Welcome 2014. A new year is as white and clean as the North Dakota prairie snow. A new year brings us cheer and new paths to journey. With the sunrise on a new day in a new year, I feel energy for a new day. With the sunset, I feel rest and renewal to keep going after big dreams with…
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How To Skate With Confidence Into The New Year
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Our daughters were given new ice skates for Christmas. Then my mom quickly ordered them “trainers” to help the girls learn to skate with confidence. Even the trainer tool isn’t enough though at times. They still need their daddy as back-up. When I snapped these photos tonight, from the behind the lens, I realized skating with trainers and back-up encompassed…
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From The Pinke Family, on the prairie
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Real Farmwives & Friends: My Favorite Christmas Entertaining Recipes
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It’s Christmas and one of my favorite times of the year, to prepare fun food and eat it all! I love entertaining with family and friends because of the laughs and memories we share together. Yesterday before my husband, kids and I left my sister-in-law’s house in Minnesota, Miss E and I stopped at Byerly’s (my favorite Minnesota grocery store) to…
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Santa Through the Years, Beef, Faith, Family: Merry Christmas!
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There is a lot of excitement around Christmas, particularly with young children we have. But we work purposefully for our kids to know the meaning of the season. We have the pop culture Elf on the Shelf this year which you can see on my Facebook page or on Instagram. But through a few Christmas programs, Sunday school, books and conversations…
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