Ruth's birth day fell right between Eliyahu's birthday and mine... so we're having more birthday cake! :) Thankfully, we have plenty of yummy cake recipes and we love variety... from Eliyahu's pineapple carrot cake to Ruth's strawberry shortcake... to the oatmeal spice cake that my mom made and brought over for my birthday! :) This oatmeal spice cake was my favorite cake as a child... I love coconut! :)
Since it's my birthday, I thought I'd take Crystal's idea and ask for some de-lurking! Many of you de-lurked and left such sweet comments for us after the birth of Ruth... but if you're a reader who hasn't commented here before, I'd love to hear from you! :)
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That looks delicious!
Happy birthday! I hope you have a nice day :)
de-lurking
Tammy,
I cannot recall if I've ever posted or not, but here I am. I have enjoyed your blog for many months now and have made many of your recipes. I check in every Tuesday for the Kitchen Tips, too.
May you and your family be blessed with your latest addition.
Peace,
Lynne in NC
Happiest of Birthdays!
I hope your day is full of love. :-)
Enjoy your blog!
I can't remember if I have commented before, but I really enjoy reading your blog. Your recipes look wonderful. I am going to start making pizza and am planning on using your recipe!
Happy Birthday and congratulations on your daughter. Your birth story was amazing and she is adorable!
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday!! How ironic,it is my grandaughter's 5th Birthday today!! I love your blog and have left numerous comments. You inspire me so much and I have made so many of your recipes and always have loved them. One that i make alot is your graham crackers, I love them so much!! Again Happy Birhtday!! Diana
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday!!!!
Love your blog!
Tammy;
I'm not sure where you find the time to blog... but I'm sure glad that you do! I love the recipes that you post and I enjoy reading the blogs about your wee ones. (My husband call you my "virtual friend".)I really appreciate the time you take for this blog.You are an encouragement to me and I'm sure to other SAHMs.
--Myria (from Canada)
Congratulations!
Happy Birthday Tammy and congratulations to the whole family on the arrival of little Ruth! She is absolutely beautiful, as are your boys.
I have posted a few times in the past and I still visit regularly. I love cooking and trying new recipes, so this site is a real treasure to me! Apart from providing us with delicious recipes, inspiration and useful friendly advice, you also write really well. Indeed it is such a pleasure to read your texts that one could visit here without ever cooking a thing! :) I also admire the way you skillfully balance between being personal and maintaining family privacy.
Enjoy your birthday and your family!
Sofia
oatmeal spice cake
first off, as a mother of 11 girls and 3 boys i would like to say blessings on the birth of your little girl. children are such a blessing from God and the future will hold so much joy for you with this new little one (little girls are so much fun to dress up!!!!)
also, i was wondering if you posted the recipe for the oatmeal spice cake? i tried to go to the highlighted part but it said "access denied". that cake looks EXACTLY like the one my mother used to make and was an all time favorite!!!! would it be possible to get the recipe from you? thank you so much in advance.
karen aka mom_of_14
Oatmeal spice cake recipe
Wow... 11 girls!! :)
Thanks for asking about the cake recipe -- I actually had the recipe up, but forgot to "publish" it so people could access it! :) It should be there now. :D
YAY
Happy Birthday, Have a Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday HAVE A HAPPY DAY .... HEY!
:p cake looks YUMMY
Have a Wonderful Birthday!
What a wonderful thing for your family to look forward to each year! Three birthdays so close together!
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday! I just found
Happy Birthday!
I just found your site a couple of weeks ago, through Crystal's blog. I tried your spinach tortilla recipe last week and my husband and I loved it! I've enjoyed looking through your recipes and there are so many I want to try! Thank you for sharing with us!
And... your children are precious!
delurking
happy birthday!
Happy Birthday Tammy!!!
Wishing you a wonderful day.
delurking
Hi Tammy!
I have been reading your blog for maybe 6months now, and my whole family enjoys your fabulous recipes, and I especially enjoy the way you live each day to its fullest. You are very inspirational to me as I spend the days with my 2 gifts from God.
Enjoy your precious girl,
Jennie
Happy Birthday!
Have a blessed birthday Tammy :)!
We're looking at six of our seven birthdays in six weeks after this new baby comes! We've given up on birthday cakes, we do birthday desserts instead ;).
Delurking
Hello Tammy,
happy birthday!
I read your website nearly everyday as I have your LJ community on my friends page.
~Amanda M.
http://www.housewrenhosting.com
Happy Birthday and Hello!
As a reader now for a couple of months I would like to say just how much I enjoy reading your blog, trying your recipes, and seeing the beautiful pictures or your family (and your yummy looking meals and desserts!).
