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While living in Michigan I really enjoyed learning where to go to get the best prices on groceries, services, activities, etc. Now living in a different state, I get to figure out what that looks like in a different state! When Dan and I got groceries this week, our eyes almost popped out of our…
This past week, much of it has been spent working on our church’s cookbook! It sure has been fun to see all of the recipes come in and yes it’s a lot of work, but as with any project, it’s always worth it in the end! Not a whole lot new this week, so I’m…
Last week, we went on my family’s annual vacation, up in northern lower Michigan. We have gone to this place 5 years in a row now, and it is just perfect. Also, the timing could not have been more perfect. The day before we left, I received a call that I needed to stop taking…
One thing I love about Christmas are the family get togethers. One thing I absolutely cherish about life is family. I really don’t know what I would do without my family. There is always something about “going home” that I look forward to EVERY time. Maybe it’s because we can’t see my family as often…
Last fall, when we were thinking of going on spring break to Florida, we discussed as a family what we wanted: a quiet, quaint town where we could go shelling and snorkeling. So that’s what I literally googled and the town, Mexico Beach, Florida came up! When we told people where we were going, the…
Oh the journey. Again, words are hard to find to describe what is going on inside of us, our hearts, our faith, and in our lives. So as always, this is going to take just a few posts to really explain. But two words keep coming to mind: Knitted together. What this has meant for…