauseous, we take activated charcoal capsules. It really makes a difference. For those who are too young to swallow capsules, I break open a capsule into a cup of juice & they can’t even 

January 2020 Pictures Part 2

January 2020 Pictures Part 2

A few more Christmas presents that we opened a couple weeks late. We had bought a lot of books, CDs & DVDs that we like to use for school, but since the kids love them so much & love opening presents, I just went ahead 

January Family Funnies

January Family Funnies

“What is a smart pig called?” “Swine-Stein?” “A Cunning Ham!” “What do you call a pig that bakes?” “Ba-Kin!” Ellie offered me some of her bowl of goldfish & pretzels. I said “No thank you, I can’t have any.” Emma pipes in with “They have 

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