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!
Easy DIY Pine Couch
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We are waiting for a mattress to be delivered, and then we'll put together
something like this as a living room couch. I'm actually thinking about
making t...
Saturday Dose of Cute: Finding Happiness on the Farm
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[image: Little sheep wrangler 1 - FarmgirlFare.com]
BlogHer, my publishing network, has asked me to answer another question as
part of its year-long *Life ...
Happy March!
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It's March already...really? Wow...what little winter we have had is just
flying by. It's already planting season here and I have done nothing to
prepare....
Edwardian Dresses and Titanic Event
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This is lovely:
(*Note: Don't forget to turn off the music at the bottom of the blog before
viewing!)*
My daughters are also working on some historical ...
Home from Disney
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We are home and starting to feel rested from our Disney vacation. *Vacation*.
That word seems like an oxymoron when paired with the word *Disney*,
doesn’...
Cranberry Citrus Cookies
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I found a cookie on the grocery store shelves that has become a favorite in
the past few years...a combination of lemon and cranberries and a little
crunch...
Company Dinner Rolls
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Add these "healthy" Company Dinner Rolls to a delicious dinner of homemade
soup...yum!
Ingredients:
2 1/2c. Warmed Water (115 degrees F.)
1c. Cracked S...
Great Homeschooling Links: March 3, 2012
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Written by Jenny of Our Nifty Notebook. **photo credit: Maggie Smith
Spring Cleaning and Notes On Homeschool- 47 Tips Leslie shares tips,
encouragement an...
Tips For Teaching Your Children About Our Children
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Ellen from Love That Max asked me if I would contribute to an article she
was writing for Babble. The topic was what moms who have kids with special
needs ...
Pictures I Like...
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My guys, slightly modified. ha ha!
Ben's birthday dinner. Gross kid. I love him!
My two middle sweeties.
Me and my baby
My latte the other day. Most ex...
Documenting
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Have you ever answered the door to the UPS man with a head full of braids because you were being a Barbie head for your daughter, with spit up all over from ...
some finished knitting...
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The *simple yet effective shawl* is finished,
and I love it.
Made with fingering weight merino wool,
it is soft and feathery light,
but drape it over...
Flower Purse
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I've been taking a walk down memory lane while going through some old files
of Farm Chicks projects for something I'm working on, and thought it'd be
fun t...
Farm Photo Friday--Link Party
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*Welcome to Farm Photo Friday.
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I would love to see what is going on around your farm, ranch or country
home!! Please be kind to the hostess {me} and ...
Analyzing Theme with Dr. Seuss Picture Books
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I’m participating in a blog link-up in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday
tomorrow on March 2. Since Sprite is a middle schooler (7th grade), you
might be surpr...
Faithful Friday - "Already There"
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I can’t even count the times that I’ve tried to second guess God, trying to
figure out what He was thinking. I don’t think it’s all that unusual for us
...
Let the Madness Begin - and Company Girl Coffee 3.2
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Don't judge me. Here's my main "March Madness" project: the Tack Room storage. HORR-ible. And that's the "good" side. You can see that at one point everythin...
Chicken and Cornmeal Dumplings
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I love it when I make a recipe and instead of whining and complaining... I
get moans of pleasure. YES moans of *oooh this is good*. When my folks
were...
Joy in the Little Things
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It only took a few minutes to prepare and yet it made my daughter’s day.
Our two boys were off to a tractor show for the day, and just the girls
were at ho...
The Missing Posts
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One of my longtime readers wrote and asked me tonight why so many of my
posts seemed to be missing. I'm so sorry I didn't think to explain. Since I
am stil...
Getting paid to blog??
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*Happy March! It sure came in like a lion in my neck of the woods! After
enjoying bare ground almost all winter (which is unheard of for us) we got
s...
Aiden is SIX!
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Today is our boy’s 6th Birthday! We celebrated his 3rd birthday in Ukraine!
CLICK HERE His 4th birthday was full of JOY! HERE AT HOME! And his 5th
birthday...
A Change of Pace
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Last Friday my husband and I (and our kids) decided to do something
different and drove to a mall in another state…it’s only about an hour away
from our ...
A Kaleidoscope of Vegetables
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A Kaleidoscope of Vegetables
Mr. Fortesque was once again the only guest at our suppertable. “This is
the most wholesome nourishment I’ve eaten all week. ...
home alone
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The girls are at school. My husband is at work. No one else is here. The house is quiet, empty, and I am supposed to be unpacking boxes, doing laundry, estab...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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!
Modesty Promotes Friendship
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*An excerpt from the New and Revised version of Raising Maidens of Virtue.
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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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
1 comments:
love the picture! Merry Christmas beautiful friend!
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