Sunday nights are greatly anticipated around here because of our traditional dinner of pancakes, eggs, and sausage, but last Sunday I just didn’t want to go to the trouble of individual grilling and taking orders for chocolate chip, blueberry, strawberry, banana, or some combination of the three. I had a vague recollection of hearing about… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Lazy Puffy Pancakes
What a gift this past weekend was! It’s so consistent with the character of Christ that when you are called upon by Him to teach or serve or lead, the joy is not so much found in what you were able to give by His grace, but in what you received because of that grace.… Read More Sisterhood and Sanctification in Slick
Dinnertime kitchen conversation tonight with Kayla ~ the eve of Mommy leaving for Oklahoma for a few days… Kayla: What are you making making for dinner, Mom? Me: Fish! Aren’t you excited!?! Kayla: (groan) Why can’t we have the chili? Me: The chili is for tomorrow night while I’m gone to Oklahoma. I also made… Read More Fussing Over Fish and Fuzzy Beans
Last week the fall semester schedule moved into full swing for me. Already back to homeschooling for the year, off to a great start with our Classical Conversations program, dance, piano, guitar, baseball, and cross country begun, last week brought the addition of my final weekly commitments ~ helping Robert lead a mid week small group… Read More Sweet Sabbath ~ A New, but Weekly Highlight
I’m not even sure where I first heard mention of “roasted chick peas”, but the thought has not left my mind since. Hummus has been a beloved staple in my diet for years now. Chickpeas found on a salad bar always make it to the top of my heaping greens. So, this next level of… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Roasted Snacks (Chickpeas! Almonds!)
…and four bridal showers, and five rehearsal dinners, and 6 different states (not all for weddings), one youth camp, one funeral, two conferences, lots of house guests, the Grand Canyon, and, and, and…. Oh my goodness! It has been extremely fun and joyful and extremely chaotic and crazy all at the same time! I’ve written… Read More The Summer I Went to Ten Weddings…
Students returned to town last weekend which means lots more traffic on the streets AND at church. This years marks the 13th that we’ve experienced this “return.” (Which means Kory was 4, Cooper was 2 and there was no Kayla for the first “return”!) Robert says it’s like planting a new church every year ~… Read More Welcome to Mercyhouse for the 13th Time!
My friend Rachel just sent me a link to her blog on which she recently posted about MY blog being an encouragement on the gluten free journey. So, I guess this means that this is a post about post about a post?!? Anyway, she shared about wanting to try a gluten free diet with her… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Back-To-School Chocolate Waffles
3:45 a.m. ~ Wake up and look at alarm clock which will go off in 15 minutes. Lay there and wonder if I actually got any sleep (I did!), and then turn it off so it doesn’t wake Robert up. He’s got a big day of preaching, teaching, meeting, and greeting ahead of him! 3:55… Read More Swim, Bike, Run = Fun!
Ten years ago tomorrow, I was doing the breakfast dishes and watching the Today Show on our small kitchen television when they started to show footage of the World Trade Center on fire. They said it was an airplane that caused the fire. Kory, who was 6 at the time, came running through the kitchen, and I said,… Read More 10 Years Later ~ Remembering the Day and Jessica