Seven Sisters Treasures #17

Quote of the Week

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

-Oscar Wilde

The Bookshelf

 "Relic Quest" by Robert Cornuke

  This book is about his adventures in looking for the lost Ark of the Covenant, plus locating the real Mt. Sinai.  It is especially neat because it is written from a Christian perspective.  He also writes about being skeptical of the Bible's account of Noah's ark and other stories.  He eventually came to use the Bible as his guidebook when on these expeditions,  and found so many neat things!   I highly recommend this book!         ~Jessica

Also by Robert Cornuke, about his search for Noah's Ark : )  I've just started reading this one, but it looks like it should be just as good as "Relic Quest" : )

Videos of the Week

 Funny sneezing baby panda--click HERE.

Once, we got an e-mail with the following story:

 "Jennifer and Jim kept getting huge water bills. They knew beyond a
doubt that the bills weren't representative of their actual usage. But
no matter how they tried to conserve, the high bills continued. Although
they could see nothing wrong, they had everything checked for leaks or
problems: first the water meter, then outdoor pipes, indoor  pipes,
underground pipes, faucets, toilets, washer, ice maker, etc. -all to no
avail.
 
 One day Jim w as sick and stayed home in bed, but kept hearing water
running downstairs. He finally tore himself from his sick bed to
investigate, and stumbled onto the cause of such high water bills.
Apparently this was happening all day long when they were not at home.
Knowing that few would believe him, he taped a segment of the problem'
for posterity."

 Click HERE to see why their water bill was so high : )

The Recipe Box

 Thanksgiving Menu: Gourmet Potatoes

  6 med. potatoes

2 c. shredded Cheddar cheese

1/2 c. butter

1 1/2 c. sour cream

1/3 c. chopped green onion

1 t. salt

1/4 t. pepper

2 T. butter

paprika

     Dice the potatoes and boil until soft (about 20 min.).   In a saucepan over low heat, combine cheese and 1/2 c. butter; stir occasionally until almost melted.  Remove from heat and blend in sour cream, onion and seasonings.  Fold in potatoes and turn into a greased 8x8 pan.  Dot with the 2 T. butter adn sprinkle with paprika.  Bake, uncovered, in 350  F degree oven for 30 minutes or until heated through.  We also like to make this one up a day or two before, so that all we have to do is put it into the oven on Thanksgiving Day : )  For our family, we usually double this : )

Farmgirl Favorites

USS Macon St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise slideshow   

       Our grandpa was on the USS Macon during the St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise on July 30, 1959       It was the first time a war ship had been on the Great Lakes since the Civil War.

  While we don't know if he is in any of these pictures, it is neat to see pictures of the ship he was on, during the time he was on it! 

 We love reading Jocelyn's blog : )  Everything from "The Weekly"  with the "Laughter is a good medicine"  (my favorite!) to her everyday posts.  Be sure to check it out by clicking on the button below : )

 Noah: "Leah, I just threw the apple for my ree-hee-ree to get it, and Isaiah just took it." (His ree-hee-hee is a horse).

Anna was telling mommy about how they were very close to running into a deer on the way to or from somewhere, and Noah asked, "Anna, are you telling the truth or no?" ....which, she was by the way

Note:The Seven Sisters Treasures is a weekly post where we share some of our favorite things.  We try to post  a new one every Friday.  Hope you enjoy!  ~The Farmgirls 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #16

Quote of the Week

 "Doing nothing is doing ill"

                 "We must out-love, out-serve, and out-sacrifice any others who claim to have a way to solve life's problems."              --Anonymous

The Bookshelf

Videos of the Week

 Isaiah (our youngest brother) T-Tapping--"T-Tapping Toddler"

Have you ever seen two cats race on a treadmill? Check it out here!  It'll get you laughing really hard!

