Howdy-do Sugar Pie Darlin’s! I hope y’all are having a happy-as-peach-pie summer! Thank you for being so patient with me and my few ‘n far between blog posts! This summer has been so busy for me especially with my daughter at home. My goodness, I can’t believe she is going to be turning 13 in just a few weeks! Yes! Summer Rose is going to be a teen-ager! My baby’s growing up! So this mama’s got to grab those precious moments with her whenever I can!
I’ve also been, de-cluttering and reorganizing room by room (little by little and slowy but surely!). It’s amazing how things just accumulate into too much stuff. Even though it’s good stuff, I just feel the need to simplify! I think it’s a nesting thing that happens to me when I think about Fall just around the corner. Oh dear me, I think I just heard some of you sweet gals moan…”What?? It’s the middle of summer, what are you thinking about Fall for?”
I also think I heard some of you darlin’s squeal… “Oh Yay! Fall!… my favorite season!! Hot Cider, pumpkins, crisp air, apple pie and the first fire of the season”. ;D Well let me just say, I am perfectly happy enjoying the rest of this summer season, with all of the delights and blessings that come with it! Sweet and juicy Farmer’s Market fruit, flip-flops, warm breezes, jam-making, picnics at the lake, family walks at sunset and so much more! Perhaps it’s the Girl Scout in me, but I like to be prepared, that’s why I think ahead. We can enjoy the present and look forward to the future at the same time! I know that as soon as September hits, I’m gonna be taking down my bins of Autumn decor and I don’t want to place my adorable pumpkins and fall leaves on top of clutter. So I’m gettin’ ready! Gettin’ my house all Spic and Span! I’m also gettin’ ready to welcome my 2nd grandson into the world! He is due anytime now!! So in a nutshell that’s what I’ve been up to…just living this WoNdErFuL life!
Anyhoo, as you know my last post was all about my son J.J. and daughter- in-law Tiffany’s scrumptious wedding…but that was only one day out of a whole month that I spent out in sunny Californy. I went to so many fun places and met so many fabulous gals that I gotta share all of this wonderfulness with you! So grab something yummy to snack on ‘cuz I’m gonna take you junkin’…and then to a Sugar Pie sista’s house for some real Sugar Pie…and then to the “Happiest Place on Earth”…and then to a county Fair to see the Ca-Yoot-est (cutest ;) down-on-the-Farm Silo playhouse…and then to one of the most fabulous shops in Old Town Temecula! Gals are ya ready? Let’s go!
The photo above is the drive into Palm Springs where my hubby and I went to have dinner at one of our fave Mexican restaurants, Las Consuelas in Palm Dessert. We were celebrating our 33rd Wedding Anniversary (wow time flies when you’re havin’ fun and raising 4 kids!). We sat outdoors under the stars and had a very romantic supper!
I was so happy to find out that The Vintage Marketplace At The Oaks was having an event in Rainbow, CA., just minutes away from where I was staying. Oh my! Talk about “Eye Candy”!
Vintage delight around every corner!(Squeal!)
Yippeeeee! My all time favorite vintage gal-friends were there! Sara and Abbey of Sweet Magnolia’s Farm! These gals are the queen bees of taking time-worn treasures and turning them into the most-adorable-love-it-so-much-ya-wanna-marry-it goodies for the farmhome! They have lots of darling farm-goods that they sell on Etsy, so do check them out if you love that homey-farmey-chippy-shabby-tattered-plain-and-fancy look for your home. Come take a look-see!
Miss Farmgirl Abbey (on the left) in the middle of all that adorable-ness!
Okay…can I just live at this table? So darling!
Here is my dear friend Sara, Miss Sweet Magnolia’s Farm-girl herself! How cute is this bucket with a chalkboard painted on it to label what you’re gonna put inside or to write a sweet verse or fun word!
How blissfully lovely!
This is what I brought home to grace my farm kitchen!Thanks Sara and Abbey!
Do you recognize this AdOrAbLe gal??? It’s the famous Melissa from Huckleberry Prairie!!! It was so fun to meet her in person! I follow her darling blog and she follows mine. We happened to be at The Vintage Marketplace at the same time and recognized each other right away. What a small world! She is such a doll! And so is her baby Layla…what a little dream come true! I also got to meet her sweet and gorgeous mom and sisters…so fun!
