Morning blessing

I was blessed upon waking with a kiss goodbye and when I woke up a beautiful card from my husband on our anniversary. I love him more now than I ever have. I am truly blessed!

I am also blessed by a little girl who turned 4 today...Happy birthday Jo!! We love you and thank God for blessing our lives with you on this special day:)

Valentines day fun!

Some of our projects for St Valentine's Day- thanks to Jamie for most of the ideas:)

Morning blessing

Happy St. Valentine's Day! I am blessed with red velvet pancakes that I made for breakfast and a girl who did all the dishes even if it wasn't fair(that smile was not there earlier:)

Morning blessing

I am blessed by the little ones in my life:)

God I offer thee this day
for all I shall think and do and say
Uniting it with what was done
On earth by Jesus Christ Your Son.

This is the morning blessing my grandma taught me when I was about 6 or 7 and I love it!
Have a blessed day:)

Homeopathic HCG

Well as of Friday I have officially lost 31 lbs! I know not many people read my blog and I know that I don't blog very often but I am proud of myself and kind of wanted to say it out loud, so to speak. I started the Homeopathic HCG diet on November 29, 2011 and have now done 2 rounds and gone through the maintenance. I have not been at this weight for about 7 or 8 years. I feel great! I still have another 25-30 lbs I would like to loose but I am happy with the progress so far. Thanks for reading this and letting me say it out loud:)

Making butter

A friend of mine sent me a text last week saying she could get me a case (12-1 pt containers)organic heavy whipping cream for only $7. I thought okay that's a steal of a deal, so I took 4 cases and needless to say we have been making lots and lot and lots of butter! The kids have been shaking it, mixing it and squeezing it. We still have 1-1/2 cases left to make and the freezer is getting pretty full of butter. We have made butter with our raw milk before but this whipping cream makes butter really quick. We have also been saving the buttermilk and making some yummy fresh bread. They sure taste delicious together:)

Sorry the pictures are so shakey but I couldn't get them to stop:)

Library day

On Saturday I took the girls to the library because Charlotte had to do a research paper on the Holocaust. It was a fun outing even in the fridgid weather because it has been so long since we have been there. Audrey had fun exploring the train table and other fun toys with Jo and Rebecca following closely behind. Charlotte and Anne found books for themselves and of course ones they thought the other girls would enjoy as well. Each of the girls picked out 1-2 books and Charlotte had an additional 5-6 for her research paper. I was excited to see that they now have ebooks that you can check out on your Kindle or Nook! I just got a Kindle Fire for Christmas and an super excited to check it out:)