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Backyard Fun

One of my greatest desires for my family right now is to one day have land that they can run and explore on.  I would love to have a huge garden, lots of trees, and lake access.  Is that too much to ask?!?  For now we are a city family and I just have to deal with...

Homemade Yogurt!

As promised, here is the homemade yogurt recipe that was passed on to me a couple weeks ago.  I have made two batches of it and am really enjoying it! Here is this simple recipe! In a crockpot, pour 1 gallon of milk.  I use whole milk, but am going to try 2% next....

Vanilla Sugar

A friend of mine (Hi Sarah!) recently told me that she makes yogurt once a week for her family.  Ummmm…yes please!  I would love to make my own yogurt!!  So last week I gave it a try and it came out pretty good.  I am making a few tweaks on it and am trying my...

Elias’ Fall Hat

I had a friend recently mention crocheting the “Cheri Hat” and so I just had to google it since I have been enjoying hooking lately.  Once I saw it, I knew I would have to make up a boyish one for Elias.   I took some brown Cascade 220 from my stash and my...

mr. elephant

A lot of baby happening around here…thus, a lot of baby blogging.  I have been wanting to make one of Susan B. Anderson’s pacifier clips for a while now, but Elias did not use the right kind of pacifier, so I had to wait until Espen.  To tell you the truth...