I hope you have a wonderful, blessed birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! And congratulations on your newest addition; Ruth is adorable and I love all that hair! I check your site for new recipes often, and have added quite a few to my recipe box. Sorry I don't comment much, though! I have to say, your recipes are always a hit in our house, and I know that many of them are very healthy, too. Thanks for taking the time to blog and share your recipes and inspiration with all of us!
Happy Birthday Tammy, Eliyahu and Ruth!!
Happy Birthday!! I love your website and make it a part of my daily reading.
Thank you for posting pictures of Yehoshua, Eliyahu and Ruth. It helps me keep in touch with your family since I live so far away.
It is a great place to check for ideas when I am thinking of cooking something different.
Take care and give those precious children a hug for me.
Love to you all! Grandma Lee in Washington State.
delurking to wish you a happy birthday!
I've been reading for a while...I appreciate finding another believer who likes cooking, and although I haven't used any of your exact recipes yet, they've given me lots of ideas!
Congrats on Ruth's birth!
In Christ,
Sally
http://www.bookaholicgirl.blogspot.com
De-lurking and Happy Birthday!
Tammy, Happy Birthday!
I've never posted before, but I have tried several of your recipes are they are all wonderful!
I have enjoyed reading your blog for a few months now and find a lot of inspiration both spiritual and for cooking.
Keep up the good work! ...and your family is precious!
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday and congratulations on a beautiful little girl.
Jodi (from Iowa)
Hello!
I've never commented before so I guess it's time for me to de-lurk. My sister and I read your blog and have tried several of your recipes. Our favorites are Broccoli and Cheese Soup, Pumpkin Sheet Cake, and Pumpkin Dinner Rolls. Hope you have a happy birthday! (We turned 17 and 15 this week also! ☺) Also, congratulations on the birth of little Ruth Patience! ☺
Kayla and Stephanie
www.princessesindisguise.wordpress.com
I'm also delurking
I have been lurking for a month or two. I have tried your recipes for fried chicken, plain cheesecake, cherry and strawberry topping, waffles, pepperoni, pumpkin dinner rolls, and potato wedges. What can I say? Your is one of my favorite recipe sites to visit. They have all been winners. I have a whole lineup of recipes of yours I want to try. I love all of the pictures, the easy-to-follow directions, the reviews and I loved the pizza making video too!
Your family is precious. I have loved reading about your children and family. You really are an inspiration. I am in awe. Congratulations on the beautiful new member of your site.
Happy Birthday!
Mrs. KW
Delurking and happy birthday!!
Hi Tammy!
Happy birthday and congratulations on the birth of little Ruth. She's a beautiful little girl. :-)
I admit that I've been lurking for awhile. I found your website via several mutual LJ friends.
Have a great day!
Jenny
Yet another delurker
Hiya,
Been reading for a while now. Happy Birthday. I enjoy your blog a great deal, I often find myself coming back several times a day to look up a recipe, or to see if you've posted a new one. If my husband were home he'd give you a HUGE thank you for the cream cheese brownies ;) - Enjoy your day, and a huge congrats on the new precious baby, she's beautiful.
Delurking
I'm pretty sure I have never posted on here before, but I have been reading for less than nine months, since you were expecting Ruth when I started. :)
Every recipe of yours that I have ever tried has worked WONDERFULLY, which is saying a lot since if anything can go wrong for me in the kitchen it will.
I also really admire your photography. I can almost taste the food!Yum!
Reading about Ruth and seeing the pictures has been such fun. I look forward to more! Congratulations to you and your family! AND Happy Birthday!
~ Sister2five
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAMMY!
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK--MOTHERING, HOMEMAKING, TUTORING US IN CYBER LAND! ;-)
DONNA
Oatmeal cake
I love oatmeal cake! Happy birthday!
tea?
Can you explain more about the pregnancy tea that you drank? I'm typically drink two cups of regular Lip*on each morning and occasionally a decaf tea in the evening. We are discussing trying to become pregnant in the upcoming months and I know my caffinated tea will have to go (I also sweeten it with Equal which is another issue). Any tips on diet would be helpful. I'm trying to lose a few pounds right now but am also trying to incorporate more healthy vitamins. This is my second day of drinking veg juice - yuck! Thank you. Judy
Pregnancy tea/herbs
Hi, Judy!
I wrote about my pregnancy tea in this post! :)
I've commented...
...before but I think it's been a little while and why not say happy birthday, Mama! Congratulations on your new addition. I'm glad that you were blessed with such a wonderful little girl. Blessings be with you and your family today and in the coming years!