Be sure to mosey on over to Melissa’s place! Huckleberry Prairie! She has so many darling ideas! Her joy for the Lord, her family and home is truly heartwarming!!
Christy Repasy the famous painter of all things gorgeous is the gal who heads up The Vintage Marketplace At The Oaks. I love this oh-so-darling canvas print of the rose-adorned cowgirl boot under fluttery layers of the darlin’ petticoat!! It’s titled Sweet ‘n Sassy. Christy painted the original! Wow!! And do you see the framed print of roses in the background? That’s her amazing artwork! Christy’s canvas prints are available at her Web Site Chateau de Fleurs.
A sparkly sweet idea…store craft glitter in salt and pepper containers and place them on a silver tray!
This little darlin’ is DeBran from Triple Scoops with Sprinkles blog. DeBran actually went to high school with my daughter Ashley back in the day. She is now a very busy mama of three with one more blessing on the way! I am so thrilled that she and a few of her friends follow Sugar Pie Farmhouse. Well, when DeBran found out that I was coming to Temecula for J.J. and Tiff’s wedding she came up with a very fun plan. Wanting to surprise her friends, she invited them over for dessert and about 30 minutes after they arrived I came-a-knockin’ at the door! What fun it was to walk into the room to meet these Sugar Pie Darlin’s! There were lots of squeals and hugs!
Here they are! Such adorable girls! From left to right there’s Jaime, Kati (Kati’s blog is Kati’s Kookies) Maria (Maria’s blog MJ’s Daily Happenins’) then me, and lo and behold Melissa again from Huckleberry Prairie ( I didn’t know she was friends with DeBran!! Now I was the one to be surprised! And so happy to spend more time with her!) Next to Melissa is her sister Jessica (her blog is Party Love), then of course our sweet hostess DeBran from Triple Scoop with Sprinkles!
DeBran made two pies! A scrumptious Berry Pie and a real honest-to-goodness Sugar Pie!! OH. MY. GOODNESS! They were so amazing! I was so honored that this busy mama would go through the effort to make these pies! We sat at the kitchen table and gabbed like gals do and ate that yummy pie! I had the best time!
DeBran shared her Sugar Pie recipe with me and now I’ll share it with you!
Farmhouse Clothespins: I wanted to bring the girls a little something, so my daughter Summer and I decorated these clothes pins. I use clothespins every day to clamp snack bags or frozen food bags shut, and to hold notes or photos on the fridge with a magnet glued to the back etc. Since I was far away from home and my craft supplies, we had to make do. We ripped muslin into strips for the knot-bow, then glued lipstick-colored buttons on top and decoupaged some very important words.
I chose these words to be a sweet reminder of how to strive for a happy home. Stay faithful to the Lord and your family…be thankful for your blessings…living this way intentionally will make your heart joyful…and a joyful mama makes a happy home.
And speaking of happy, my sister and I took our kids to visit the “Happiest Place on Earth!”
Standing on Main Street USA, is Ford, my sister Sherry, little Sophia, Summer and me.
I think more than the rides and the cute characters, I LoVe the architecture! The details are so beautiful!
If they ever let me live there, I have dibs on this little main street cottage!
While we were sitting there, Miss Mary Poppins strolled by!
I’ve mentioned this before, but for any new-bees, it’s worth repeating…back in the day when Walt Disney was alive, he and his wife had a little apartment above the fire station and when they were staying at the park they would light the lamp in the window to let the guests know they were there. He had a birds eye view of main street and loved watching families enter the park with huge smiles and bright eyes filled with wonder! The lamp is now lit at all times in his honor.
Thirty three years ago, on my honeymoon night, my hubby and I stayed at the Disneyland hotel. We rode the Monorail one time around (a space-age train that circles the park). I was in my wedding dress and hubby was in his tux. We got to sit in the front and people waved at us like we were the princess and the prince!
Me and my sister Sherry (Glamarella JUnk)
Are ya ready for some more fun?!! Let’s go to the fair… at the San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds!
I’m always amazed at the smorgasboard of food at the fair! Weird food! Here they serve Deep Fried Snickers!
Chocolate Covered Bacon? Really?
