Winner, Winner, Panini Dinner!

  I’m soooo excited to share “The Ultimate Summer Sandwich” Prize Pack to the following four recipients: 1. Comment #121 Barbara July 30, 2010 at 7:53 pm                                                                                           Focaccia bread, provolone, turkey, tomato and spinach. Yum. I love sandwiches with melted cheese! I want to experiment with different types of cheese, but when I get to …

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The Ultimate Summer Sandwich Party

What a fun night!  Brad and I hosted an “Ultimate Summer Sandwich Party” with some families from church that we’ve wanted to get to know better. (Tangent #1: Do you ever find yourself hurrying into church, picking up your kids after the sermon, and then scurrying to feed your family lunch?  Us too!  Just a …

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A Good Case of Déjà Vu

Friday I spent the afternoon loving on the Thompson Quads.  It was such a treat. I fell hard for sweet little Dahlia, Jude, Isaac, and Lucy. It brought back so many memories and it was a reality check of how much my own little ones have grown up. (Interesting Fact: 19 month quads are sooooooo …

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Veggie Tales In Real Life

Our little garden has been good to us.  We started off with a nice little harvest of sweet peas.  Most of them didn’t even make it inside the house. They were eaten raw off the vine by my little snackers. Next we had several servings of green beans.  And now we’re picking sweet corn and …

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Prehistoric Rabbit Repellant for Gardens

Somehow Peter Rabbit snuck into our garden a few nights ago, even though we have a raised bed surrounded by chicken wire.  The little furry pest ate one entire row and a half of green beans, all of the cucumber plants but one, and trampled the peas.  I looked up a natural deterrent for rabbits …

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Growing…Growing…Growing

    You asked for an update on our raised garden. It’s coming right along… The Peas, Green Beans, Corn, (Thanks to Your Suggestion) and Cucumbers are growing quite nicely. (And The Boys Have Kept from Pulling, Digging, and Drenching so far!) Tomatoes and Peppers still need to be planted. (One of these days!) So amazing to …

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Fighting Hunger Right Where You Live

It’s been such a privilege to have a part in the “Child Hunger Ends Here” campaign with ConAgra and Feeding America.  It’s encouraging to know that even my small role in this combined rally can change the hunger statics right where I live. That’s the thing I love about this effort – even a small …

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Me. The Cows. And Haiti.

So I entered this essay contest that Stonyfield is holding for bloggers… … Cuz I’m really interested in learning more about eating natural foods, finding out where our foods come from, passing the goodness along to my boys, and all. … I’ve been even more inspired after watching this movie   and while growing our garden. …

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