New craft on Kelly's Crafty Creations!

So I finally actually got a little bit of time to do a little bit of crafting!! I made a outfit and head band for my sister in-laws new baby Skylar! Check it out at Kelly's Crafty Creations!

Make your own Bathroom Scrub!

I follow a great blog called Econobusters with Molly Green ( you can find her HERE. This mornings email had a great non-toxic bathroom scrub recipe that I wanted to share with you! Here ya go!

Make Your Own Bathroom Scrub



Photo Credit: Dena Wood

Supplies



Old squirt bottle
1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup borax
1 tablespoon salt

1 tablespoon lemon juice



Directions

Add baking soda, borax, and salt to your squirt bottle.
Mix slowly as you sprinkle in the lemon juice a little at a time.
Once everything is in, put the lid on the squirt bottle and shake it up until it is mixed completely.
Now you have a great non-toxic scrub for your toilets, showers and tubs!

There are ALOT of more recipes for ALOT MORE homemade cleaning and beauty products that I use. I will try to get more up on here and the week goes by! Enjoy this one!

Make your own McMom's Breakfast sandwiches!

Ok, this is just such a wonderful idea I had to share it with you! The blog Homemaking on the Homestead
had a wonderful post today on how to make FREEZABLE "McMom's Breakfast sandwiches"! What a WONDERFUL idea!! I am going to try these out tomorrow sometime I think. I also found this recipe HERE to make YOUR OWN Whole Wheat English Muffins! I will give this a shot and let y'all know how it turns out!! Here's prayin it does!
God bless!

My FAVORITE Beth Moore story

This clip of a story from Beth Moore has EVERY CHANCE of enriching your life, faith and love for Jesus Christ. Enjoy it:)

Starting seeds inside... any ideas???

Well, it's about that time. It's do or die, now or never! I desperatley want to feed our family some good TASTEY homegrown produce this year and feel determined to figure out how to do that as cheeply as possible!! SO, that meens.........seeds. Now, I've had many a friend try the seed thing, have it work inside, go to replant and have devistating results! SO, calling all GREEN THUMBS!! MUCH ADVICE is needed! When to plant, what to plant, how to plant, how to replant etc etc etc.... PLEASE if anyone has any hints or tricks of the trade NOW is the time to sound off!! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOUR GARDENS THIS YEAR!!

Today I decided to try my hand at something I have never had or made, Eggplant Parmigiana:) This is my Grandma's Favorite meal, so I thought, why not! I also made stuffed Mushrooms and whole wheat spaghetti w/ sauce. For dessert I made another new recipe, SNOW ICE CREAM!!! Recipes to follow:)

Sammy helping me with the spaghetti and marinara sauce:)

These are the stuffed mushrooms before there cooked. For these I just took at 1/2 teaspoon and scooped them out, then added a small piece of string cheese in each of them. The I added the minced stalk of the mushroom, a few tables spoons of Italian style breadcrumbs and about 1/3 cup of cooked Italian sausage. Then I just put them in the over with the eggplant after the sauce and cheese was added for about 15-20 minutes. I would probably add a small bit of butter on top of each one and then maybe a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Still, these were yummy:)

This is the egg plant baking before the sauce. The recipe I used is HERE and I actually thought it was quite yummy. Will have to work on the rest of the family though..... there all still wondering..."where's the beef!"

added the sauce and cheese, then put it back in with the mushrooms.

All done!! YUM!


This is the finally plate:) I dig it:)

And to finish, the most wonderful yummy I never knew about till now! SNOW CREAM! Here is the recipe, cause you MUST make this!
1 gallon snow
1 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 cups milk
Directions
1.When it starts to snow, place a large, clean bowl outside to collect the flakes. ( I just scooped up some in a bowl that was fresh and untouched) When full, stir in sugar and vanilla to taste, then stir in just enough milk for the desired consistency. Serve at once. ( we left our bowl in the snow till after dinner)

(i used white sugar and whole milk this time, would like to try skim milk and honey next time though:)
We also added one of those small tiny packets of koolaid mixes ( the ones that are 15 cents) to give it a special flavor. Watermelon cherry. OH MY GOODNESS~! This is SO YUMMY PEOPLE!!! And just look ( if your in Kansas ), there is TONS of snow outside just screaming to be snow cream! MUST TRY!!

Latest craft, SUPER HERO CAPES!

Take a look over at Kelly's Crafty Creations to see some new super hero capes I made for my son and nephews 2nd birthday! ( batman and superman so far:)

And so it begins, POTTY TRAINING!

