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Tag: Christmas

  • A Different Kind of Christmas: What to do When Christmas Isn’t Merry

    I have always envisioned Christmas morning at my house. It’s a dream of mine to wake up and watch my children & husband open gifts while I sip my coffee. From there, I’d move to my farmhouse kitchen, still wrapped in my bathrobe, where I would scramble some eggs and whip up some monkey bread….

  • Christmas: Through the Eyes of a Young Farm Girl

    Christmas: Through the Eyes of a Young Farm Girl

    I have many, many fond memories of Christmas at our farm growing up. The sights, the smells, the crispness in the air. How mom & dad decorated our wonderful little farm cottage. And I my playhouse… just envision tinsel. Lots and LOTS of tinsel! You know the fluffy garlands you buy at the Dollar Tree? ?…

  • Mini Christmas Farmhouse Tour 2015

    Mini Christmas Farmhouse Tour 2015

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Truly. Christmas to me means so many things. This season just warms my heart. Celebrating the birth of our Savior, Christmas Eve service at my church, parties with family & friends, musicals at church, Christmas music. The wood stove burning, cookies baking, pot roast in the crock,…