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Author: Heather L

I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.

Review: Living Fossils

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Living Fossils: Evolution the Grand Experiment Vol. 2 by Dr. Carl Werner Munchkin has enjoyed learning about dinosaurs and fossils from a very young age, so I’m always thrilled when we’re able to review dinosaur and/or fossil books.  Munchkin really liked the first book in this series, Evolution: The Grand Experiment, so I had high hopes for the second volume.  I was not disappointed. Dr. Carl Werner grew up in a Catholic church where he learned about and believed in creation and the other stories in the Bible.  As he headed into his teen years, he started to have some…

Review: Pieces of Light

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Pieces of Light A Dinah Harris Mystery by Julie Cave Pieces of Light is the final installment of the Dinah Harris Mystery trilogy. If you haven’t read the other books in this series, you’ll want to read those before jumping into this final book. Yes, the books can be read as stand-alone books, but everything really does build from one book to the next. Because of that, things make more sense if you already know the history of the characters from the previous books. In Pieces of Light, we join back up with Dinah Harris as she’s starting to pull…

Gluten Free Strawberry Cake

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

Project 365 – #171 For Father’s Day, I wanted to surprise D with lots of yummy food and a delicious cake.  Unfortunately, he didn’t get any delicious food from me as I was under the weather.  I could barely be around food, but I was not going to let the day go by without making something for him. 😉 I wanted to use some of the fresh strawberries from our Saturday pick-up from Bountiful Baskets, so I decided to go with a strawberry cake.  I totally winged this one, so all measurements are approximate. I started with a Betty Crocker…

Review: love Written in Stone

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love Written in Stone: Finding God’s Grace in the Boundaries He Sets by Philip Carlson, MD Philip Carlson is senior pastor of Bethany Church of Sierra Madre and practices family medicine in Pasadena. He lives with his wife, Carole, and their four children in Sierra Madre. Normally, I don’t start out a book review by talking about the author, but in this case, it’s important to note that Philip Carlson is not just a pastor, but he’s also a medical doctor. It’s this unique combination that gives this book a different viewpoint than many books on the market. Dr. Carlson…

Happy Father’s Day 2011

Posted in Christian Life, Family, and Photography

Project 365 – #170 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. ~Deuteronomy 6:4-7~ Thank you, D, for being such a wonderful Godly husband and father.  Thank you…