Our son Benjamin has just begun to show the tell tell signs potty training time. He has started pointing to his diaper and saying BLUCK! And then promptly motioned me to come to his room and fix it! LOL SO, the other day he went into the bathroom and started putting on his little toilet seat and "asked" to get me to put him on it! So, I said, "why not!" and put him up on there. I also gave him our connect four hand held game and a book:) He through the book:( and started talking on the "connect four" phone! LOL SO, of course, I had to take pictures of this and share them over the web!!! What's really funny is, a little later, my husband came in and showed me the pictures that HE'd taken as well! All this to say, he finally wanted off and low and behold, he had done the deed!!!!! My cute little pooper, pooped!! This was more then likely a fluke, but I'm gonna rejoice in it just the same!! :) Here are the infamous pics!

Look at that "cool dude" face!

I'm talking to Grandma here!!

Don't look at me, Privacy please!!

Ok, here's a smile, take the picture!!

My Utmost For His Highest

Yesterdays devotional in "My Utmost For His Highest" was a real blessing for me and I thought I would share it with you all. I hope it will also be a blessing for you:)


LOOK AGAIN AND THINK



"Take no thought for your life." Matthew 6:25

A warning which needs to be reiterated is that the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things entering in, will choke all that God puts in. We are never free from the recurring tides of this encroachment. If it does not come on the line of clothes and food, it will come on the line of money or lack of money; of friends or lack of friends; or on the line of difficult circumstances. It is one steady encroachment all the time, and unless we allow the Spirit of God to raise up the standard against it, these things will come in like a flood.

"Take no thought for your life." "Be careful about one thing only," says our Lord - "your relationship to Me." Common sense shouts loud and says - "That is absurd, I must consider how I am going to live, I must consider what I am going to eat and drink." Jesus says you must not. Beware of allowing the thought that this statement is made by One Who does not understand our particular circumstances. Jesus Christ knows our circumstances better than we do, and He says we must not think about these things so as to make them the one concern of our life. Whenever there is competition, be sure that you put your relationship to God first.

"Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." How much evil has begun to threaten you to-day? What kind of mean little imps have been looking in and saying - Now what are you going to do next month - this summer? "Be anxious for nothing," Jesus says. Look again and think. Keep your mind on the "much more" of your heavenly Father.

Land family fun in the SNOW!

Saturday it finally got "warm" enough here in good old Kansas to make all this snow we have had wet enough to pack into shapes! Well, I took that opportunity to make a gigantic bolder for no apparent reason other then I haven't really ever made one before being a California girl and all:) Once my bolder got way to big to move, I called out the family and we finished it up and added some smaller boulders on top, thus creating a GINORMOUS snow LADY:) Have a look:)

It's hard to tell, but if you look hard you can see Kayla sticking her hand through the wall trying to freak out Ben....

it totally worked!.....:(

This one is Kayla trying to tunnel through this high pile of snow by the side of the road..

Here she is!!! Crystal the snow woman! This is Jason and Sam finishing her off...

Jason is actually very serious about snowman making... it has to be just right!

Serious business for him....

not so much for her...!lol




Me and my man....and our ...... snow woman:)

My super family:)

Answers in Genesis Confrence in town!

Recently our family was blessed to be able to attend a Answers in Genesis Conference!! Ken Ham was the main speaker there. If you haven't heard of him before is a very well known Creation Scientist. He is a main collaborator in the now finished creation museum in Kentucky! To read more about Answers in Genesis and Ken Ham go HERE. The web sight is LOADED with wonderful information! I have been following Mr. Ham for almost 8 years now, ever since I became a Christian. It was SUCH a blessing to be able to take my family and see him in person finally. Here are some pics of the event!

Let it SNOW....and SNOW some more!

So all of you in Kansas are feelin the BURN today of some SERIOUSLY cold weather, but, there is also beauty (when you look at it through the window of your wood stove heated front room! :) We got about 11 inches of snow at our house the first few days of the week, so I thought I would share some photos with y'all. These I send out especially to my California family! Don't you wish you were here makin snow angels and sledding!!!! .... or do you??? lol miss y'all!!! God bless!

Fun with SCIENCE!! Part 1

In an effort to understand the TRUTH about atoms, we did this experiment, the short video is downloading as we speak, will post as soon as it loads!

Jesus throughout the whole bible

Happy New Year!

A New Year’s Prayer

Another year is dawning
With the chance to start anew.
May I be kinder, wiser, Lord,
In all I say and do.

Not so caught up in selfish gain
That I would fail to see
The things in life that mean the most
Cost not a fancy fee.

The warm, kind word that I can give,
The outstretched hand to help,
The prayers I pray for those in need–
More precious these than wealth.

I know not what may lie ahead
Of laughter or of tears;
I only need to know each day
That You are walking near.

I’m thankful for this brand new year
As now I humbly pray,
My hand secure in Yours, dear Lord,
Each step along the way.

- – - written by Kay Hoffman



My prayer for all of you and myself is this:
That each of us grows closer to Christ this year. That we would choose time with Him over a movie, a video game or a TV show even just once. That we would consciously work each day at living our lives for him, instead of ourselves. Just being a human makes all these things pretty hard, but with Christ ALL THINGS are possible. May God bless your year!