Oven-Baked Apple Chips. This was my first time making these and they turned out so yummy!*Slice apples thin*Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.*Bake at 200° for 2hrs*Let rest for 2 minutes, then enjoy!You can either core them or pick the seeds out after cutting. All you need is a ...
Archives for April 2020
DIY Painted Rock Dolls
My youngest daughter celebrated her half-birthday while we're safe at home during this coronavirus pandemic. Half birthdays are a big deal when you #CelebrateAbsolutelyEverything like we do. In an effort to save money where we can, not overwhelm the shipping warehouses and delivery drivers, and ...
Sweet Saturday Mornings During Quarantine
With nowhere to rush off to today, we’re letting the little kids have a slow morning of playing.I think it's important to note that the photo above is completely unstaged.We sometimes wonder that when everyone's pictures seem to express more joy than what can be found within our own homes at the ...
Happy Easter 2020
When I think of what I thought Easter 2020 would look like, I never imagined it would involve dragging the dining room table and chairs into the living room so we could live stream our church worship service over the big screen while eating breakfast off our regular dishes and drinking out of water ...
“I’d Like to Come to Visit The New Baby”
Shortly after our third child was born a sweet neighbor friend called and arranged a visit. She said she’d bring her daughter and they wouldn’t stay long, she just wanted to meet the new baby and give me a chance to do any chores or errands I needed to get done. She even offered to watch the baby ...
I could’ve broken down and cried at the store…
I could've broken down and cried at the store on Wednesday. Not for myself, as much for the lack of compassion and empathy in the world today.Don't worry, on account of my disappointment and anger I held it in until much later in the day before the flood gates opened wide and I wept in the shower ...
Do I Really Need a Bathmat, Anyway?
Years ago my husband and I heard about a Bible study being offered through our church based on the movie Fireproof. As a woman who had a fierce childhood crush on Kirk Cameron, star of growing pains, I signed us right up.We were young, I think we’d been married less than two years. We had two ...