This is the one I couldn’t believe or figure out…Totally Fried Kool-Aid. Huh? Hilarious!
How about a ride on the Sky Lift? It’s like a ski lift…no seatbelts just a skimpy bar across the length of the bench! Of course once you’re on it, you’re on it! There’s no turning back. These are my legs…see how high up we are? I was wearing flip-flops so I had to be careful that they didn’t fall off! Oh boy! Yeah, that was my first and last time on that thing!
Ahh, the Agri Fair…that’s more like it!
Summer posing with Thelma Lou the cow…
Some cute barnyard chicks…
Love her hairdo!
How adorable is this silo playhouse?!
Ain’t that just darlin’?
I’m pretty sure I need a windmill like that.
Pure sweetness
A trip to Temecula always has to include a visit to my dear friends shop The Farmers Wife! Come look inside and you’ll see why…
As I was browsing all of these delightful goodies looking to bring something home I chose this darling chicken dish towel below…
I had this flour sack towel in one hand and the book “How To Raise An American” in another hand…
Well, Miss Pat the “Farmers Wife” so sweetly took them from my hands and wrapped them up for me as a gift! What a darlin’!
A few years back Pat and I were were in a Bible Study together and let me tell you, she should write a book! The wisdom in her heart is breathtaking and her adorable personality is hilarious! I really could sit, listen and laugh with her all day. She needs her own blog so everyone can get in on the fun! Just look at the cute chalkboard sign on the wall ” We’re like prunes, as time goes by, we’re gettin’ wrinkled, but a whole lot sweeter!”
If you ever go to Temecula CA. be sure to stop and shop at…
TheFarmersWife 28459 Old Town Front Street #125
Temecula, CA 92590
(951) 506-1606
I also had the fun of dining out with my cousins. We grew up together in a nice-a-Big-a Italian-a Family! (Some of our cousins couldn’t be there…there’s a whole lot more!) We were getting together to plan a very fun trip to Italy next spring! Among riding a Gondola and seeing the amazing points of interest like the Sistine Chapel, we are going to Sicily, to the birthplace of our Grandparents. We are going to find our roots and learn more of the history of our family.
Our grandparents, on their honeymoon in Coney Island, New York. The year, 1914. In the following years, my grandmother gave birth to 8 children. My grandfather became a minister of the gospel. I have so many wonderful memories of sitting around grandma’s table with my extended family eating the most delicious spaghetti and meat-a-balls! Then grandma would bring out a huge tray of all kinds of homemade Italian cookies. My Grandpa was a softy when it came to his grandkids. He always had cherry Life-Savers in his pocket and was so happy to hand them out to his “Dolly’s”. Oh honey!
I had a lot of fun! But it sure is good to be back home! I hope you enjoyed your arm-chair tour of my adventures in So. Cal.!
Thanks for stoppin’ by for some California Pie!
Thank you as always Sugar Pies for your wonderful comments! They keep me inspired!
God bless your darlin’ hearts!
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Also the last day to purchase my e-book Watermelon and Fireflies is August 15. If you are interested go to the end of this post :D
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What a great post! I just loved looking around all of those wonderful shops with you. :)
Love all the family pictures too. Especially the older one of your grandparents. Can I just say that your Nonna was lovely!
I can remember making a Sugar Pie when I was in French class in High School. It is very popular among the French Canadians. “Tarte Au Sucre”. Very sweet but so good! :)
Thanks again for a wonderful post. I enjoyed it.
((Hugs))
Laura
P.S. I’m with ya on getting ready for fall. I’ve been doing some spiffing up around here as well-decluttering and such. Of course, Autumn is my favorite season.
Great post RuthAnn! Well worth waiting for! Even though I was born and raised in Calif. I had never been to Temecula! When I went back to Calif. in June for a visit, my daughter and I visited there. What a beautiful place! Of course there’s no place like home!
I am getting ready for Fall (in my heart) because it’s so hot, so I’m with you there too! Thanks again for the inspiration, as always!
BTW, ever since purchasing your e-book last summer and trying the macaroni salad, it’s my family’s most-requested summer salad!
PS Your Nannan and Papa are beautiful, they remind me of mine!
The Vintage Marketplace looks amazing! I would have been in heaven for certain. Glad to see that you had such a wonderful trip.
