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Sweetheart Parfait

By Cheryl Tallman and Joan Ahlers
A parfait is an old-fashioned layered dessert that looks pretty, and is fun to eat. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we thought you would enjoy a nice sweet treat to serve for dessert to your special loved ones.
Ingredients for each parfait:
3 Tbsp. strawberry puree (made from 3-4 large strawberries)
1 [...]

Where Have All The Wise Men Gone? Jesus Is Not Acceptable For Christmas!

by Jan McCracken
It’s CHRISTmas!
Where are the wise men?
WOW - The wise men are MISSING! What kind of Christmas is this anyway?
Are you caught up in the “season” with this Christmas thing? Do YOU know where the wise men are?
For over 200 years we have celebrated Christmas and all of the joys and festivities that go [...]

The Thanksgiving Blessing

by LeAnn R. Ralph
“Wouldn’t you just know it,” muttered my husband, Randy.
We had already been driving for a couple of hours in a pickup truck that we had borrowed from a friend, and now it was completely dark.
“What’s wrong?” I asked sleepily. I had dozed off only a few minutes ago.
“It’s starting to rain,” Randy [...]

Tips for Surviving the Hustle and Bustle of the Holidays

By Molly Gold
What Mom wouldn’t want to know the best secrets to create a fun-filled holiday season without wearing herself out? The life of a mom during the holidays is beyond hectic, with many women finding themselves hosting one winter holiday and traveling to another. The hectic pace of having it all leaves Moms scrambling [...]

Make Gift Wrapping Paper With Kids

by Abigail Beal
Making your own wrapping paper is a fun activity that children or adults can do. With some creativity you can create gift wrap that is unique and different – everyone will know the gift is from you!
When making gift wrap with children you will probably want to use either craft white paper or [...]

Eggs-travagant Eggs

by Rondi Hillstrom Davis and Janell Sewall Oakes
Wonderfully simple to do and oh so impressive!
You don’t need a $40 Easter egg decorating kit with pages of instructions to impress your family and guests this Easter – achieve sophisticated elegance with colors taken directly from nature. Simply decorated from a myriad of plants and flowers, you [...]

73 Ideas to Spend Time With Your Family at Christmas

by Patty Getz
Christmas is about so much more than presents and parties, and yet, each year, that is the focus that we as a society place on it. Christmas has become a stress for some, and financial hardship for others. Where there used to be a holiday, to celebrate Family, we have some how lost [...]

Make Gift Wrap Paper

by Abigail Beal
Chances are at the holidays you’ve been tempted to make holiday wrapping paper. But you may have heard too many stories about needing to use potatoes and tempura paint that bring you back to your grade school days. Have no fear – you do have options! Here are some suggestions to get your [...]

Spend More Time With Your Family This Holiday Season: Host A Caroling Party

by Rondi Hillstrom Davis and Janell Sewall Oakes
Too often we forgo entertaining because of the mere thought of all of the preparation that is involved. And more is not better. Often we try to out do each other with lavish parties and expensive gifts. Stop and remember for a second what was important from [...]

Getting Great Pictures of the Kids this Halloween

By Jeff Westover
There she was in all her glory. Long white lab coat, frizzy hair, safety goggles — and a face smeared with the black ash of an experiment gone terrifically wrong. She was, at least on this Halloween night, Dr. Abby Normal. But for most of her life I had known her as Abigail, [...]

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