  Something to Laugh About

 Something else to laugh about

        A few days ago, I brought up a Word document to start writing our Christmas newsletter.  I just barely got it started, and told the rest of the girls to feel free to add to it.   Later, I came back and here is what I found from my dear sister Susannah!  Remember how I said that she can be a clown sometimes?!  Enjoy!

 (In case you wonder who "Pooh" and "Rue" are:  Pooh was our dear little inside dog who 'wrote' our last Christmas newsletter, and the year before, "Rue" the cat was co-editor.  Both have died since .)

   ~Jessica                                                               

          "And in memory of Rue…who was going to help Pooh last year….or was it the year before? Maybe it was two years ago? Now that I’m thinkin’ about it, I think it was two and a half years ago.  You know, I may just not know…or it could have been three and one quarter years ago. Maybe whoever is reading this just doesn’t know….maybe I know. Maybe I don’t know. Maybe I might know. Maybe I think I know and I really don’t know, but I think I know that maybe I don’t know that I know. Am I confused? I don’t know! Maybe I don’t know that I am confused! Or MAYBE, I have no idea what I am writing! Do you know? Maybe you don’t know! Maybe you “think” that you know that either you know or don’t know! Are you confused? You don’t know! Maybe you do know that you don’t know, OR, you don’t know that you do know! WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT? Nothing of course!  I’m not talking! I’m TYPING!!!!  Heee heee heee heeee!!!! You are probably reading all of this, and wondering at the same time, “WHY am I reading this?” Maybe, you thought you should have stopped at the first word. But the first word lead you to the second word, and the second word lead you to the third word. And you just couldn’t STOP!!!!!  WHY? Because…..that is just the way you are!! J  Have a nice day!!!!"

The Recipe Box

Sweet Potato Casserole

(since Thanksgiving is coming up, we thought we'd share our favorite Thanksgiving dinner recipes) 

1 1/2 c. sugar

8 c. sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 c. melted butter

1 1/3 c. canned milk

3 t. pumpkin pie spice

4 t. vanilla

 Topping:

1 1/2 c. brown sugar

2 c. chopped nuts

1 c. flour

2/3 c. melted butter

2 c. coconut

        Mix first 7 ingredients.  Place in a greased 9 x 13 pan.  In another bowl, combine the topping ingredients.  Sprinkle over the top of the potato mixture.  Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.  We like to make this a day or two ahead and put it in the fridge, that way it is one less thing to dirty up the dishes on Thanksgiving day

Farmgirl Favorites

 8 notes.com has free sheet music for many instruments!

Free Smileys.org

      Some of our favorites are the working smileys,  computer smileys, and talking smileys!  There are lots more!  To our younger readers... please be careful of which smiley category you click on.  Not all of them are nice!

 Click on the banner to go to Ann Voskamp's blog.

November 7th, 2009  by Leah

  Noah said to me tonight:

 Noah:  "You know Fireproof?" 

  Leah: "Yeah"

  N: "You know when the house is on fire?  It's a brick house!"

  L: "Yep"

  N: "And I thought it was a stick house, or a strw house, or a siding house, and I couldn't see, and I was like 'huh?' "  

 November 2, 2009  by Jessica

  Cassia was making our hairspray*, and as she was cutting up an orange for it, Noah smelled the oranges and wanted to eat some.  We said, no, that it was for hairspray. 

"What is it for?"  he asked.

I was being silly with him and said, "To make me beautiful!"

 He replied, "And make you smell beautiful, too, right?!" 

"That's right!"   :-D

*Yes, I know...kind of strange to make hairspray : D  But it works, and it's cheaper and healthier!  We found this recipe at Jocelyn's blog : ) 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #15

Quote of the Week

The Bookshelf

"Understanding How Other's Misunderstand You"

(The DISC Personalities)

By Ken Voges and Ron Braund

"One Minute After You Die"

by Erwin W. Lutzer

Videos of the week

Want to laugh?  One day we got on YouTube and found all sorts of videos of laughing babies--it just makes you laugh to hear them laugh!  Here are two of the best!  The last one should make you laugh, too, only it isn't about babies .