It looked like you had a wonderful time. I love all the places you visited, thanks for taking me there with you via your blog! I too have been thinking of fall: end of gardening, cooler weather, maybe a pumpkin picking and decorating party. Auntumn has and will always be my favorite season…from the colors to football!
Another fun and exciting post. Looks like you had a wonderful time in California!
The picture of your grandparents is just precious. They made a lovely couple. My family too is from Italy and we hope to visit there sometime in 2013.
I have been enjoying this summer so very much but like you I have started to prepare for fall. Looking forward to the yummy smells and the warm and cozy colors!
xx
Karen
Ruthie….been anxiously awaiting your next post….thank you for taking us to all the places you go ; we dont have any shops like the ones you visit where I’m from…. I’ll be checking out some of the other blogs you highlighted as well. You have a wonderful time whereever you go….isn’t it wonderful to meet online friends in person?! I can’t say enough about your blog and always tell people to check it out.
We have such a short summer season here in Canada – we are presently having super hot weather…not complaining as the cold weather seems to stay for such a long time when it comes.
I look forward to seeing your autumn decorating….Thank you so much for all you do here. (love the idea for putting glitter in s/p shakers…less messy for little hands doing crafts)
Cheryl from Canada
Hi Ruthie, So enjoyed this post…wish I was one of your girlfriends so I could join in the fun. Loved the shops..we need a market like that here where I live. I need to get more new country accessories.
My late husband’s family is Italian-Irish so I’m Italian by marriage. Love the food, the art, the culture and want to get to Italy sometime before I leave this world. Your Grandma was BEAUTIFUL!
Been workin’ my little heart out all spring and summer clearing out and cleaning up. Looks pretty good around here but I still have a lot of purging to do. Definitely NOT looking forward to fall yet. Love summer because it is always too too short. And I’m having such a good summer this year…best one since my husband passed away 4 years ago.
Will try the sugar pie recipe…sounds delish.
Thanks for making my day brighter with this post…so enjoy them. Your joy and enthusiasm is contagious.
Love, Evelyn
What fun this traveling blog was!
Thanks for taking us along!
Thank you for sharing, it’s always the highlight of my day…so much sweetness! And in this life we need as much sweetness as we can get :) My heart starts longing for Autumn (love that name) every year about this time…it’s my favorite season too. Have a blessed rest of your summer. Hugs, Victoria Lynn
Thank you for another wonderful post, Aunt Ruthie! Your posts are always worth the wait. :) So glad you had a wonderful time in California. Blessings to you!
Thaks again Aunt Ruthie for my fix of your blog! :) Now I can go along with my day a whistlen those tunes and getting myself and my kids excited for upcoming trip to Disneyland!!!
I was wondering though…..lets see how do I appraoch you about it, have you ever though of turning this blog into book? I have come across a site to do something like this for my boys for when they get older…just a thought said out loud…becuse I would so purchase it :)!!!
Praise and Thank God for you and your works!!
Well how fun! I was so excited to see this post because we are taking the kids to CA in December. Thanks for the sneak peek!
Love it! It is so fun to live vicariously through each other in the blog world! I’ve got to show my mom the silo playhouse! They have an old one on their farm and it would be so fun to transform it!!
I grew up in Southern California. Your post made me miss it which I haven’t done for years!
Fun post!
Deanna
Thanks for the great post. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. That was an interesting fact about the light above the fire station at Disneyland. Isn’t it the best place to visit. We visited the US in 2005 and of course Disneyland was a favourite spot. We spent 3 days there. I’d love to visit The Farmer’s Wife mercantile. If we ever get back to the States we’ll have to go there.
Howdy Aunt Ruthie! :) As always your happy posts are quite the treat. Ya know, I live near Temecula but have never been. I’m making mental notes of places to visit if I ever visit there. It looks like a charming little town…. I LOVE Disneyland too! ;) LoL, if they do let you live there one day, I’ll take the castle or the haunted mansion (minus the haunts). You’ll be my Main Street neighbor. How fun, you spent your honeymoon at Disney. I always say if I get married, that is where I’ll honeymoon. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. Btw, Happy Anniversary! 33 years; how inspiring!