Tracy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
What a busy January/February it is in your house! Happy Birthday to you both! :)
Delighted to delurk
Thanks for inspiring me to revamp and continue my dinner blog. I've also enjoyed attempting to make bagels & whole wheat bread! I figure if you can do it so can I.
Thank you for raising the bar for me in my quest to be a Proverbs 31 woman!
Happy Birthday!
Tricia from http://dinnerd.blogspot.com/
Yet another delurker. ;o)
Hi Tammy.
I came across your blog through a few others that I read regularly. I really enjoy all of your fabulous recipe ideas and the pictures to go along with them.
Congratulations on little Ruth. She's precious.
Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TAMMY!!!!
Here's wishing you the happiest birthday ever and may you Blessed on your special day.
((Hugs))
The cake looks yummy!!!
Love,
~Samantha
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Tammy! I love your blog and your recipes, and Ruth is precious!
Delurking
Happy Birthday,
Everything looks yummy.
Michelle
www.encouragementformoms.blogspot.com
Delurking
I really enjoy your site...I love checking in pretty much every day to see what fun updated you have! :-)
Happy Birthday, Tammy!
Carrie
www.mvlegacy.com
I'll join the masses here in
I'll join the masses here in wishing you a happy birthday, Tammy. :-D I've been thinking of you today, and am praying that the year ahead is a specially-blessed one for you and your little family. Thanks for being a good friend all these years...you are a blessing in my life! ::hugs::
Happy Birthday.
I have just been reading for the last month or so but have already made the pumpkin dinner rolls and the whole wheat graham squares (twice actually) My two kids helped me with all of it. I also listened to your talk on cooking with kids which I thought was well done. Thanks for blogging
Happy Birthday Tammy
Happy Birthday Tammy. Hope you have a happy day. Enjoy that yummy cake and your wonderful family.
I'll have to try that cake. Wish it was a sunnier day for you. I'm sure it was happy anyway.
Lots of Love,
Shell
www.shellsgang.blogspot.com
Happy Birthday to you!
You are an inspiration in so many ways. I hope you have a joyful, blessed day.
Saryn
delurking to say...
Happy Birthday!
I do so enjoy every one of your posts! I have learned much from you, thank you for the time you put into your blog. I'm making the spice cake tomorrow!
Mary in TN
happy b-day!!!
Happy Birthday Tammy!!
I hope you had a restful, and blessed birthday!
I LOVE your website!
delurking...hi!
ok...delurking because it's a special day. What a wonderful surprise to log on and see the birthday info. and the picture of the beautiful cake! I have been around for about a month or so, enjoying the recipes and, moreover, enjoying every bit of joy you seem to share with your children and husband. I love the feeling I have during and after "stopping by" when I realize one of my own joys, especially on a day when it seems difficult to find. You are a good reminder, Tammy, of all the blessings I sometimes forget to acknowledge...so, have a wonderfully happy birthday and enjoy all of your blessings!! Thank you for sharing so many with us.
Best,
C in Atlanta
Happy Birthday, tammy! Ruth
Happy Birthday, tammy! Ruth is beautiful!
Happy birthday!!
I hope you had a lovely and special (restful) birthday!! :) Thanks for being a lovely friend to a quiet one like me! :) Yahweh bless you, my friend!! :) ~Tanya
Happy Birthday and congratulations on the new baby
We made your pizza on Sunday and wheatbread on Friday, when it snowed here in Missouri. Love your blog. Food turned out great! My children beg to make more bread!
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday and congrats on your most wonderful blessing daughter. I've been reading your blog for 3 or 4 months now, (don't remember what lead me here!). The spicy pepperoni recipe was a great hit with everyone at Christmas. All the guys really liked it.
Coming out of Lurkdom!
I've never commented, but I've been enjoying your blog for a couple of weeks - you are very inspiring! I am quitting my full time job to be a stay at home mom to my 19 month old daughter this month. My husband and I are so excited for this time in our lives. I'm thankful to have your blog and recipes as a resource! Happy Birthday to you! You have an adorable family!
Another lurker!
Happy Birthday! And congratulations on your latest blessing in baby Ruth! I've enjoyed your blog for awhile now, but I don't think I've ever posted. Have a wonderful day!
Wendy
Delurking from New Zealand :)
Happy Birthday Tammy! I have been reading for almost a year now and so enjoy your posts! I absolutely love cooking and it is so interesting to see some of the different ways you do things in the States. :) And congratulations on your new little daughter!
Sarah
Happy Birthday
Wishing you and your family all of the best.
Stephanie
http://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/
Happy Birthday!!
Wishing you and your family all of the best.
Stephanie
http://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com/
Hi
I think I may have commented once or twice. I love your recipes. Don't remember how I found your site, but I've been reading for almost a year I think.
