Quote of the Week
“Sometimes we can let ourselves go through times of discouragement because we start feeling sorry for ourselves, instead of realizing that God can give us new encouragement if we just go to Him and ask.”
Sarah Mally
The Bookshelf
Exodus to a Hidden Valley
This is kind of like a missionary version of ‘Swiss Family Robinson’ 😀  We are friends of the children of Tom Morse, so it was fun to read about their grandparents’  and relatives adventures settling their ‘Hidden Valley’ when they were pushed out of Burma by the government.
Video of the Week
The Recipe Box
Apple Dumplings
These are some of our absolute favorites! Â Perfect served hot with some vanilla ice cream.
Crust Recipe:
2 c. flour
1 t. salt
1/2 t. baking powder
2/3 c. shortening
cold water
Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together.  Dump in shortening and cut into flour until you have small lumps the size of peas (see video)Pour in a *little* water at a time until  dough forms a ball.
Apple Dumpling Sauce:
2 c. hot water
1 c. sugar
1 heaping T. flour
1 t. cinnamon
Mix all together.  Pour over dumplings in pan.  Bake at 350° F for one hour, basting the sauce over the dumplings every 15 minutes, or until pie dough around apple is no longer doughy.
Farmgirl Favorites
The Oil Cleansing Method
Wash your face….with oil?!  Yes!  We’ve been doing it for about a month now and love it!  Whether you’re skin is dry, normal, or oily, the oil cleansing method is easy, low-cost, and effective.  Go here to find out how 🙂
found via 22Words
Cute Quotes
One day Jessica was playing ‘Go Fish’ with the boys–their new favorite game. Â They had new names for each of the fish, calling the Angler the ‘eating fish’ and an Angel fish the ‘kissing fish’, the ‘Hammerhead Shark’ the ‘building fish’, etc. Â When Jessica asked Isaiah for a certain fish, he looked through his cards and said, “Goat fishy!” (go fish!)
Once upon a time, Noah had his very own rabbit. Â Sadly, the bunny died. That has been several months ago.
Recently, Susannah was teasing him and told him he needed to go feed his rabbit.
Noah replied: “Uh…it’s in the ground!”
When you make your own clothes, you often have scraps of material left over…and then the scraps get made into other things. Â Many of our cloth napkins were made from said scraps. Â When Noah was looking at some old pictures and saw Susannah was wearing a dress that we have a matching napkin made out of, he said, “Look! Â Her dress is made out of a napkin!!!”
Note: The Seven Sisters Treasures is a {almost} weekly post where we share some of our favorite things. Hope you enjoy! ~the Farmgirls
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loved reading this!
Haha! That’s so true about the ice cube dispenser! 😆
I love what the children say in the “Cute Quotes!”
Oh, and that cat video was hilarious! And so were your “bloopers” for the apple dumpling video! 😆
your brother would probably say to me, “your curtains are made out of a tablecloth” or “your apron is made out of some curtains” cause we have made lots of stuff with leftover curtain fabric (its really pretty flowers!)
~*Chantelle*~
the bloopers are pretty funny!
I loved this post! The cat video was awesome 😀
The Napkin qoute was too cute! My nana, who is a very crafty lady, once made a curtain out of an old skirt. It has become the joke that she has “skirtains” in her house! 😀
Lol! I love that…’skirtains’ 😀 Kind of the opposite of the ‘Sound of Music’, right?! 😀
Jessica
hahahahaha 😀 Exactly!!!
Hi, I love your recipe and I would like to know what is the name of the utensil you are using to mix the butter with the flour. I live in France and have never seen such a useful tool! If you could give me the name of it, I could try to purchase one via amazon!
Thank you in advance, and may God bless you,
Elisabeth
Hi Elisabeth!
It’s a pastry blender like this one:http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Pastry-Blender-Handle-Blades/dp/B006BI7C2O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1393267971&sr=8-4&keywords=pastry+blender+wire
And you’re right…it is a very useful tool 😀 We love ours 🙂
♥Jessica
Hi Jessica,
Thank you so much it was very helpful. I ordered one and am looking forward to use it!
Elisabeth
You are welcome 🙂 Happy pie making! ♥Jessica