14 years and still in LOVE!!

I just can’t believe it has been 14 years since we said “I do”. Want an journey we have had these years together. We have had our fair share of ruff times but God has always lead us through to the other side. I  am still so much in love with this man it is crazy!

This man is so Amazing!

• I love how he is training our boys to be Godly men.
• I love how his hands are always so busy
• I love how he can fix (or try to fix) anything.
• I love how he looks across the room at me with Love in his eyes.
• I love how he will drop anything to come give me a kiss.
• I love his gentle hands.
• I love how he tells me he loves me all the time.
• I love his silliness
• I love how spontaneous he is (unlike me)
• I love how handsome he is.
• I love how  he shaves just so his kisses don’t hurt my face.
• I love how he looks at our kids
• I love that he loves me even though I am not a super model
• I love how he provides for his family.
• I love so many things about him I think I could go on for hours.

Happy anniversary Babe I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!

HOME HOME HOME!!

I’m back!!! Well back at home! I am so happy to be back. Trying to work (fulltime) outside the home while homeschooling, taking care of all the needs of my family of 6 and the needs of my home was just to hard for me. I Truly did try but God just kept telling me this is not what I am to do. I just kept hearing Him say to me "Trust me, My child”. I need not only to say I trust Him with everything but  really TRUST HIM with everything! Hopefully life will get back to normal soon. I will be looking for something to help out with some cash flow. I have been asked to make more cloth diapers so we will see what that brings. God will provide I know He will I just need to listen better.

God Bless,

Jen

Homemade Pop Tarts

 

Homemade Healthy Poptarts

3 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup melted butter
1 cup plain yogurt
About 5 ounces of 100% fruit jelly or jam – any flavor you like

Knead the dough just a little bit to make it nice and workable. Roll out the dough on a large, well floured surface. Use a knife to cut the dough into the desired poptart size you would like. I tried to cut mine into “normal” poptart sizes. But nothing I ever do is very normal so I came out with a nice variety of sizes.

Place about a 1/2 teaspoon of jelly on 1/2 of the dough rectangles (squares?).
Spread the jelly around, leaving the edges free.

Find a second square or rectangle  that matches closely
with each jellied one. Place it on top and use a fork to seal the edges.

Lay each poptart in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Bake in a 350° oven for about 25 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned.

This recipe makes around 15-20 poptarts, depending on how big you make them.

Making them ahead of time and then putting them in our toaster oven to re-heat makes for a very fast and popular breakfast! These CAN be frozen as well. Bake them first, let them cool and the freeze until you’re ready to re-heat and eat!

This recipe here is one I found on a lovely website called Heavenly Homemaker. She has so many awesome recipes. The pictures are from her site too. I tried taking pics but they just didn’t turn out very well.

Hope you enjoy!

Jen

Johnny Cakes

A Great friend of mine lent me a cookbook that I just love. I am trying find recipes that I can make with very few ingredients (ones I have on hand) and does not cost too much. The book is  called “Stories and recipes of the Great Depression of 1930’s”. I am so loving this book. The stories in it are so inspiring. I will share my favorites as I cook them. This one I made it first about a week ago and then again today and guess what they all still loved it!

Johnny Cakes

Mix together:

• 1 cup flour (whole wheat)
• 1 t salt
• 3/4 t. baking soda
• 1 t. baking powder
• 3 T sugar
• Then add 1 c. cornmeal

Combine:

• 1/4 c. butter
• 2 eggs (well blended)

Add to:

• 1 1/2 c milk

Combine with flour mixture and beat only until smooth. Fill well greased pan. Bake at 425F for 20- 25 min. Serve with any topping. We used syrup and butter because that was all that we had on hand.

Sigh…………

I am struggling at work not only just because of the fact I have to be away from my family but I feel like I am not following Gods laws for dressing. I just do not feel comfortable in pants at all. I am a woman and I want to dress like one. Also when I where my head covering I get all kinds of looks. So I am trying to find something to where that is not so well not “normal”.  I am sure I will figure it out then my stent of working will be over. I know this may sound silly but it is just the way it my mind works and worries.

Wanting a baby……

I know I know I have 4 children already and I know it is more then the national average. But I would love more children. I have been praying for a long time now for God to bless us with another child but it has not happened yet. Maybe one day it will happen.

Working outside the home…….

I started a new adventure this last month which was working outside the home. I am very sad about this. Our lives have changed so much in the last few weeks. We are making it work. I know that this is not permanent which helps me a lot each day when I go in to work.

I know that my place is here at the home with my children but life takes different turns which make us have to do things we don’t want to do. I am still doing all that I normally do which is being mother, helpmeet for my husband, a homeschool teacher and now a full time worker. I am praying for guidance each day to know where to go. I know I need to work for a while but when God tells me I need to quit I will.

Do not take this a me whining because I am not. I love my life right now I am not very pleased with the situation but I am still happy. God has provided for us always and I prayed about this for a while to decide to work or not to work and I left it in Gods hands right when I thought that I was not supposed to work God showed me that it would be the smartest thing for me to do. So I am not upset at any of this.

Lord, I ask for you to be in my heart daily on this path that I am on right now. I ask that you will help me to always have a loving heart as I am working while I am at work and also when I come home. I pray for my family that they will grow in this time and learn to work together and love each other with all of their hearts. Lord I also pray for all of the mothers that have to work outside their homes that one day they will be able to do what you have planed for us as mothers. Lord I also pray for you to help open up the hearts of my coworkers to seeing what  a women of faith is like and how happy You make me and that I may be able to help show them the way to you. I thank you for every blessing you have given me. in Jesus name , Amen