Twin Baby Boys, Laughing at Each Other

Laughing Baby

Gold Miner  

Recipe Box

Fudgy Brownies

The best brownies ever!!

• 1 cup butter
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cups chopped pecans, optional
• Confectioners' sugar

• Melt butter and chocolate together; stir until smooth. In a large bowl, beat sugar and eggs. Stir in vanilla and chocolate mixture. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Stir in pecans if desired.
• Spread into a greased 9" X 13" baking pan.  Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Cut into bars. Yield: about 24 brownies

Farmgirl Favorites--Harp Websites

If you like harp...this is a fun website to go to.  You can hear clips of the harps being played .

Harps of Praise

This website also has clips of their harps being played : )

This store is just perfectly wonderful  : )  They have everything you need, harp-wise : )

Little Miss Giggles

      I stumbled across this blog a few weeks ago, and especially enjoyed her post, "How my weirdest hobby can help you!"    She shares my name, and my love for lists...and giggling .

                                                                                                                                                    ~  Jessica

Cute Quotes

Noah:  "We were running and all my breath is out!"

November 1st, 2009  by Leah

        Tonight while reading "This is What Would Happen if Everybody Did" to Isaiah, we came to the "Always cry?  This is what would happen if everybody did" and I pointed out to him all the people crying.  He said, "n', spank them!"  Then we came to "stay up?  This is what would happen if everybody did"  He saw all the people with their mouths wide open (yawning) and said, "spank, spank, spank!"

    Noah got a birthday card in the mail from some friends of ours and said, "Bekah!  Look at my card!  And they spend me a dollar!"

  October 23, 2006 by Jessica

   While riding in the van one day, Bekah asked me, "How do you spell a hundred?  One, zero, zero? 

"Yes"

"How do you spell it in numbers, like A, B, C, D?"

     November 8th, 2006  by Leah

    This morning Noah and Isaiah were crying, and Charissa said, " I wish we could just we-wind this!" (rewind)  

    I would rather fast forward : )

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Seven Sister's Treasures #14

Quote of the Week

      "If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest."

"Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future."

                                                                                       ---Corrie Ten Boom

The Bookshelf

 Two books by Christmas Carol Kauffman (she has many more too!).   These are really wonderful books!  (Click on the book to go to the review.)

Videos of the Week

Don't let the beanbag get you!

"Hold that thought God. I have to check my e-mail!"

 ~Both by Joshua Harris

Another one...

Are you ready?

  Something to Laugh About

~Why city folks shouldn't move to the country (this is an actual poster)

The Recipe Box

Chicken-Cheese Crêpes 

 These are good with yummy oatmeal rolls! 

Chicken-Cheese Crêpes

6 tablespoons of butter

1/3 C. flour

a dash or two of salt

2 C. milk

1 C. chicken broth

1/2 C. shredded Swiss cheese (I also used cheddar cheese....mainly because I didn't have enough Swiss :-) 

2 T. snipped parsley

Several dashes bottled hot pepper sauce

2-1/2 oz. jar sliced mushrooms, drained and chopped

10 oz. frozen peas

2 C. cooked and chopped chicken

1/2 C. chopped red bell pepper

12 basic crêpes (recipe below)

Paprika (optional)

For cheese sauce, in a medium saucepan melt butter. Stir in flour and salt. Add milk and broth. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly. Stir in cheese, parsley, and hot sauce. Cook until cheese is melted and then take out 1-1/2 C. for later. Stir in drained mushrooms.

For filling, cook peas and drain. Combine peas, chicken, and red bell pepper and the reserved cheese sauce.

Spread 1/4 C. filling over the unbrowned side of each crêpe and roll them up placing them in a greased 12" X 7" baking pan. Pour the sauce over the crêpes and sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 370º F. for 18-20 minutes. Makes 6 servings.

I double the chicken-cheese crêpe recipe and do one and a half recipes of the crêpes.

