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Christmas Time
I hadn't gotten around to sharing pictures from Christmas time yet, I just wanted to record some of the fun and blessings from Christmas time 2022....The Wednesday night before Christmas we enjoyed a...
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December Goals Accomplished
In December I shared with you a few different goals that I was working on. It is now almost the end of January but I thought I would share with you how those goals went... First off, I had made the...
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The Fruit of the Spirit is... LOVE
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.Galatians 5:22 and 23The last few years I...
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More Wintertime Fun
I feel so abundantly blessed to get to live the life I do. We live in a beautiful area surrounded by family and friends and many other beautiful people that I haven't even met yet. God provides for us...
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Cleaning and Decluttering - A Fun Saturday Activity
I was blessed to get to stay home all day today! A friend came over for a little while this morning which was really fun but after that I had nothing scheduled for the day. I really enjoy having...
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The Fruit of the Spirit is.... Joy!
I just thought I would include this picture of my siblings and I. Being with them gives me a lot of joy Joy has been an important characteristic to me. I grew up understanding that my name, Abbigail,...
View ArticleChange Your Mindset to Truly Live Frugally
I decided to try out Vlogging. I would love to hear your ideas on how you can have a mindset that helps you with frugal living.
View ArticleHealthy Living (without spending a lot of money)
Taking care of our health is so important. Why? Our bodies are a gift from God that He blessed us with to use to glorify Him. We can't control everything that happens to our bodies (not by a long...
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The Fruit of the Spirit is...PEACE
A toddler and a dog - they could bring peace or chaos I suppose. We are happy to have both of them in our lives. :-) And though thereis sometimes some physical chaos that doesn't need to change our...
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Decluttering Challenge
Good morning!! I decided to challenge myself this month to the decluttering challenge where you get rid of as many things as the number of the day. So on May 1st you get rid of 1 item, on May 15th you...
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The Fruit of the Spirit is.... Patience
A recent family picture in Ireland. I love this family of minebut the honest truth is that wherever people are in your life - some patience is needed too.What is the definition of patience? "1.The...
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Please Pray
For those of you that pray - would you please pray for my Sister-in-law, Holly? She was diagnosed last fall with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a rare breast cancer. She had surgery and they said they...
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Ireland (Part 1) Why Ireland?
For a long time I have wanted to go on a family mission trip. I had been on one as a teen (to the Dominican Republic) and it had been super eye opening and has affected the rest of my life in a...
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The Fruit of the Spirit is.... Goodness
Yellow LadyslippersGoodness is part of the fruit that the Holy Spirit will produce in our life (if we let Him). This makes sense as we know that God is good. Nahum 1:7 says " The Lord is good, a...
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Enjoying the Generations of Family
I have felt so very blessed lately with getting to enjoy spending time with the different generations in our family lately. I thought I would share a few pictures....On Father's Day we had a big family...
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Beautiful and Fun Things to See in Ireland
I have been a little unsure of how to truly go about sharing our pictures and about our time in Ireland. There is just so much to cover. This post is picture heavy with some of the fun and beautiful...
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Jackpine Retreat 2023
The middle of September found us, as normal, heading north to go camping along with a bunch of others at a place we call Jackpine Retreat. This was my 44th time to attend and I love it every year!A few...
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A Good Harvest
There is something very wonderful about harvest time. It just might be my favorite time of year. (But then again Spring gives it some pretty strong competition and there are other fun and wonderful...
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The Fruit of the Spirit is.......Faithfulness
Faithfulness is a trait that has long been very important to me. It is one of God's characteristics that I find myself most often thanking Him for. Though I love adventure and trying new things, having...
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Living Frugally 2023 version
Anybody that has been a reader of my blog for very long or knows me very well, knows that I am fairly passionate about living frugally. I admit I find it a pretty fun hobby - so possibly most...
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So Many Things to be Thankful For
I thought I would share a few pictures from this last month and just a couple of thoughts. The picture above is Malcolm and I when our family went on a walk at the state park on Friday. The other...
View ArticleVisiting Grand Marais MN- video by Jonathan and Thomas
My son, Jonathan, and son-in-law, Thomas, have been doing a podcast together and they took a trip to Grand Marais to visit and plan and made this vlog. It has some beautiful videography and a few...
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Happy New Year! 2023 in Review
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Lamentations 3:22 & 232023 was a good year. Not one that...
View ArticleGoal Setting with God
This video is one of my boys interviewing a good friend from church about goal setting. I found it encouraging and thought you all might as well.
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Mustard Trees Blog
Good morning!I just wanted to share with you another place that I and some friends of mine have been writing and we would love to have you join us there. We have started a group blog called Mustard...
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