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Photos from Around the Homestead – May, June, July 2015

July 9, 2015 By Laura 6 Comments

*Hello Friends!  First, there are a whole bunch of photos to this post here, so you really need to NOT scroll, and just let them load for a minute. Therefore, you might as well just read this brief intro, if you are one who usually just looks at the pictures.  😉

About the title: I always use the term ‘homestead’. So just so you know, yes, we do understand that we do not technically live on a true homestead, by definition. But we still have taken to the word. We are simply referring to our home and the little tiny property we live on. We’re going to keep using it, because it works for us.

Lastly, it’s been quite an unusual spring and early summer for us all.  Kind of tough, but it’s all good. I am finally starting to get around on my own two feet, following my wicked broken ankle and torn ligaments in mid-April. That kept any usual projects and activity off the table. But God has taught me much through it all, as I knew He would. Things like patience, Psalm 46:10, and all of that good and hard stuff. I didn’t realize how much transforming I had to do but, um….I see it in full color now!

Anyway, the photos are probably loaded now. Just some brief descriptions from here on out. Hope you enjoy……
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Filed Under: Gardening, Our Chickens, Photography, The Big Picture, The Homestead Tagged With: calibrachoa, chickens, family-life, flowers, geraniums, homestead-photography, pansies, photography, photos, verbenas

Christmas at Home

December 28, 2008 By Laura 6 Comments

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We hope your Christmas was as beautiful and filled with peace as ours was.  Of course, I don’t necessarily mean auditory peace, if you have a house full of excited kids as we do, but you know, inner peace.  That quiet kind of Christmas joy you feel in your heart, that tends to bring such moments of clear perspective of your whole life, all that truly matters, and all that you are blessed with.  I love those Christmas moments, and hope you all had many of them.

While I did take lots of photos of our kids on Christmas Eve and morning, I won’t be posting all of those.  Suffice it to say, they had such a wonderful Christmas, that seemed to go on for days here.  To see them embrace every moment with such beaming happiness and anticipation in their eyes, is truly a big part of our Christmas joy.   They even each had such beautiful and surprise gifts for us. And the HEART they put into them. <sigh/melt> Now we know what all of their ‘Club Days’ in big sister’s room was all about. We really had no idea.  I can’t tell you how much fun they have been having for weeks.  But here are just some fun Christmas shots I took around our home here and there, now and then, in quiet moments, and moments of loud celebration.

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Below is one of my new favorite Christmas ornaments.  A friend of mine made it for me, and I just think it is so cute and fun!  I smile every time I see it on my tree. It has a soft white feather on it too-you can barely see.   I love polka dots.  : )

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{A} made waffles, one by one, for like 3 hours one day a few days before Christmas, and threw them in the freezer.  They were delicious as part of our late-morning Christmas breakfast.  Thanks Honey!

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Chocolate Buddies.

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There’s a few more Christmas-sy areas of our home I may take some shots of and share over the next couple of days as well, just for fun. We really enjoy making our home reflect the Christmas season, and many other holidays as well.  Thanks for coming to see!

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Filed Under: Celebrations, Faith, Faith/ Catholic, Holidays, Home Decor, The Big Picture, The Homestead Tagged With: Catholic, Catholic-Christmas, Catholic-families, celebrations, Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas-nativity-sets, decor, decorations, home, home decor, homestead, nativity-sets, photography, photos

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