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Making Envelope Pillow Covers – Simple Project
Because it’s pretty big news in our family… We’re going to be grandparents again! Little Shalom will be a “big” sister, Lord willing, in November. We’re delighted that our kids love children and count them as precious gifts and very happy for the new addition coming to our family. And more exciting news for my son and his family. They will be building themselves a small house and if all goes well moving in before their new arrival! That will be so very nice for them! I am happy to say I was able to get to those envelope pillows and had success making two! They were so easy! The…
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Raising a 4-H Steer
Life on the farm has changed once again. We now have a 4-H steer. Serenity is taking on this big project. I think everyone was wondering if she would be able to handle it or not but the Lord has blessed her with the calmest steer ever. After going to the livestock auction and calling around to different ranchers in the area, she was told to call the a rural highschool where they have a FFA program in place. They had a steer the weight she needed and when they arrived at the school to see the steer they found out it was calm and mellow. Just what she needed!…
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A Dinner Honoring Our Pastor and his Wife
True ministers of the Gospel of Christ don’t always have it easy and many times they are under appreciated. My son Zachary and his wife decided our church should have a Pastor Appreciation day for our pastor who has been our shepherd for so many years. Zachary and Hannah – the planners Hannah did a beautiful job on the decorations. She bought some things, had some decor of her own and then used items of mine. With all of it, she was able to come up with 9 different centerpieces and they looked beautiful. We couldn’t have the event outdoors because it was too windy and the temperatures had…
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My Family, My Valentine’s
It’s been Valentine’s week for us. Like last year, we’re running a little late but we just have to roll with that sometimes, right? Life is not served up to us in neat tidy boxes but is constantly changing and arriving on our doorstep in all different shapes and sizes. For those of us who like structure and routine, it can be disconcerting but we don’t ever want to become so set in our ways that we can’t enjoy what is happening at the moment. The first day I put salt n vinegar chips (a family favorite) in all their mailboxes with the caption on their bag of “You Make…
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A New Adventure Coming Up
Last year I had this weak moment inspiration to do something that I’ve never thought much about or had a great desire to do. Until that moment. I was inspired to make the epic hike into the Grand Canyon, precisely the Havasupai area where there is beauty like you would never imagine down there. (The waters are a blue color due to the mineral content.) I figured if I was going to hike it, it was now or never. I’m 45 and have never really been into hiking so this is a huge thing for me to go on such a granddaddy of a hike and I knew that if…
