Life in Defiance by Mary DeMuth

We just finished our holiday baking! Dipped apricots, fudge, gingerbread men and sugar cookies. Flour and sugar were everywhere while Christmas tunes played in the background. The funnest thing we made was something the kids saw in a Family Fun magazine. A cute pretzel snowmen. They decided we should make them for teachers and friends….
I don’t know about your family, but we eat a lot of fruit at our house, especially when we had all six kiddos at home. A LOT! Do the math.. 8 people X 2 fruits a day = 16. Now imagine a week. That’s right, 112 pieces a week! I often bought a case of…
For the last several weeks I have been noticing that Facebook friends have posting things they are thankful as part of a “30 Days of Thankfulness” campaign. I love the idea and have often thought about the differences in being “Happy” and being “Grateful”. Since our family was right in the middle of a crazy…
This last Saturday , my two girls, Amy and Emma, and I went to the Dutch Flat White Elephant Sale. Every year I manage to find some treasure that I don’t know how I ever lived without. One year I purchased an old wooden trunk for $35.00. Last year I found a set of old…
My Grandpa Lynn used to tell me there were three types of people in the world. “People who make things happen. People who watch things happen. And people who don’t know what the heck is happening.” That is what I found myself thinking about this morning, while on the elliptical machine and watching the large…
For those of you who don’t know, November 25 is National Parfait Day! Our family has celebrated with several recipes, but the biggest point is that we make sure we break out the Tupperware parfait cups and do something little bit special. Which brings me to day #2 of being Thankful. I am thankful that…