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Striving to live...radically, passionately, intentionally for Jesus while homeschooling and fostering babies in my little yellow farmhouse. Life is sweet.
Age 10. Little homemaker in training. She spends her days sewing, reading, helping with babies, baking and tending to her pets.
Age 5. Our blessing from Guangdong, China. Adopted November 2007, at 16 months of age. We can't imagine life without her!
Our first foster placement, who came to us as an infant in July 2009. She is 2 years old now...and we are blessed to be moving toward the adoption process with her!
Our second placement, a preemie, who we brought home from the hospital in March 2010. Her current plan is adoption as well...but we're not there yet, as her case is dragging on. She is the baby of the house, and what a blessing she is!
Dear Lucas
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You are four today. FOUR. You've been asking if *today* is your birthday
since Christmas was over! "*Now* is it my birthday?"
I feel like after having k...
Art Games Charlotte Mason Would Love: Birdcage Press
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I grew up playing the traditional Authors and Composers card games. (Who
else played those?) They were a great way to pass a rainy afternoon while
learnin...
Tasty (Pinterest) Recipes
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Don't you just love Pinterest? I sure do. Who would have thought pinning
could be so much fun? And I can actually say that Jason likes it as well
since he'...
Loving the "Dude" in Your Man
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Today's Small Thing is one we've done before, but based on my own need to revisit it again this week, I brought it back as a refresher. I have to be really h...
How To Stay Young~
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John 10:10 (KJV)The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to
destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it...
Chili Soup
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Thick rich chili soup. It comes together quickly and freezes well.
*Ingredients:*
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, ...
Pinterest Shares--Things I've actually done
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I don't know about you, but it's so much easier to pin things on Pinterest
than to actually do the things you pin! Today, I thought I'd share a few
of the...
Little Homemaker in Training
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We have a guest post today by Jenny of A Mother’s Heritage: She was so
eager to be with me. “Can we do a project or something?” She just wanted a
piece of ...
on Ash Wednesday
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Hoping to take time for reflection
this Lenten season...
*"Yes, lent calls us to think great thoughts and to embrace great visions
of faith, and we tr...
The Business Card Winners Announced!
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Wow!!! What I've learned is that everyone who voted is very passionate
about which cards they voted for! I know this because almost every vote had
lots of ...
Prayer
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I had a horrible allergic reaction to something (unknown) this am. Called my husband to come home, called a friend to come watch the kids and off to urgent c...
still holding
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One of the best things about staying with my inlaws (I don't like that word; it seems distant) is the little boy cousins who make frequent appearances around...
noticing
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Andy gave me a lovely bouquet of flowers for Valentine's Day. One stem was broken and I brought it down to the studio table to put in the tiniest budvase I h...
25 Reasons Why You Should Attend the 2:1 Conference
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Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. I’m
hoping that, by now, you’ve heard about the 2:1 Conference, but maybe
you’re s...
Free Form Artistic Nature Journals
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These are some of my favorite types of journals. They are born from the
imagination, and you can draw from so many free resources, such as drawing
instruct...
A Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ February 21, 2012
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For Today…
*[image: simple-woman-daybook-small]Outside my window...* it is cloudy and
breezy, with a chance of rain showers; 46 degrees—supposed to reach...
MAUI -Jan. 31st -Whales!!
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November thru April is Humpback Whale season in Hawai'i...specifically,
Maui.
The whales migrate from up around Alaska, down to Hawai'i for birthing and
b...
How Can I Build My Child's Self Esteem?
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*If you listened you heard that...only I could forget the rest of "sticks
and stones will break your bones but..." I had a complete brain block at
that m...
Happy Forever Day!
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[image: IMG_3896-3]
It was on this day one year ago Little became ours forever.
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My heart is so thankful the Lord chose us to be a p...
Scripture Art: Seasons
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Since our last “Scripture Art” project was such a huge success, I decided
that we would try another~ We continued to work with watercolor (This is
the set ...
Will Becoming a Passionate Housewife Save Me?
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*Inspired by a sermon from Joseph Charles Philpot (1802-1869)*
We are not saved by:
1. Works of righteousness which we have done or can do
2. The ...
Staycation
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This is school vacation week and Nastia has just extracted a promise from
me to stay off the computer from tonight until the weekend. We've decided
to do o...
good to the last drop
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Mulan is officially over! Yippee. Mom and dad made it in for the last
weekend. I love* *the effort they put into being good grandparents. That
dri...
She Extends her Hand to Bless
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Last year during the early Summer, I was blessed to fellowship over lunch
with a very sweet acquaintance.
As we shared what the Lord was teaching us, and ...
Family Love Day
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It had been a few years since we celebrated Valentine’s Day properly, so I
was determined to do it right this year. I had so much fun planning and
preparin...
Weekends are too Short
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Winnie the Pooh is one of Chloe's new best friends! It used to be mine and
Chloe found him in the closet and she has been in love ever since.
Gap was ...
Cancer Sucks
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Last night we lost our (Doug's) aunt Roberta. She was a sweet little
Christian woman. She lost her husband many years ago and just spent her
life focused ...
The Well-Fed Mind
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The Well-Fed Mind
There is never a time when I appreciate the sun through mywindows more than
in winter. Special notice is taken of where sunlight enter...
How to feel fifteen again
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This is a post on how to feel younger. In fact, I guarantee if you follow
these simple steps, you can feel as young as fifteen again. Truly. Step one
: Gr...
Happy 100th Day of School!!
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Today is our 100th day of school here for Elizabeth, who is in kindergarten
this year. We're celebrating by counting to 100 a lot today!! Groups of
ten...
