Author Archives: Laura

Crock Pot Teriyaki Pork

When I awoke this morning it was 14 degrees!!  Freezing weather prompts me to want to cook crock pot meals.  While I am brewing my Dunkin Donuts French Vanilla coffee, I can throw a meal together in the crock pot … Continue reading

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Family Christmas at Silver Dollar City – Part 2

Emma and Olivia really enjoy riding PowderKeg at Silver Dollar City.  PowderKeg is a roller coaster that shoots you off at 60 miles an hour and it makes several twists and turns at high speeds before returning to the shed.  … Continue reading

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Family Christmas at Silver Dollar City

Okay, I admit it, I am a Christmas Freak!!  I love the music, the food and gift-giving, the decorations and most of all the REAL REASON for the SEASON—the birth of our Lord and Savior.  Where inAmericacan you find all … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving and Thriftiness

Well this week starts a lot of baking, shopping and yes, spending lots of cash on groceries.  We all have those favorite desserts we want at Thanksgiving or maybe that extra bottle of Welch’s sparkling white grape juice—my 8 year … Continue reading

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Crock-Pot BBQ and a Busy Life

This week has been really hectic.  We have been running lots of errands for the farm and our schedule can get very cramped—especially around dinnertime.  When I run low on time to prepare a meal for our family, I always … Continue reading

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Lewis & Clark Art Studies

HOW about those Indians?  We had a great time today studying the Lewis and Clark Expedition.  I purchased some sketch books for my youngest 3 children and they have been busy sketching things related to the expedition.  I have been … Continue reading

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