In years past Santa has actually climbed out of our chimney into our living room. This year Miss E didn’t think Santa would be traveling as easily on his sleigh with no snow. Santa just rang in the doorbell and stopped by for a visit after our church service on Christmas Eve. He was about to embark on a very…
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Brown Christmas with plenty of butter
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Family Values, Life in North Dakota Tagged With: agriculture, family, family farm, holidays, prairie life 5 Comments
If there is one thing consistent every Christmas in my life, it’s butter. I eat plenty of it daily and this year has been no different. But even with plenty of butter eating, Christmas on the prairie has been a bit different. We’ve been celebrating with out snow. It didn’t even freeze last night. Normally we spend hours during Christmas…
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Our Christmas Faith & Hope
Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: Christian, faith, family, holidays 3 Comments
Christmas is full of family time for us today. It’s an exceptionally happy, fun loving and an easy going day. I haven’t always been so overwhelmed with joy each Christmas as I am this year. I know I have friends that are struggling with loneliness and loss today. When I look back at Christmas time in my past I felt…
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Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip Recipe
Filed Under: Family Values, Party Foods Tagged With: cranberries, cream cheese dip, family, holidays 5 Comments
Looking for a fresh new recipe to try this Christmas weekend? I was looking for a few new recipes that are crowd pleasing, easy and take a short time to prepare. My friend Karla shared this Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip recipe she had made three times already this holiday season for open houses and a party and raved about what…
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WW Linky: Christmas Food & Home Tour
Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: family, holidays 6 Comments
It’s Wednesday. Wordy or Wordless. Link up any post below from now through Christmas Day. Whether you have a photo of food, family, a tradition, favorite decorations or…snow, I’d love to see what you share. It’s definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas on the prairie at our house, complete with mint brownies and chocolate dipped strawberries… and Christmas Party…
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