Library Book Haul: Favorite Check-Outs from September

As promised from August, I’m continuing our series on our favorite library check-outs from each month.  September’s list was hard to narrow down to a handful, but here’s 10 of our favorites:   1. Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni This is a classic story of friendship and being content with who you …

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Quit Apologizing for Taking Pictures

My mom has always been the picture taker in our family. She’s always said she would grab her photo albums before running out the house if it was on fire.  Through the years, we’ve suffered through a million pictures on holidays, birthdays, and gatherings – laughing when she would forget to remove the cap off …

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What I Do

I snuck onto the back patio yesterday while the boys were drawing and creating, and read a few quick chapters of this read I found a few weeks ago. And the chapter on the myth of “doing everything better” struck me especially hard.  The trap we get lured into of doing, doing, doing and spreading …

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How to Cook the Best Steak of Your Life: 5 Minute {INCREDIBLE} Steak Marinade

We are blessed to have a freezer full of cow that we use weekly for burgers, roasts, etc.  We are also spoiled with a handful of sirloins, ribeyes, porterhouse, and T-bones steaks as part of our stash that we get to feast on frequently.  I have to say that this marinade makes the most INCREDIBLE …

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The Messes I Make in This Beautiful Life

Yesterday was one of those long good days of motherhood. Brad was gone before the sun and not home until past the boys bedtime, which usually means I take the easy route for the day. I go into survival mode (which I know is probably making you single moms and moms where this is norm …

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Out of the Suburbs and Onto the Farm

Brad and I are making an effort to not raise “city slickers”. We escape our suburb and  immerse ourselves in nature as often as we can manage. We don’t live in a concrete jungle; There are corn and soybean fields within a short walking distance of our house. Nevertheless, they blend into our scenery. We …

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7 Easy Soup Recipes for Fall

This weekend felt like the first weekend of fall. We wore sweatshirts, played football,  we took a hayride through the fields, we gathered around a fire and ate s’mores. It was lovely.  As much as I love the summer, it’s nice to have a chill in the air and fun things of the season to …

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A Few of My Friday Favorites…

We can’t get enough of Shauna Niequist’s Blueberry Crisp found in her beautiful recipe memoir that I devoured. We’ve made it with blueberries, peaches, and mixed berries.  Turns out perfect every single time. Can’t wait to try it with some apples from the orchard. ANNNNND it’s healthy. {But you won’t notice because it’s so tasty.} …

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