Hello,
I live in So. Cal and love Temecula but have never visited The Farmers Wife, will visit soon:) I too spent my honeymoon at the Disneyland Hotel 33 years ago! In fact I have noticed so many other things in common with you. Grew up in So. Cal. (born in Dallas, Tx.) love being a wife and mom, encouraging young moms to love their husbands and children,I have a daughter name Summer Ashley,love Disneyland,farmhouses,pie,aprons,vintage,being creative,after devotions and reading God’s word in the morning, I do my hair and makeup every day (former makeup artist) because I love being a girl. Well I could go on and on. Thank you for your always uplifting and encouraging blog. I love how you use your blog to bring glory to the Lord. Blessings, Karon
Oh it looks like you had such a grand time on your trip! Thanks for sharing your adventures. What lovely towels you were able to find for your farmhouse :) Cute, cute.
What a lovely time! I actually was looking for your blog – I’m a reader from way back and had lost my bookmark! I had a gorgeous country session with some newlyweds last week and when I blogged it today, it got me thinking about your sweet blog. Voila! Happy to be “home” again! :) Congrats on your son’s marriage!
Looks like you had a GREAT time! Loved all the photos, thanks for sharing them all with us. And what a sweet treat for those fellow bloggy ladies to get a surprise from you- Im sure that was such a sweet time together!
Blessings, Aunt Ruthie!
Oh my, what a fantastic trip. I love all the pictures and I can understand why you visit the shops displayed here. They are so filled with goodies.
Congratulations on the wedding of your son and his sweetheart.
Have a wonderful day.
Lots of hugs from The Netherlands.
Aunt Ruthie:
How wonderful that you have a long spiritual heritage with your grandfather ministering the gospel!!
My grandparents on both sides are from Sicily! My grandfather ALSO would call me ‘dolly’! How special this must have made you feel : )
It sure blessed me!
Blessings,
Maria
Aunt Ruthie:
How wonderful that you have a long spiritual heritage with your grandfather ministering the gospel!!
My grandparents on both sides are from Sicily! My grandfather ALSO would call me ‘dolly’! How special this must have made you feel : )
It sure blessed me!
Blessings,
Maria
Aunt Ruthie:
How wonderful that you have a long spiritual heritage with your grandfather ministering the gospel!!
My grandparents on both sides are from Sicily! My grandfather ALSO would call me ‘dolly’! How special this must have made you feel : )
It sure blessed me!
Blessings,
Maria
Fun post today, Ruthie. I’ll have fun checking out all the links. Congratulations in advance on grandson #2 !
I recently blogged about Coney Island in Brooklyn. It’s still an “out of this world” kind of place!
Wow, that was sooooo fun to see where you were and all the fun stuff you got to do and see. I love Temecula and I have been to the Farmers Wife like a million times….. lol
Thanks for sharing.
I have a little somethin I want to send you. Can you email me your address?
Love & Smiles,
Debbie Kay
It looks like you had such a wonderful vacation!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your white blouse you had on in several of the pics! Where did you get that? Please do tell…In everything, give thanks, GrandmaSoucie
What a lovely stroll with you, I felt like I was in a land of make believe.. thank you for sharing your luxuries, your beauty, your joys..our hearts just expand with all this love…
Loved it all….
You must travel up the Coast to Carmel/Monterey/Pacific Grove, Calif. I grew up there and you’d love the thatched roofs in Carmel, the old archecture of Monterey and the Victorian B & B’s in P.G.
Look up the Butterfly Parades…yep, I was a one.. each year in school. You would enjoy one..each October (yea..the FALL!)
Thanks for the tours…and the links.
Blessings
HOPE
Well, been waiting a long time but it was worth the wait. So fun! Thanks for taking us along on your summer activities.
Hey, that picture of you and your sister in front of Disney Land..wow, look at you…still such a babe! Lucky husband of 33 years. ;)
Love ya, Aunt Ruthie….Keep those blogs coming.
Dear Aunt Ruthie, How I anxiously await for your blog,. It is always so exciting to hear of your wonderful adventures. You brighten up my day! I am also from an Italian back ground and my father was a minister of the gospel too. So it was so nice to see the photo of your grandparents. What a darling looking couple!
May the Lord continue to bless you and your beautiful family.