Basic Crêpes

In a bowl combine 1 cup of flour, 1-1/2 cups of milk, 2 eggs, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt and beat really well.

Spoon about 3 tablespoons of batter into a heated and greases skillet and cook until light brown. Cook only one side. Grease skillet occasionally. (The unfilled crêpes freeze well [up to four months] by placing a piece of wax paper between each one. )

Enjoy!!!!

Farmgirl Favorites

 The Teapot Shoppe has lots of neat teapots, teacups, teasets, tea accessories and more!

 Penguinlover

 Click HERE to see her blog

  The other day Charissa was looking at a road map that was only of one city. She was trying to find our town (which was not on there) and said, "I can't find where we live!"  Noah replied, "That's because it's not our world---we live in a different one!"

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Seven Sisters Treasures #13

        One day while out in the barn, our goat Bethany was making the funniest 'smiling' faces!  She did better than this when the camera wasn't out, but this gives you an idea of how ornery she was being!

Quote of the Week

             "Thus saith the Lord; cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

            "For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

             "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

             "For he shall be as a tree plnated by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

                                                                                                          Jeremiah 17:5 - 8

The Bookshelf

This is probably the best book that I have read on this subject!  It is wonderful for all ages of girls, and is so helpful in showing you what you should be doing, before you meet your Prince Charming :-)

   Hind's Feet on High Places is an allegory of a girl named Much-Afraid, her journey to the mountains with the Shepherd, and how she is transformed into "Grace and Glory" by Him. 

  Mountains of Spices is the continuing story, where she comes back to the valley with the Shepherd and wins her relatives over to the Shepherd's service.

Videos of the Week

Need some motivation to...

Exercise?

Pick up after yourself?

Recycle?

The above links were found at thefuntheory.com .

The Recipe Box

 Pumpkin Bread

this bread is almost as good as pumpkin pie!

1 (15 ounce) can pumkin puree

4 eggs

1 c. oil

2/3 c. water

2 c. sugar

3 1/2 c. flour (Susannah used all whole wheat, and it was delicious!)

2 t. baking soda

1 1/2 salt

1 t. cinnamon

1 t. nutmeg

1/2 t. cloves

1/4 t. ginger

            Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease and flour three 7x3 loaf pans.  In a large bowl, mix together pumpin puree, eggs, oil, water, adn sugar until well blended.  In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.  Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended.  pour in to the prepared pans.  Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven.  Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.  Makes 3 loaves. 

Farmgirl Favorites

                          I was "blog-hopping", and found THIS!  OH MY!  We are SO excited!!!! Can you tell?!  : D

Click HERE to find out more : )

 We found this neat idea over at Beach Vintage.  She picks up mismatched plates at flea markets to use as her everyday dishes.   Such a pretty idea!  Click here to read more about it : )

 We keep a family journal in which we write down all the funny little things that little people say, or just fun things that happen.  This time, I decided to type them out here as they are in our journal : )  Enjoy!

 October 14th, 2009   by Leah

       Tonight Noah was going upstairs with me and was turning the light (stairway light) on and off, then ran up the stairs and was going to do it from  there, but I put the downstairs switch half-way so the light wouldn't turn on.  He tried it upstairs several times, and when I asked him what he did to it, he said,

"I don't know!  It was just working and now it ranned out!"

October 18th, 2009  by Leah

      The boys were supposed to be laying down on their blankets going to sleep, but while in the other room, I heard them making some noise.  When I went into their room, I saw them both kneeling beside the girls' bed.  Isaiah looked at me (he had already been in trouble for getting off his blanket) and said, "Um, I doing prayers."

       And while writing this, I am hearing more noise... 

 Parting Picture...

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Seven Sisters Treasures #12

Quote of the Week

             "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoiceing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts."

                                                                                                                Jeremiah 15:16

             "And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and thy shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord."

