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 [...]
Tags: holiday, parfait, recipe, strawberry, Valentine's Day
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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 [...]
Tags: christmas, holiday, Jesus, season, wise men
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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 [...]
Tags: blessing, family, rain, thanks, Thanksgiving
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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 [...]
Tags: bustle, early, entertain, family, holiday, hurry, hustle, survive, traditions
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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 [...]
Tags: decorate, Easter, eggs, eggstravagent, extravagent, holiday
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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 [...]
Tags: christmas, famiies, holiday, spend, time
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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 [...]
Tags: caroling, christmas, cookies, holiday, hot chocolate, party, snacks, warm
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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, [...]
Tags: costumes, decorate, halloween, pictures, pose
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Halloween is that time of year when your creative juices can begin to flow. It’s a fun time for the family and if you have a baby or toddler, and it is the first Halloween that they can actively participate in, then it can be even more exciting. Granted if your little one is too [...]
Tags: Baby, candy, costumes, first, halloween, safety, scare, simple, theme, toddler, trick or treating
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by Kathy Burns-Millyard
Its baby’s first Christmas! How exciting! It’s a perfect time to start a tradition, like buying the little bundle of joy a special ornament for this holiday and every holiday to come, or you can just plain spoil them with lots of toys and fun-filled activities. Here are a handful of suggestions that [...]
Tags: Baby, baby einstein, christmas, classic toys, first, gifts, holiday, leapfrog, music cube, piggy bank, teddy bear
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