A City Life For Me

I haven't always made Easter a big celebration.  Usually on Easter we pull out our new spring church outfits.  We always have a nice ham dinner.  But otherwise, Resurrection Sunday is a busy ministry day for our family. Recognizing that celebrating Christ's resurrection is just as important, if not more important, than celebrating His birth, I have been trying to make an effort to make it a special family holiday.  Here are some things I am doing to accomplish this! Sometimes our family celebrates Easter on Monday, when we can focus on it after the minsitry at church is completed.  I spread a nice table with tablecloth and our special dishes. I make a special menu. Sometimes Ben puts together a rough cross and we nail our sins to it, as a visual picture of what Christ did on the cross.  Then we celebrate His resurrection, recognizing that He did not stay dead, but conquered death, the cross, and our sins.  This year we will do t...

Here are some things we are loving right now in the Hamilton household... :: Bulletproof coffee (or butter coffee).  Ben and I are trying to eat strictly Keto this month and we have each lost about 8 pounds already!  One thing we are enjoying in the morning is bulletproof coffee.  To our regular cup of coffee (I use a big mug) I add: 1 Tbsp. unflavored whey protein 1 Tbsp. collagen granuales 1 tsp. grassfed butter (blessed with this from our food pickup last week!) 1 Tbsp. MCT oil 2 Tbsp. heavy cream Then I whip it up with a frother until everything is dissolved.  De-lish! :: Bullet Journal.  I am trying this for my planner right now.  I really  love the Homemaker's Friend planner as I have shared here before.  But the cover and the tabs are not durable enough for my constant use.  I have in the past taken it apart to laminate it but I can't find a place that can reassemble it for me anymore.  I tried punching it in a n...