Hugs!
Oh Aunt Ruthie, I can’t believe all the great summer goodness you just showered us with. Just loved it all, especially your pictures of all the fun goods in the cute shop The Farmers Wife. Thanks for taking so much time and effort to share your trip with your sugar pies!
Enjoy the rest of your summertime!
Love from Texas~Donna
Thanks for sharing your trip to Ca. with us. Love to see the photos. Wish I could have been there to shop and eat out with you all. The Fair looks fun…all that food!! Will you post photos from your trip to Italy next Spring? Hope so. Have fun and thanks Ruthie!
What a treat yout trip was! Thanks so much for sharing. Felt we we were right there with you. Just love this site!
My day is always brighter after reading one of your posts! I absolutely love what you share and feel so uplifted by it! It was especially fun to see the pictures of this post, as I grew up in Californina and knew all the places!!! Thanks for sharing!
You truly inspire me and I love reading your posts. Thank you for sharing your California trip with us…it definitely made my day!
I’m so glad I found your blog…I feel like I’m visiting with family when I look at your pictures and read your words! Thanks so much!!
I agree that you brighten up our days. I was amazed to see that your grandparents honeymooned in Coney Island, New York. I was born and raised in Brooklyn and as a child and teenager went to Coney Island many times to swim and eat at Nathans. I went with my mother and also with my friends when I was older. It is such a small world. I am now in Farmington, Ct. and just love being here too. I am so happy my girlfriend, also from Brooklyn turned me on to your website. She lives in Lancaster, Pa. now. and is truly a collector of special things. Thank you again for all the lovely things you show us.
I agree that you brighten up our days. I was amazed to see that your grandparents honeymooned in Coney Island, New York. I was born and raised in Brooklyn and as a child and teenager went to Coney Island many times to swim and eat at Nathans. I went with my mother and also with my friends when I was older. It is such a small world. I am now in Farmington, Ct. and just love being here too. I am so happy my girlfriend, also from Brooklyn turned me on to your website. She lives in Lancaster, Pa. now. and is truly a collector of special things. Thank you again for all the lovely things you show us. I also grew up in a warm, wonderful italian family.
Thank you so much for sharing all the stories and places you have visited. I feel like I am with you. You made my day and make me appreciate family and friends each and every day. Love all the pictures. Thanks again. Paulette
Ruthie – looks like you had fun. Thanks for sharing. I must say, though, my favorite was the picture of your grandparents- an absolutely wonderful photo; I just love it. Thanks for the little tast of fall, too – my favorite! We have some pumpkin plants growing in our yard & we are praying for God’s blessing for a nice harvest this October. Thaks for blessing us all with your sweetness.
Sounds and looks like you had a fabulous time! Nice to see bits of home again.
You seem like a girl who could go ANYwhere and gather up a bunch of best friends and have a good ole time! Next time I go to CA, I am going to stop in to visit Temecula’s Front St. and see all the fabulous things. People are SO creative! I need to get off my chubby hiney and make something, whether it be a painted furniture project or pie….just SOMEthing! You inspire me and I come away HAPPY after reading your blog! Happy Anniversary (31 for hubby and me) and Happy Birthday to little Summer! P.S> I am not too anxious for Fall; I ADORE summertime and can’t get enough of it! But Fall comes in 2nd place if we have a contest. ( 8
First, YES to fall! :) Second, so good to see Sara from Sweet Magnolias Farm! I’ve spoken to her over Etsy and it’s nice to finally put a face to the girl :) Third…DISNEY! :) And finally, that play silo is adorable!!!
Lauralee
Your post is perfectly timed! I’m heading to Temecula at the end of the month to help my sister move into a new home. Now we know where to shop!!!!
I feel like I’ve been given permission to get my fall decor ready!!! I could put it out now as it’s been the coldest summer ever here in the Pac. NW. 63 degrees today!!!! My garden hardly knows what to do! Everyone is still wearing jeans and sweaters…coats too! Oh my!!
Thanks for all of your lovely thoughts and pictures…ending the night with a smile on my face!!
I just LoVe reading your blog posts. You always sound like you’re having fun and enjoying life to the fullest. Thanks for making life a little more cheery! Hope to “run into you” when we’re in Branson in Sept.