Kitchen Table Science: Rain Clouds
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This week we have had snow then rain and one thing led to another and we
were talking about evaporation and such. I love a visual so we did a little
scienc...
New girl needs sponsor--and family!!
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This little girl is also brand new to the institution.
Isn't she stunningly beautiful? (click on the picture to see a full
view--the smaller one just doesn...
our winner announcement
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Congratulations to Kim
from
White Whispers to You
Kim has a beautiful blog and Etsy shop.
From what I see I think the vintage grain bag will have a ...
Happy Valentines Day
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One of my journey goals for my 2012 is to celebrate each holiday like I used to do in the past. I've noticed in the last few years I've let that "tradition" ...
Healer God
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November
“You are right.” He says.
I look up into the shy smile I have grown to love so much. Day 178 of
bandaging this wound, and it is almost gone.
...
Paul Tripp interview
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love this interview with Dr. Paul Tripp. His books are always excellent
and I highly recommend them! There is a great little bit about parenting
with the...
Goals and Lessons Learned
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Motherhood has taught me many things, two of perhaps the most useful are
that organization saves time, stress and money and having realistic small
goals fo...
True Love
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How do you not fall in love with this?
Tonight, Raelee reminded me that I 'pinkie sweared' her that she could
sleep in me bed. I don't remember any promise...
Spelling at the Palace
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Our Anna is ALL girl. She is four and thinks that our house is her palace. You will find her most days walking around in pretend dress up shoes and sungla...
BABY JULIAN MILES & A GOLDEN SPATULA
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Barely two months old of cuteness, right here.Okay, so I just can't resist
and I don't even want to, anyway. Now that my oldest child, my daughter,
has r...
Lil' Washer Platt turns "1"
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It's hard to believe that it was a year ago today that another sweet baby
entered our family. Little Washer Platt came early, came fierce, and was
born str...
Someday
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If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been on an extended blogging break. Some
things came up last summer… the kind of things you drop everything for, and
this blog...
Blame it on the desk
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*It’s all my desk’s fault. Really it is. Honest. I wouldn’t lie to you. *
*Blame the desk for why I haven’t had time to blog or add more stenciling
to...
31 Day No Spend Challenge
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*
**Well, last post I said this is it, no more FAF. Part of me wants that to
be the case. I want to finish up or move on or something. But since I've
not d...
Night Time Sledding, Redneck style
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First you have to wait for the tractor or try and catch it...
Then if you were lucky enough to catch it, and stay on, you got a fun ride
around the goat pa...
2012 Spring Ruffles & Rust Vintage Market to Inspire
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Happy New Year to everyone! Here’s wishing everybody a fantastic 2012! Can
you believe we are almost halfway through January? Neither can I! We
have been s...
5th grade socks
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It was really hard for my 5th grade to finish their socks by winter break.
Last year only one child was behind because of illness, this year almost
every c...
Happy New Year
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Ya'll what a mess these past few months have been. A lot of personal stuff
has gone on and we ended the year with my mom being very, very sick. She
almost ...
Rainbow Cake
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Today was Lucy's third birthday, and I REALLY wanted to make a rainbow cake
for her because I've seen so many seriously cute pictures of them online.
The p...
Our Sunday To-Do List
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1. Sunday School and Church this morning (lovely service)
2. Run by Target to get the (nearly) last of our Christmas presents
3. Eat Lunch
4. Celebrate...
Coyote Humor
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We've had coyote issues for years - lost all my sweet pigmy goats to them.
We've had 3 different Great Pyrennees dogs who were not good livestock
guardians...
change of address (again)...
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Well, since changing over to my new blog i have noticed
that most of the traffic is *originating *at,
*prim4Him*
*my original blog*
so...
I am in the pro...
Supreme a Grapefruit!
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Once I saw how easy it was to supreme a grapefruit, I've never looked back!
It works on oranges of all types, lemons and limes, too! A really useful
kitche...
Jake n' Holly
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It's been a loooooong while since I have posted anything...so I thought I'd
post a lil' something on my family...
This is our daughter,Holly and her boy...
Hire me
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Although I am no longer writing here at Storing Up Treasures, I am
available to write guest posts for other blogs, or freelance for magazines
or other publ...
Maca Coconut Cacao Nibs Sauce for dipping
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*This is a delicious dipping sauce for fruit. Maca, coconut oil and cacao
nibs. For a personal sized amount I used 2 teaspoons coconut oil (soften it
if ne...
COMPLETE
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After 2 years, hundreds of documents, thousands of tears, and millions of
prayers, I can finally say...OUR ADOPTION OF KIRILL IS COMPLETE!
We feel incred...
Disney 2011
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"You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the
world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality." Walter Elias
Disney
[ima...
Closing Monday
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I will make this blog private on Monday next week. If you would like to
follow me on His Pen on My Heart, you will need to do so soon. Thanks for
your lo...
I'M MOVING!!!
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I should clarify... I am not physically moving. But, after much thought, I
have decided that I will be merging my personal and business blogs into
one. "Bo...
What to do....
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I am still here, but unsure of what to do with this blog. I've came back a
few times but I am not really sewing anymore. I miss it alot but I just do
not h...
If, then...
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- *If *you get a phone call at 9:45 am while you are standing in your
apartment na*ed, *then* it might be your interviewer changing your
interview time fro...
(stopping) THE CYCLE
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Remember this horrible, vicious, devastating, heart wrenching cycle??
I hate that it even exists.
Some of us close our eyes and try to pretend it does...
Quilted Doings
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Well the quilting bug has certainly bitten here in my little corner of the
world. Mom & I can hardly get enough of all the lovely quilting video
tutorials ...
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