I have gotten a few requests for my recipe for Pumpkin-Gingerbread waffles since posting about our Quirky Christmas Traditions. So, here you go! I am no Pioneer Woman, so all you get is the recipe…no pretty, step-by-step pictures. But, it is simple enough…and if you follow the directions, I promise you, it will be yummy!  The waffle recipe, I adapted from a Rachel Ray recipe. And, …
This is How We Christmas: Quirky Traditions
Lisa, over at The Preacher’s Wife is hosting a Christmas blog party. This week’s theme is “Quirky Christmas Traditions.” At first, wasn’t going to participate this week, because, I reasoned, our traditions are not quirky.  They are fairly normal, maybe even boring – thus the “traditional” part. But, then, the problem became figuring out just which quirky traditions to share…Because, the more I …
Happy Thanksgiving!
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; Â Â Â in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, Â Â Â and with my song I give thanks to him.” Psalm 28:7 (ESV) Â Although we received many gracious invitations from families in our church to join them for Thanksgiving, we opted to spend a quiet day, at home, as a …
October 31st
Whether you “celebrate†(and please understand, I use that term very loosely!) Halloween, observe Reformation Day, or ignore it all together, I know that people have very different and very strong opinions about this day.  Growing up, Halloween was never a big deal. I am not, nor was I ever, much of a candy eater (dark chocolate excepted), so …
Wordless Wednesday: The Pumpkin Patch
    More pictures from our day at the Pumpkin Patch can be found here.