One of the special ways I've come to learn beside my girls is through an online watercolor class that we took this past semester.  We have had so much fun doing this together.  We not only learned some useful watercolor techniques, but most importantly…

The table bouquet.  A simple addition to the kitchen table gives pause for beauty, reflection, and meaning to my heart. For many years, I've placed bouquets in memory of lost loved ones after my sister was killed in a tragic car accident.  I was young a…

Challah Bread Ingredients: 2 ½ TBLS dry yeast 2 cups warm water ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup olive oil 4 tsp. salt 3 eggs, slightly beaten (reserve a small amount for brushing) 7 ½ cups white flour optional:   sesame or poppy seeds Directions: In a large bowl combine w…

"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you..." ~ 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Something to ponder . . . " Aspire to live quietly " is speaking to my heart.  There is something abo…