Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.  And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Luke 24:1-7

I started sponsoring Little Birdie Secrets about a week ago.   This is a wonderful blog with lots of great ideas!  You can see the featured sponsor post they did about my art business here.  What fun!

I got this recipe for crock pot yogurt at Nourishing Days.  If you are interested in nourishing foods and wondering how they will fit into your life, this is the blog for you!  Shannon makes healthy cooking easy and has great recipes.

Here is how my yogurt turned out:

It was thinner than store bought yogurt because it’s without any extra thickeners.  I usually sweeten it with unsulfered molasses, pure maple syrup and pure vanilla extract.  I also add a little water in it and we drink it like keiffer.  I used these sweeteners because of their high iron and calcium content.

We only use cultured dairy and a little organic cheese.  I just buy organic, lightly pasteurized milk at the store and make our own yogurt.  I’d rather be using raw milk, but the culturing process adds back most of the enzymes and vitamins lost in the pasteurization process.

This is SO easy! You’ll have a lot of fun making this.  I’ve made about 4 batches and it’s turned out great every time!

This is the time schedule that works well for us:

3:30 pm- pour the milk into the crock pot and cook it on low

6:00pm- turn off the heat and let it sit covered with the lid

9:00pm- stir in the 1/2 cup of yogurt and cover with towels

9:00am (the following morning)- take out 1/2 cup of yogurt to use next time, stir and and enjoy!

I also made yogurt cheese with one batch. It was so good that the kids and I dipped our veggies in it. Yum!

I laid a piece of cheesecloth over a mesh colander, put the colander into a large bowl and poured the yogurt over it.  The whey drained out in a few hours and I was left with the yogurt cheese…so easy!

For more yogurt info be sure to stop by Kelly the Kitchen Kop’s blog. She just did a great post on yogurt and the comments people left were very informative and helpful.

If you’d like to learn more healthy recipes go to Fight Back Fridays at Food Renegade.

If you try making your own yogurt or have some tips to share, please comment below. I’d really like to hear what works for you!

Welcome to an unusual Works For Me Wednesday!  We use the internet, especially videos, to supplement our regular studies.  There are so many great educational videos that bring your current topic to life….and what kid won’t like getting to watch videos on the computer?!

(Just a tip: Because of the nasty content of some videos on You Tube, be sure to stay with your kids while they watch these videos. The video you’re watching will be clean, but after it’s over other small screen video options could pop up.)

Here are a few of our favorites:

I am a sponsor for A Woman Inspired conference, so I thought I’d introduce some special scripture prints!

To purchase these cute and affordable prints, click on the egg button to the right of this page. Enjoy!

Have you ever had a wonderful pet?  I can’t even tell you how many dogs, cats, birds, fish, hamsters, rabbits and horses that I’ve had through out my life!  But, even after all those pets, I think we have one of the best dogs of all time.

He came to us as a stray. He was so skinny that you could see all his bones…he looked awful!  But, he was still very loving and sweet with the children.  When you look at Blacky now you’d never know that he was once a stray.  He has beautiful, silky black fur and bright brown eyes.  He is quiet, smart and very protective of all of us.

I was tucking in our son one night and this is what I saw…

Blacky was snuggling with our daughter’s doll!  Isn’t that the cutest thing!?  Thought you all would enjoy something sweet today.

Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Psalm 103: 1-5

I’ve had quite a few people ask me, “What is Etsy?”, so when I came across this video I was excited to get to show it to you all!

Thanks Sara of http://walkslowlylivewildly.com