Book Review- Plain Promise

 Plain Promise is the third book in the Daughters of Promise series by Beth Wiseman. This book is about Sadie, a young, lonely, Amish widow who makes her living running a store and sometimes renting out a cottage. She ends up renting the cottage to a wealthy Englischer named Kade. While living there, he is forced into having to take care of his son, who he doesn't really know that well. Through his son they are brought together.

I think a lot of us long for a simpler life like the Amish have.  That is one of the reasons I enjoyed this book.  The characters were likable and fun to get to know.  It's really interesting to see the characters grow in friendship and love.  Even better, we get to see the character's spiritual growth as well.  If you enjoy reading Amish fiction, I think you would like this book.

I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for a review.

Merry Christmas!

I hope y'all had a Merry Christmas and were able to spend it with the ones you love! We spent Christmas Eve with some of my family. There were about 19 of us, I think, all stuffed into my cousins home. We had a lot of great food and family time. I am so thankful they welcome us for the holidays!

We spent today at home. It was like a monsoon outside, so I'm glad we didn't have anywhere to go. I cooked a turkey, which was wonderful. I love turkey! We had some sweets too. My cousins gave us a pecan pie and a nut and coconut cake and I had made Treasure Cookies. They are quickly becoming one of my favorites!

 Sadly, Santa didn't bring me a camera for Christmas, so my pictures are still off of my video camera.  The kids, however, were well-taken care of.  Mitchell said his favorite things were a Nerf gun and a transformer he got from Santa.  Hunter really loves his toy CD player his dad got him and a truck given to him by his cousin.

We also discussed the importance of Christmas and how God gave us the best gift ever, Jesus!  Hunter doesn't really understand yet, but he did ask all day if we were going to church.  It's so cute, he'll say 'wanna go church'. 

Tomorrow our best friends are coming down to visit.  I didn't think we would be able to see them, since our van has been broken for over a month now.  I'm so glad they are coming, I have missed them!

Winner- Black and Decker 3-Cup Chopper

The winner of the Black and Decker 3-cup chopper is comment #28 Jennette.  Thanks to everyone who entered!  Congratulations Jennette! 

Wordless Wednesday

Bear loves to sleep behind my neck.  He's so precious!

My giveaway for a Black and Decker chopper ends at tonight at midnight.  If you haven't entered, you can enter here.

My New Cut

 Tonight, I cut my husband's hair.  I do this all the time, so we can save money on cuts.  We also cut my older son's hair too.  It's cut with a guard, so it's really easy to do.  Sometimes my husband will trim my hair also.  Usually it's just the ends. 

But, tonight, I was really sick of my hair being tangled all the time, so I told him to really cut it.  He said how much, and I said shoulder length.  My hair was wet when he was cutting it, and I guess we never thought about it shrinking up when it was dry.  So, it ended up being very short.  A couple inches less than what I originally wanted.  However, it feels so much lighter and I'll get used to it.  So what do y'all think, is it too short, or is it okay?