                                                                                                                Zechariah 10:12

The Bookshelf

Assumptions that Affect Our Lives

by Christian Overman

To see an overview of this book, click here.

Video of the Week

Candid Camera--Weekend Smile

        Note:  After Sunday, we have no idea what the next Candid Camera will be--so this endorsement is only for this weekend .

Animator vs. Animation 1

The Recipe Box

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream

      This pumpkin ice cream is as good or maybe even better than Dairy Queen's Pumpkin Pie Blizzard : )  It is very rich!  Those of us who usually like 2 to 3 scoops of ice cream were fine with only one or one and a half scoops of this yummy dessert : )  

  Sugar Cookie "Crust" Recipe:

1/3 c. butter

1/3 c. shortening

2 c. flour

3/4 c. sugar

1 T. milk

1 t. baking powder

1 t. vanilla

dash salt

      In a large bowl beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 or until softened.  Add about half the flour.  Add sugar, egg, milk, baking powder, vanilla, and salt.  Beat until combined.  Beat or stir in remaining flour.  Roll out dough onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 min. or until lightly browned.  Let cool.  Crumble into small pieces. 

Pumpkin Ice Cream Mixture:

2-15 oz. cans pure pumpkin puree (or about 3 1/2 c. of homemade cooked pumpkin puree, well-drained)

3 c. heavy whipping cream (if you don't want the ice cream quite as rich, try 2 c. whipping cream and 1 c. milk)

1 c. sugar

1/2 light brown sugar

1 t. salt

1 1/2 to 2 t. cinnamon

1/2 t. ginger

1/2 t. nutmeg

1/2 t. cloves

About 3 to 4 cups of the crumbled sugar cookie crust

         Place pumpkin puree into a strainer lined with cheesecloth for 15 min. to drain any excess water.  Gently heat heavy cream and sugars until small bubbles form around the edge of the pan, stirring often.  Do not boil. Remove from heat and whisk until the sugar is dissolved.  Let cool to room temperature (I cooled mine in the freezer to make it cool faster : ).  Beat pumpkin, sweetened cream mixture, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves with an electric mixer on med/high speed for 3 minutes.  Pour mixture into an ice cream machine and freeze for 20 minutes, adding the crumbled cookie pieces during the last 5 min. of freezing.  Makes 2 quarts.

Farmgirl Favorites

A fun website to get dress ideas from : )

Something else, just for fun...

...Lurking Smileys!

The Knapp Family Journal

Some IRL friends of ours whose blog we really enjoy reading : )  Be sure to check out "Toady Takes A Ride" and over at Mr. Knapps blog, "The Return of the Stunt Toad"  : )

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Seven Sisters Treasures #11

Quote of the week:

    "Many Christians are like young sailors who think that the shore and the land are moving when it is the ship that they are on that is moving.  We can count on it that God has not moved."          

                   Elisabeth Elliot

  The Bookshelf

 These books are fun to read, even if they are way below your reading level : D

                                                                                                                            Jessica

Video

 Are women born this way?!

                               ~this is very funny, and very cute!

Recipe of the Week

Lemon Custard Ice Cream

Here we thought we had the very best ice cream recipe, and now we've found one even better!  It's almost like Ritter's frozen custard : ) This recipe is from Taste of Home's 2005 annual cookbook.  Next time I make it, I am going to skip the lemon juice and do 2 T. vanilla instead : )

2 cups sugar

1/4 c. flour

1/4 t. salt

4 c. milk

4 eggs, beaten

3 c. heavy whipping cream

1 c. lemon juice (or 2 T. vanilla if you'd rather have vanilla than lemon)

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         In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and salt. Gradually add milk.  Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir fo 2 min. or until thickened. Rmove from the heat; cool slightly.

        Whisk a small amount of the hot milk mixture into the eggs.  Return all to the pan, whisking constantly.  Cook and stir until mixture reaches 160 degrees and coats the back of a metal spoon.

