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  I love my chickens,    and Love being able to bring fresh foods in.   So Thankful for how the Lord blesses <3 

What a blessing it was,  to be able to go to church and worship Jesus in the midst of other believers.   Hear his word preached and praise him in song!!   And Brooklynn got to wear her new homemade dress from Grandma!   

 Pure amazingness!       I highly recommend!      Chicken street taco's        Homemade and fairly healthy with good ingredients!      We always go to a local restaurant and order these,  It's delicious but costly by the time we fill a growing boy.    So We decided to make them at home,  and my gosh.  Every bit as good as what's ordered.   Eating GOOD, affordable, and healthy does not have to be impossible,  you just got to get a little creative  ;)      and Of course.   It doesn't hurt that momma loves food photography and takes any chance she can to snap a photo.     

We have an Americana Breed of chicken, who is supposed to lay cute little blue "Easter" eggs,   and we were wondering where the heck these great promised eggs were.... Clearly, she is NOT a fan of the nesting boxes our coop provides.  

     Its something we research a lot and are always looking for natural methods of helping Ben.    He's doing great in general but still struggles with focusing on his school work and lessons being taught.   He gets distracted a lot,   and most times we all laugh about and joke around,   But anytime we hear of ways to naturally help him,  we are very interested and research it.    We recently got in contact with a Natural Dr in the area,  who specializes in Neurologically based Chiropractic care.     After talking with him in-depth,  we have very high hopes that not only can he help lesson the symptoms of ADHD,   but also help the body to connect the nervous system in a way that it actually cures it.  His goal is to get right to the source of the ADHD and stop messing around with bandade quick fixes.    We are very hopeful and even if we don't see a huge difference on the ADHD end,  The ...

 But whos keeping track.          A little girl enjoyed a wonderful 4th birthday,   full of smiles, and most of the things she requested.     As I shared in the post before,  She wanted chicken nuggets,  mac n' cheese,  and chocolate cake!            We made the chocolate cake 100% from scratch,    I so badly wanted to get a quick easy box mix,  But I thought making one homemade would be so much more special for her,  and of course much healthier.     And we did a good job!  It turned out delicious!    A rich cream cheese frosting,  and a cocao powder cake.    she was so pleased with it,   and really did help me with the process a lot!    Of course, her job was licking the beaters with the frosting!      After cake making and many other little things to make her day special,    We headed to Bens Scho...

And the reason I LOVE Supporting small businesses!     Brooklynn had a few special requests for her Birthday yesterday- (more details will follow in later posts),   To have chicken nuggets and mack'n cheese for dinner,  and chocolate cake for dessert.     Easy peasy peasy right!?     So after dropping Ben off at school in the morning Brooklynn and I ran to our small town Grocery store to grab a few things for our day's baking adventures,    and of course, upon walking in we excitedly shared that it was her birthday and she was turning 4.     The manager gave her a high five,  and he and a couple of employees had some fun conversations with her,  and then the manager handed her a basket full of goodies like paints,  sculptures to paint, markers, a journal,  and packs of candy- while wishing her a huge "happy birthday!",      We then continued on with our shopping, and later as we were checking ...

 A fun thing they're doing at school and Ben went all out today!     We knew he's grown a ton in the last year but after he got dressed and was almost bursting at the seams in his suit we realized just HOW MUCH!   He insisted on wearing it one last time though and looked oh so handsome.     

    Emotions are running high tonight as I put my little girl to bed for the last time as a 3 year old,   for tomorrow she turns 4.      Where has the time gone?   Why do they have to grow up so fast?   Why do I feel such sadness? 

A fun way to learn. We write her name while enjoying "art class"  

I guess there is no good way of starting a blog besides jumping right in right in?       I'm excited!     I'll start with sharing a little about us! First and foremost,   I love Jesus with all my heart and strive to honor him in all that I am.      I fail every day in Human flesh, but His mercies are new every morning and His Grace is sufficient.     I pray that through this blog I can encourage you in your walk with him and together we can become "proverbs 31" women.    Always remember that God is good,  and If we seek him,  we will find him.     My husband Matt and I raise our 2 children near a small town in Michigan,  We live on 5 acres of land Where we farm chickens for meat and eggs, have a cat named "fluff-ball" and grow a big garden.   We're trying to talk daddy into Dogs, Cows,  Goats, ducks, and more... but so far that not working.   It's become more of a...