home making, meal planning Charlene VandenBrink home making, meal planning Charlene VandenBrink

What’s for Dinner? Always have an answer with these 5 steps!

Preparing daily meals is practical, incessant and spiritual—whether it be for yourself or a small army.

Imagine getting a last-minute call that overnight guests are on their way and breathing a sigh of relief as you head to your freezer because there is ground beef and onions already browned for tacos, spaghetti sauce ready to be heated and poured over your choice of pasta, a hearty soup, ready to thaw as you make biscuits, or maybe a fruit pie, lasagna or chicken casserole that simply needs time to heat in the oven!

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Always my seven best yeses! This is a taste of the photo gems @lisafudgephotography captured on Thanksgiving weekend! 🍂
Our sweet birthday boys! Hudson is 6 today and Gavin is 8 in two days. It's a little crazy to think Gavin is the age Annelise was when our sixth baby, little Hudsy, arrived 😅 I hope they never stop asking for cuddles. 💙
Letting myself be loved by God is a choice among many... I was struck by the powerful image in Inside Out 2 when Anxiety began tearing up as she worked hard to try and manage and control Riley’s life. I sat in the theatre this summer, tears s
This little girl is sure missing her daddy on his 69th birthday... Words fall short, so I cut our tallest sunflower for the graveside vase. A symbol of grief for all that's broken and hope for the Light to come🌻
After a decade of homeschooling I am still growing, changing, and finding new rhythms for our crazy, beautiful days together... Hudson was especially excited about his first day at our homeschool enrichment program 💙 This is the second year for th
First day of school...ever! Grade 9 at MCS 🙌 Yes, I cried as I drove home and called Benj and a friend 🥹 Change pulls at the heart strings, but all is well and she's still smiling 💓
It's ok if I cry this Thursday...right? I didn't get to when she started Kindergarten at home... Now, my little woman is poised for learning adventures at Millwoods Christian School for grade 9, new backpack and all! Annelise and I headed out on F
It's a wrap on another amazing week camping together, milking a region for adventure + treats! 🙌 The Pembina area has it all: -repelling off a bridge🪢 -hiking to a private river beach ⛱️ -sliding down mud into the river 💩 -swimming in an out