Recipes, Traditions & Celebrations

Pumpkin-Gingerbread Waffles & Apple Cider Syrup

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, …

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Traditions & Celebrations

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 …

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Mommyhood, Thinking Biblically, Traditions & Celebrations

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 …

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