Miss Miranda, you are growing up! This year they all wanted an individual photo in front of the Christmas tree. This week Miranda has been spending tons of time being creative...making most of her Christmas gifts. She has a strong desire to sew and create every day, and I love to see what she comes up with next. She is a blessing, and has been such good big sister to all of her siblings.
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!
March Madness - Home Sanctuary Style
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My husband Tom looked up from the comprehensive To Do list that we had just finished discussing. It was a formidible list, to say the least. "....aaaand that...
New England Style Clam Chowder
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I am a big fan of chowders and especially like seafood chowders. This
version of Clam Chowder is very easy and quick to make.
- 1/2 lb of diced bacon
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Overcoming the “Perfect Family” Syndrome
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“Love suffers long, having patience with imperfect people.”* When I was a
young mom, I wanted to have the perfect family. As you can imagine, this
put a lo...
The Ultimate Prescription
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from the back of the book..."Many of the diseases sending us to doctors'
offices, surgical suites, and early graves are preventable-and we don't
need to ...
New Theme Song
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God is doing something really cool in and through me... can't quite explain it all yet in words... but this is my new personal theme song. He keeps speaking...
Wednesday Dose of Cute: Taken Today
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[image: Wednesday random lamb photos 1 - FarmgirlFare.com]
*More photos and a lamb report below. . .*
*Click here for the rest of this post »*
Random
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I feel like my little home on the web is being a little neglected. I still
have that nagging cough, but thankfully most of my energy is back. Until
evening...
Learn to Read with Reading Eggs
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Reading Eggs is an online reading program for children ages 3-13. When you
join Reading Eggs you get access to two different levels of their program,
Learn...
Day 2
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[from our adoption blog]
Day 2 was great. This morning we had the great privilege of meeting our
kids' grandfather. We spent the afternoon shopping and p...
Project in the Workshop
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Between all the birthday celebrations and life in general, Jason has been
working any spare moment he can grab on a cabinet for Amber (Colt's
girlfriend) f...
stitching for spring
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Making good progress on my spring stitching. I've been working on a sweet banner sampler that you can stitch to celebrate spring ... or summer. Almost ready ...
Great Reading, Winners and Wise Woman Link-up!
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Looking for some good reading? Here are some links you should check out
this week:
Deception of Marketing and Media
Counseling Over Coffee: Depression ...
our happy place
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There is something about the morning light filtering into our home. My
living room becomes brushed with soft shadows and a certain sense of joy
fills ...
new nest
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I'm not sure anyone is following this news with bated breath, but last night we moved into our new home. Not completely, mind you. Because a complete move wo...
Interview Fun!
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The launch of my new global venture, My Favorite Find, is drawing near and
I'm so excited to announce that I'll be granting interviews to anyone in
the wor...
10 Favorite Spring and Summer Picture Books
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Written by contributor Jen from Forever, For Always, No Matter What After
we packed up our Christmas decorations for the year, I displayed some of
our favo...
Vegetable Seeds Planted, Garden to be Prepped
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Source: splendidminta.blogspot.com via Alexandra on Pinterest
We started our little vegetable garden from seed in our homemade greenhouse
- a few plast...
using up leftovers
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Weekends are my time to bake up muffins
for the coming week.
They are packed in lunches daily
and eaten with smoothies for breakfast.
This weekend I had s...
clams in a basket
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I cannot take credit for this crafty idea that I am sharing. The
carpenter that works for the shop is a part time shell fish harvester here
on eastern...
Guest Post!
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My favorite recent photo of her
My dear friends, I hope you enjoy this guest post! My cousin (and first
godchild!) wrote this piece. She has always had a p...
Georgia O’Keeffe Artist Study
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Our artist this term has been Georgia O’Keeffe. I borrowed the book Georgia
O’Keeffe (Library of American Art Series) from our library. It is an
oversized ...
How Can We Help Our Kids Do Well in School
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This is good news for REAL moms!
Tutors are great but studies show that the best students are not ones with
tutors but instead a strong family support ...
A Simple Woman’s Daybook ~ 02/27/2012
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*FOR TODAY…*
*[image: simple-woman-daybook-small]Outside my window...* it’s a beautiful,
spring-like day. The sun is shining, making shadow patterns acro...
Some Great News On This Monday Morning~
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1 Samuel 16:7 ..."for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on
the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart."
I am thankfu...
Eye Of The Sword Review
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Click the cover to go to the website
A fantasy, a love story, adventure with all you would expect- villians,
battles, intrigue, plot twists and more. I ha...
Popping In To Say Hello
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I was reading an update the other day from a new adoptive family and oh how
I remembered those hard days of adjustment. Traumatized children, no
routines, ...
Polar Bear and Penguin Party
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Polar bears & penguins may live on separate poles, but they came together
to celebrate the girls' 8th brrrthday. Such fun!
Farm Photo Friday--Link Party
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*Welcome to Farm Photo** Friday
*Sorry everyone-we have had internet problems the last few days. I think we
have everything in working condition now. So......
Modesty Promotes Friendship
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*An excerpt from the New and Revised version of Raising Maidens of Virtue.
*
Even though the Apostle Paul makes the principle clear in 1 Timothy 2:8
that...
MAUI-Feb. 1st -Hana
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When we told people we were headed to Maui, everyone said "you HAVE TO take
the road to Hana".
We really debated...we were only in Maui for 4 days, did ...
Happy Forever Day!
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[image: IMG_3896-3]
It was on this day one year ago Little became ours forever.
[image: IMG_3906-3]
My heart is so thankful the Lord chose us to be a p...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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