Western Warmth
http://westernwarmth.blogspot.com
happy, happy birthday tammy!!!
here's hopin' it's a GREAT one!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR TAMMY
Hi my friend. This is Lin from Washington state wishing you a Happy Birthday and now it's a threesome wish with the addition of Precious Ruth. I check your blog regularly..and like many of the others I love your recipes, your family and your awesome photography. You have a fun and gentle way with words. I love you and your family.
~ Lin ~
Happy Birthday!!
Hope you had a wonderful day. So little Ruth was almost a birthday present for you! I can't imagine a sweeter present!
That cake looks absolutely yummy, and I am going to make it some time very soon.
Aline
happy birthday
Tammy, I am new at this blogging thing but have enjoyed your site for some time now. I have tossed all my cookbooks out and simply to your site for a recipe.
Happy birthday, Tammy!
Happy birthday! I'm a missionary wife in Africa, and love getting all the homemade recipes that you post here! It's helped our eating to be more wholesome and "familiar" for sure!
Looking forward to more pictures of the baby!
~Lisa
Ok...you caught me
Tammy,
I have been lurking for some months. I love your
recipes...my favorite is the Farmhouse Chicken (although I use turkey most often) and have shared it with lots of friends. I love your blog!
Congratulations on your beautiful new daughter. God has blessed you! Happy Birthday!
Nancy
Delurking...from Texas
Congratulations on your beautiful baby girl! I love her hair! And your boys are so cute! I've been lurking for a while now and absolutely love your site. I'm a SAHM of four boys: two four year olds and two four month olds. So easy delicious meals are a blessing. Our favorites so far are the Farmhouse Chicken, Spanish Rice w/Beans, Chicken Squash Bake and of course the Pizza. The dough recipe is so easy, we have pizza at least once a week. Thank you for your wonderful recipes.
Happy (belated) Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
Hi Tammy and Happy Birthday to you! What a wonderful birthday this must be, celebrating with your beautiful new baby!
I've been around for a year or two, I think, and I love your site. The recipes are wonderful, I love to hear about your family, and I've gotten many great tips from Kitchen Tip Tuesdays. And, now that I've got a house (not an apartment), you've inspired me to try line drying my clothes- I can't wait for spring!
Have a wonderful day,
Stephanie
www.keeperofthehome.org
:)
Hope you all had wonderful birthdays! :) The Lord bless you!
Happy Birthday!
Hi Tammy. I don't often have time to comment, but I enjoy your site. Oh, and that Ruth is a doll! Congratulatons.
BurgerMom
http://confessionsofaburgermom.blogspot.com/
Happy Birthday
Not sure if I've commented before, but here I am now! Happy Birthday, and congratulations on the birth of Ruth--love the name! Ruth is my middle name, and I gave it to my daughter for her middle too. I love your blog. Your pumpkin rolls were a hit with my family, and I look forward to trying more of your recipes!
-Pam (www.kidkitchen.blogspot.com)
Happy Birthday Tammy!!
Tammy, I have commented before but I want to take this special occasion to tell you Happy Birthday and that I love your recipes! We have enjoyed your bagels, pizza dough, those wonderful banana chocolate chip muffins and quite a few others. You are a constant reminder to me to slow down and count my blessings. You truly are a breath of fresh air for me... You encourage me/us to get back to basics and remind us that it can be fun! My bread maker has been going non-stop from all of your great recipes and planning dinner has become enjoyable again. I'm so glad that I found your site almost a year ago... Take care and God Bless.
Cindy in N.Y.
Happy Birthday and
Happy Birthday and congratulations on your daughter Ruth. Such a wonderful name!
Antonella
Milan (Italy)
de-lurked
Tammy:
I have been enjoying your site here for about a year now and have tried many of your recipes and loved them. I feel like we have alot in common - I had my 3rd child - a girl on Jan 4th! It is also encouraging to find another sister in the faith that lives a life of holiness. Enjoy your birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday
I hope you had a lovely birthday :-). Congratulations on the birth of your little Ruth!
I too, have two young sons and a little girl. We're expecting our fourth baby in April.
I love your recipes and have added many of them to our family's menus. Thank you for all your great ideas!
A few weeks ago I posted a link to your site on my blog ---
http://lindsayinkster.blogspot.com
I enjoy reading your blog, Tammy :-).
Lindsay in Calgary
Tammy, I'm another one of
Tammy, I'm another one of those lurkers who has enjoyed your recipies and reading about your family. Congratulations on your new little one! May God continue to give you and your husband wisdom as you raise your three blessings! Keep up the good work!
Janelle
(Mexico)
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