A Fond Farewell

  Dear readers, This year has (and still is) been one of the hardest, most trying yet beneficially fruitful years of our lives! God is always so good to us and has blessed us tremendously with family and the life lessons and skills we are facing as each new day springs forth and only strive [...]

Brethtaking Photos!

  “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” ~Psalm 19:1~   Blessings in Christ, Miss Antoinette

Tune in Tuesday

  This week’s song comes from my love of classical music! I could easily share so many pieces that I enjoy, and because of it, I will be sharing at least two classical pieces with y’all today! The first is a slow piece by Hayden “Cello Concerto in C – Adagio” I just love the [...]

A Few Changes Are Coming!!!!

My update post IS coming soon, but today I wanted to let y’all know about some changes that you might have noticed or don’t even know about just yet that will be taking place.   “Practical Simplicity Photography” will be closing (is now closed) and moving to back to this blog with it’s own page [...]

Tune in Tuesday is Back!

I am so excited to finally be back to doing my “Tune in Tuesday” post!!!! Soon, I will be posting an update on what we have been up to, but for now this weeks song….. In the midst of what our family is going through (which I will explain in my up and coming post) [...]

Morning and Evening With C.H. Spurgeon

This year I am reading through “Morning and Evening” by Charles Spurgeon and what an encouragement this book has been!  I have shared a snippet of this delightful book once before, and share yet another portion of this lovely book of mine! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good devotion [...]

Surprise Guest Post + Recipe!

Today we have a special guest post from a dear friend of ours: Mrs. Jocelyn Klotz  from “Homemaker In Progress” ! We pray it will be a blessing to you, and that you enjoy this yummy recipe! Hello Practical Simplicity readers! I am Jocelyn Klotz.  The LORD brought my family and the Konvalin’s together for [...]

Gluten-Free Nut Butter Balls

Right now over at “Heavenly Homemakers” you can find many yummy gluten-free recipes during their Gluten-free Parade!!! We decided to re-post this oh so yummy snack/dessert for the parade and for those of you who missed it! Here is a simply wonderful guilt-free treat that our family enjoys very much, and is dairy -free, gluten-free, [...]

A Season For Everything

Hello dear readers! (lovely orange blossoms in our backyard! Wish y’all could smell them, they are so wonderful!) We hope y’all have been having a great year so far, and if not, we pray that the Lord would strengthen you and draw you ever closer to Himself during your struggles. Our family has been having [...]

A Refreshing Post

We read this this morning (a book that I miss Antoinette am reading this year) and knew we needed to share this with y’all!  It was so encouraging and refreshing to read and pray it will be a blessing to you as well! “Perhaps O tried soul, the Lord is doing this to develop thy [...]