Happy Advent Sunday! It’s Week Four of Advent. We are nearing the end of Advent since Christmas Eve and the arrival of our Lord Jesus is nearly upon us. To celebrate, each Advent Sunday we read scripture and Bible verses, bake something to go with it and do our Advent candles. A sweet friend has…
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Advent Week Three – Joy
Happy Advent Sunday! It’s Week Three of Advent. Advent begins the Countdown to Christmas Eve and the arrival of our Lord Jesus. To celebrate, each Advent Sunday we read scripture and Bible verses, bake something to go with it and do our Advent candles. A sweet friend has shared these scriptures and prayers with us…
Advent Week Two – Peace
Happy Advent Sunday! It’s Week Two of Advent which begins the Countdown to Christmas Eve and the arrival of our Lord Jesus. To celebrate, each Advent Sunday we read scripture and Bible verses, bake something to go with it and do our Advent candles. We made our Advent Wreath and the 3 purple candles last…
Advent 2025
Welcome!! It’s the Advent Season and one my girls and I look forward to each year. We are preparing our hearts for the Nativity and for Jesus’ return. Over the years, we have done different things for Advent Sundays. We have made polymer clay candles, perler bead candles and real candles on a variety of…
Advent Week One – Hope
Happy Advent Sunday! Advent marks the start of the Countdown to Christmas Eve and the arrival of our Lord Jesus. To celebrate, each Advent Sunday we read scripture and Bible verses, bake something to go with it and do our Advent candles. Since it’s the first Advent, we will be making our Advent Wreath and…
Harvesting Potatoes for the Winter
It’s time to harvest potatoes for the winter. I will update this post throughout the harvest season. Let’s get started! Yesterday I spent half the day doing potatoes! When we picked them the dirt was wet, so I let them dry for a day and wiped as much dirt off as I could. I then…
How to Clean a Dutch Oven
When I would look at my dutch oven before baking bread or stewing something, I thought it was simply hopeless how stained and dirty it was! I do not use parchment anymore when baking sourdough, and I lightly grease the dutch oven so it would get splashed up and look dirty. Then roasting or stewing…
October’s No Grocery Shopping Challenge – Week One
Week one was all about cleaning and organizing the fridge, freezer and pantries, writing down what we had on hand, meal planning and shopping for a few essentials as well as ingredients for Thanksgiving. You can read all about how we got ready for the challenge here. For our meal plans this week, I had…
