Happy New Year 2026

We pray that you are all having a blessed day and that you get to spend some time with those who mean a lot to you.

We plan to have our traditional New Year’s meal… but don’t fret if you don’t have all of that on hand. You can make any meal special just by being with the ones you love.

We hope to be sharing more helpful tips, recipes, and bible studies in the coming months… we pray that they will help others as much as they help us in our home.

God Bless!

Top 10 Favorite Blog Posts of 2025

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your love and support. This year has been very challenging as we had an unexpected health crisis mid-year… right after we had torn our master bathroom out. This meant that went on the back burner, but we will be starting that in the next week or two as it is a NEED now more than ever. We had planned to make it handicap accessible for Shyanne, and we really need to make it happen ASAP.

We also welcomed a new grandbaby to the family this past FALL. We have spent the last two months just preparing our hearts and homes for this holiday season so we can make special memories for our families to look back on.

This year has been full of memories from our Biblical Feast Celebrations to the fun Hobbit Day Feast. We also held a Winnie the Pooh themed Baby Shower and our annual Polar Express... don’t forget St. Nicholas Day and our Bethlehem Dinner as well. I forgot to take pictures this year. We’ve also had quite the year with our garden and we started working on making new videos for our YouTube channel too.

We have also been blessed to have my mom visit with us as we haven’t seen her in quite some time. Our routines and schedules have changed quite a bit as we have added new people to our household, but we are steadily finding a new normal. We look forward to the coming year as some of the family plan to move closer which means we will get to see the little ones even more!

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Special Holiday Meals: January Edition

This time of year seems to be a little busier for us, so I thought it might be helpful if I just got all my special meals and recipes gathered for the month. I checked the menu plan and have made a list of the holidays that we want to celebrate.

If you haven’t seen our Perpetual Meal Plans yet, then you really need to check them out, as they have all kinds of special and unique holidays listed. Now is the time to start making your bucket list for Fall things, if you haven’t already.

Special Winter Meals with Recipe Links

You can also check out our Holidays tab and the January Holidays post for even more ideas!

Don’t forget to add upcoming birthdays onto your Meal Plan!

Here are a couple of links that you might find helpful:

Grocery List

Blank Meal Planner

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Bible Chat: Daily Devotionals

I just wanted to share the Bible Study app that I’ve been using… it is so inspirational and keeps me on track.

BIBLE CHAT

This morning’s message was a reminder that GOD always keeps HIS promises… not maybe, but HIS PROMISES are for certain!

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Easy Thumbprint Cookies

These were requested by one of the older kids, so I had to dust off the recipe a bit. We had some leftover Rosella Sauce that we needed to use up, and it was PERFECT with these! These are pretty easy to make and they are a lot of fun to make with the kids!

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