The Journal of Plymouth Rock Ranch

with our local church was, as always, a fun event.
The afternoon started off with the children making gingerbread or graham cracker houses:

Harrison’s Design
 

Jackson’s House is in the Back
Providence’s House is in the Front
While much of the candy made it to the decorating process, much made it into their mouths en route to the decorating.
 

Providence
 

Friends [...]

Harrison was a busy bee the week of his 5th Birthday. One of the things he did was help Ashley make his birthday cake. He had loads of fun.

The Mix ~ A Special Birthday Treat
 

Cracking the Eggs All By Himself!
 

Stirring Things Up
 

What Fun!
The night we went to the Justice Foundation Dinner, [...]

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Tigger
 

Loudmouth
 

Move Over Ziplocs
 

Calico on the Pecan Bucket
 

Holstein, the Queen

DOOR at Plymouth Rock Ranch was installed on our almost finished Utility Shed. We are so excited and thankful this Thanksgiving Weekend for our new door!
That means we have a bona fide, real building with a door, not a flap, on our property!!!
Now, we just need to retrain the children in how to close [...]

Last week I received a phone call from a friend. She has a friend who was the recipient of a lot of bakery rolls and breads, mostly whole grain breads, rolls and bagels. She wanted to know if we wanted any.
I had just been thinking that we were out of bread, needed to [...]

Psalm 136:1
Oh, give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good. For His mercy endureth forever.
It seems fitting to give thanks to our Lord at Plymouth Rock Ranch, a place named after our forefathers who braved so much to make such a daring move for conscience and family’s sake.
It was a blessing to give [...]

…..Planned Parenthood?!!!!!
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Gift certificates have become a popular holiday gift option, but a controversial new one, already has people talking.
For the first time, Planned Parenthood in Indiana is offering gift certificates. The organization said a big increase in calls and visits from newly unemployed and uninsured Hoosiers prompted what it calls the unusual, [...]

Life!
God is the Creator and Author of life.
God made man in His own image.
Thus, the life of man, who is made in God’s image, is to be honored and protected.
A dear friend gave us the gift of attending the Justice Foundation’s Annual Dinner on Friday night, just as she so generously did last year [...]

I am blessed to have a mom who knew how to cook and bake and was always trying new recipes searching for that just perfect recipe. She knew how to get the most meals out of her food, especially the meats and their bones.
One of the standard after-Thanksgiving meals is Turkey Carcass Soup. [...]

Homeschooled children are demented? According to Joy Behar of The View, they are!
Homeschooled children are taught to be afraid of other children? According to Joy Behar of The View, they are!
And, homeschooled children have Mommy & Daddy being, gasp, around and being parents to their children!!!! That’s a bad thing, according to [...]

Yesterday afternoon, Larissa made a quintuple recipe of Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Waffles. Quintupling the recipe was a good use and practice of her math skills. It was also a good use of 2 of the 60 some cans of pumpkin I got on sale this past year for 25 cents/can.
We had some [...]

We’ve had some cold mornings here this mid-November week.  And because of that, we are very thankful to have our new wood burning stove stovepipe delivered and installed.
We cleared everything out that had taken the rightful place of the stove over the summer, put a new floor guard in place, set up the stove, inserted [...]

Confetti Cake
Homemade Vanilla Pudding Filled
Homemade Whipped Cream Icing
Strawberry Decorations
5 Birthday Candles
 
Callan wasn’t here to make him the Monkey Cake that Harrison wanted.  But, she did send him a monkey eCard today : )  So, instead of getting a Monkey Cake, he stirred up his cake with Ashley last night and we frosted and decorated his [...]

It is hard to believe that today, my baby turns five years old! It is bittersweet for me. I see a season of life ending, one I thought would never really end. At one time, it seemed like that season of life would go on forever, but it all too quickly [...]

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Includes: The Family Table (2 [...]

Back at Plymouth Rock Ranch and turning away from political announcements, we return to regular programming.
Last weekend was a busy weekend for us.  Friday night we went to our monthly 4-Part Harmony Hymn Singing Night.  We had a Mexican PotBlessing Dinner beforehand.  And then learned the 4-part harmony parts for three hymns.  Afterwards, those that [...]

This is where our public education system has taken us:
Our “well-educated” young adults voting for Obama and waving the Communist Flag of “Victory.”
Here’s an article to follow the above video.
When are we going to wake up and smell the non-violent war among us?
Lord, please open our eyes so we might see your glory and reveal [...]

Psalm 33
 
 

1Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous:
for praise is comely for the upright.
 

2Praise the LORD with harp:
sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
 

3Sing unto Him a new song;
play skillfully with a loud noise.
 

4For the word of the LORD is [...]

Mr. Brown at Ketocton Baptists has written a great post election blogpost.
Mr. Brown starts his post with this:

“With only a couple of months left in office the liberal legacy of George Bush can teach us a valuable lesson. Eight years ago I remember contending with fellow Christians about the importance of not wasting their vote [...]

On the bright side……. You can read here how the Lord preserved His definition of marriage in the ballot box yesterday.
Thank you Lord for giving victory in these three initiatives.

to a different world than we knew yesterday,” said my husband as he awoke this morning.
He continued, “BUT, there are still some things that are the same. You and I still love each other and God. God loves us and He is still sovereign over all.”
There is something else that I pray [...]