The Blessings of Spring {New Life}

I can’t help myself. Spring is…well, springing up all around me and I just can’t stop taking pictures! Oh how I wish I had this lens so I could take macro to that next level. But, I digress. I’m popping in momentarily to this blog in order to drop off some seasonal pictures that I [...]

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{House L.O.V.E.}

Moving day weather was a gift from above. A spring-like 64 degrees, sunshine, wear-a-T-shirt kinda moving weather. Just perfect. Being bone-tired and only three of us, a fourth of the move ended up in the garage. Not quite as planned but we were officially moved in. The next day’s weather held out as boxes were [...]

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The Perfect Gift ~ An ER Visit

Because my husband is the best he surprised me with a little gift…even though we weren’t to get each other anything. This year it was quiet, understated and just right! A few good things to curl up with… Did I mention that the real gift this  year is this ~ Because who can beat a [...]

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Perfection Through Imperfection {Thankful Christmas Moments}

After reading this amazing post When It Isn’t Perfect, I need to reprioritize. The Bible talks of renewing my mind. When I start thinking one thing then I need to replace it with a truth. Now I’m sure scriptures are thinking much more along the lines of writing the truth of His Word on my [...]

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Living Liturgically Through Nature

  Some days you wake up overwhelmed and all you see is the mountain in front of you that seems impossible to climb. Sometimes you just can’t get past the next thing that needs to be done because the list seems endless. Nothing stays clean or orderly and life is messy. But sometimes you wake [...]

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Things to be thankful for…deer legs and eggs

My son came home with a deer leg the other day. This momma about had a heart attack. He was so proud as he handed over this body part with exposed joint bone and clotted blood. “Can we keep it, mom?” eyes big as saucers he wanted to know as the others crowded around in [...]

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Less Screen Time

So I have in my head this great weekly wrap up on the rocks and minerals unit study we are doing right now. (Sorry, you’ll have to check back next week! But instead I spent much more time doing this… and this… and much less time on my computer. Life is good!

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Small Town Hospitality in Swedeburg, Nebraska

This past Sunday I got a true taste of small town life in the country! What to do when someone invites you to a church picnic of a church you’ve never attended? Go, partake, and enjoy small town hospitality! It was a beautiful day. The smell of pulled pork tantalized the senses. And the music [...]

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Camping in the front yard…

Sounds like a good idea, right? Ahhh…memories of my childhood…running around the backyard with friends until 3 in the morning…practical jokes that weren’t so funny to some…eating junk food by the bucketfuls. Glad to pass on the tradition. The kids were super excited tired and in pajamas, ready for bed by 6:30…amazing! Music by the [...]

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Prairie Flora

As I drive around town in the cool of my air-conditioned van running errands I can’t help but notice the beauty by the side of the road. This colorful summer treat has been dear to my heart since I was a little girl picking dandelions. There is a soft spot in me for prairie flora…what [...]

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Spontaneously Captured

My blessings this week dwell on the spontaneity of the moment. There have been several random “hurry-and-grab-the-camera” moments that don’t really fit anywhere photo category-wise yet are precious enough to save! Blessings that one day I will look back upon and smile at a memory that could’ve easily slipped away! Blessings # 591 ~ 600 Rainbow before a [...]

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Fresh Perspectives

What do you do when your work never leaves you? It is truly a blessing to be a stay-at-home mommy  yet sometimes the amount of work can start choking the life out of you. It is always there…always a constant. You do and do and do some more but there is always one more mess…one [...]

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Quintessential Summer

Summer essentials to do before we run to the safety of our air conditioners in the heat of July. Blessing # 558 ~ 567 ~ homemade ice cream ~ garden hose sprinkler ~ bare feet through grass ~ evening visits on the porch ~ cool summer beverages ~ shortcakes with berries and ice cream ~ [...]

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Garage Sale Blessings

I have continually found that when you pray before embarking on a shopping trip of any nature, the Lord will tend to bless you in ways you couldn’t have imagined before starting. As weekly blessings tend to go, this past week was a biggie! With the garage sale behind me I am finding places for our [...]

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Things Unseen…

Note ~ I wrote this post back in August of 2010. I think I meant to publish it or add a photo first before publishing. I’m not sure. But somehow it escaped posting and ended up sitting in my dashboard. While cleaning up I found it, reread and thought this is still just as important [...]

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My Greatest Blessings

It seems only appropriate after Mother’s Day to reflect on being a mother and where my blessings truly lie. Spring flowers are beautiful but fading. But these… …oh these children! How they make my heart ache with a love so deep They are the balm over their own chaos! Counting Blessings # 414 ~ 420 [...]

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My Mother’s Day Gift

Happy Mother’s Day! The thoughtful gift from a husband who seeks family unity and longs to include me. And it’s pink!!!

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When Hobbies Meet

What happens when you mix your love of photography with your love of scrapbooking? A simple, yet beautiful Mother’s Day Card emerges. Beautiful. When your day is spiraling out, chaos is pressing in, nothing has gone as planned and you feel defeated…  ~ Feed Your Soul …use your gifts and talents to bless another this [...]

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Budding Fruit ~ an Easter morning conversation

A morning gift in the Easter basket ~ her first Bible that she can read herself. The Holy Spirit working in her heart ~  Me: Lily, please come get your hair brushed before church. Lily walks out of her room crying. I think, oh no what now? Me: What’s wrong, honey? Lily: I’m just so [...]

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Perfect Timing

His timing is perfect. You’d think I’d know that by heart after all these years. But still I fret and worry and wonder in vain. Our life is clicking into a lifestyle we’ve been praying for and yearning for yet not believing would come to pass. Yes, there is also the diligence of our hard [...]

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