Dear Ruth:
Thank you again for your sweet post. We just got back from Disneyland, too! Our five kids had so much fun (but I think I loved it just as much!). You’re posts are always refreshingly sweet and encouraging. I think we as homemakers just crave another voice sharing the same adventure. I praise God for women like you who are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ! Thank you for living in His grace and encouraging others to use their unique personalities to bring comfort and nurture to their nests as we care for ourselves and our families. I love that balance that you bring. We don’t need to lose ourselves and become totally depleted while fulfilling our roles as homemakers. God’s grace is big enough to include all of our differences and yet unify us to bring glory to Christ! Bless you and I’m thinking of you as I go through and declutter in preparation for fall ;-)
your friend,
Karla V.
Aunt Ruthie,
What a great post! I am heading to Fallbrook this week to take a class with Christie Repasy so I was so excited to see that you went to the Marketplace! Aren’t her Roses the best on earth?
Blessings,Becky
Oh my goodness, Aunt Ruthie! It was so amazing to meet you! Thank you for surprising us at Debran’s house! You were as sweet as pie!!!! :) Oh, and my clothes pins make me smile everytiume I use them! COngrats on your new grandbaby! Enjoy it all! Thank you for mentioning my kookie blog…I already have a new order from someone who reads your blog!! I cannot thank you enough! :) Hopefully our paths will cross at another time! Until then, I will thorougly look forward to your inspiration via your blog and Facebook!!! xoxoxoxo
Loved this post…I am crazy about Christie;s paintings…CONGRATULATIONS on being a grandma!!! :D
looks like yall had a hoot and a half!! just love your blog missie!! you’re the reason i started bloggin in the first place.. i get such inspiration from you!
you’re a true blessing!!
~Mel
Thanks for sharing all your adventures and happy thoughts with us. I just love visiting here. You are so inspiring and such a blessing! Congrats on your precious new grandbaby too. Such an exciting month at the sugarpie farmhouse.. lots to celebrate…praise God!
That there fancy hat chicken is a Polish… we have a few of them ourselves, arent they just the neatest chickens ever…
Disneyland is something my two children are bursting with energy for(they leave in a few days for their 2 week trip) my momma is taking them down to as my sister lives near by..
Great pictures and sounds like you guys are having a wonderful summer thus far
Hey there Aunt Ruthie, I just wanted to say thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I was just tickled to read a comment from you when I came back from our vacation up north!
Loved all the pictures and links from your trip! It’s great to check out all the other blogs. Here’s to gettin’ the nest ready for those cute lil’ pumpkins!
Hugs and Blessings,
Jessica
Aunt Ruthie,
Woo! You’ve been busy! Love it that your supporting young women’s blogs and encouraging us to serve our family. I like those dish towels with prints on them and a ruffle at the bottom – I’m going to have to try making those!
Your adventure is very wonderful. Thanks for sharing this post to each and everyone o us. I’ll be looking forward for your next post.
Hi Ruthann! Congrats on the birth of your second Grandson! Very wonderful!
My turn in November! April is due around the 21st.
I am looking forward to our trip next year! I am looking forward to spending time with you!
Thanks for sharing all those wonderful photos. I have never seen the picture of Grandma & Pa on their honeymoon. I’d love to get a copy!
Blessings to you! I love you very much
Cousin Frannie
precious! Best of luck to the new and happy family! God Bless!!
Ciao Cugina! Love it, love it…. should marry it!
Love your blog!!! Your family is adorable and your trip sounds like an awesome time! and…loved your white lacey blouse. Is it from Missouri or California? I live in Huntington Beach, Ca. and would love one…or could I buy yours??? :) Just kidding but it’s FAB-U-LOUS!
The Farmers Wife is my aunt’s shop! Maybe someday we will meet there. XOXO
I too loved your white lacey frilly top. I want one soooooooooo bad. I think I would feel like a lady if I wore a top like that. Did you get this in CA or Branson? Gonna try for Secret Garden to see if they have one similar. You see I just recently retired and am trying to “find” my retirement style – and not get into the sweat pants habit.
Terrific post however , I was wondering if you could write a litte more on this subject?
I’d be very thankful if you could elaborate a little bit more.
Appreciate it!
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