       Remove from heat.  Cool quickly by placing pan in a bowl of ice water; stir for 2 min.  Gently stir in the cream and lemon juice (or vanilla).  Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard.  Refrigerate for several hours, or overnight.  (We refrigerated ours for about 5 hours.) 

       Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze.  Refrigerate any remaining mixture until ready to freeze.  Allow to ripen in ice cream freezer or firm up in a regular freezer for 2 to 4 hours before serving.  Yields 2 quarts.

     To ripen the ice cream:  After you have shut off the ice cream freezer motor, take it off of the bucket, then place a plastic sack over the top of the ice cream cylinder.  Finish by covering the  sack and the whole top of the bucket with more ice.  Replenish ice as it melts until the ripening time is over.

Farmgirl Favorites

 Blue and White Make the Whitest White

"It is said that color experts can distinguish about 300 shades of white, and if you look at all the things around you that are white, you will notice the many different shades. Some are a pink- white, some are yellow-white, etc. The white which is the brightest of whites is one which has a slight blue hue..." more>

I use this all the time for my white laundry--usually about 10-12 drops for a small to medium load.  We found this at a Kroger owned store, but you can also order it online.   ~ Jessica

 Joyous Notions is hosting a giveaway of their wonderful magazine right now!  We are currently subscribed to it, and it is wonderfully full of homemaking things and instructions.  Our last issue had a "Honeybee Tea" with recipes, instructions on ribbon embroidery, how to build a desk, and LOTS more!

Cute Quotes

 Today Noah was getting ready to help husk corn and asked Susannah,

"Are we going to eat the corn on the cones?"

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Isaiah:  " I shut off Peter!" 

(I shut off computer!)

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Rebekah held up a cloth napkin that matched her dress and said,

"You can tell my dress is fainting!" (fading) 

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Seven Sisters Treasures #10

Quote of the week:

 "The King of love my shepherd is, His goodness faileth never;

I nothing lack if I am His and He is mine forever."

-Sir Henry William Baker-

  The Bookshelf

 But Not Forsaken

By Helen Good Brennaman

This is a story of a refugee family in the years following World War II.  It is fiction, but is based on many real-life tales told to the author by refugee friends. A very neat book!

Video

This is a video of some funny piano playing!

This was posted on our blog several months ago, but we decided to post it again!

Something Funny

I was looking up "Vanilla Cake" on Cooks.com, and I found two of the strangest recipes for vanilla cake. 

The first one was this:

           Somebody was having too much fun playing around, or else their are really missing out on vanilla cake!!!

Recipe of the Week

Now for a real recipe!

Breakfast Casserole

Four slices bread (any kind)

12 fully cooked sausage links

1-2 cups cheese

6 eggs

2 cups milk

1 teaspoon salt

Tear or cut up the bread and place in a greased 9"X13" pan. Cut the sausage links into small pieces and sprinkle over the bread, along with the cheese.  Beat together the eggs, milk, salt, and a dash (or two) of pepper. Pour egg mixture over bread and sausage. Bake at 350 degrees for    35-40 minutes or until done.

Favorite Websites

Roses and Teacups

Sweet Necessi-Teas

Two places with many neat teacups, teapots, tea cozies, tea jewelry, tea stationery, tea decor, tea aprons, tea anything!

Katie-Bug

missladybug's blog

Cute Quotes

We have often told the little girls not to water the flowers while the sun is shining on them, or else the sun will scorch the plants.

So, one rainy day the sun started shining while it was still raining, and Bekah said, "Oh no! It's raining on the flowers and the sun is shining, it's going to fry them!"

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 Charissa asked out of the blue, "Is this tomorrow?"

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 One night Anna put a tape of Otto Koning's missionary stories in their tape player to listen to while going to sleep. Bekah was whining and said, "I want that music off!"

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 Some things Charissa said while playing house with Bekah:

"Bring your childs too!"

"Mommy, the phone is answering!"

(meaning, the phone is ringing)

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