Surprise!

Hello faithful readers! Just wanted to let you know that we haven't forgotten about you! Actually, quite the contrary. We're in the process of redesigning and reconfiguring the entire site premise, so hang tight! It's sure to be a change for the better. ;)

New in 2008!

We hope you all had a wonderful and safe New Year! We would like to share some topics that we are planning to cover and some exciting new features in store for the Stay-At-Home Daughters blog in 2008! We are also opening up the comment section for discussion and suggestions: what would you like to see at Stay-At-Home Daughters in 2008?

Here are a few topics we are going to cover this year!

• Handling "the college question" graciously
• Hope Chests and what should go in them
• The blessing of a simpler life at home
• Staying productive at home during the single years
• The High School Graduation issue
• Being a blessing to your siblings
• Contentment in every season of life
• Ways to bless your parents
• The fruits of the spirit (this will be a long series on each fruit individually!)
• Practicing hospitality
• Feminine Modesty (a checklist)
• Tips on keeping siblings occupied and happy
• How To Start and keep a Homemaking Journal
• Feminine hairstyling
• Simple plans for quiet time
• The art of letter writing
• How to make a perfect cup of tea
• Starting a home business
• Tips on memorizing scripture

You can also expect some great new features!

• A new weekly feature called, "Tuesday Talks"
• Tutorials for sewing and other homemaking skills
• A Week In Skirts (documented by each of us)
• Open discussions (where we ask the question and you offer your advice and expertise)
• An official monthly Stay-At-Home Daughters podcast! (Set to launch this February)

And of course, we'll continue to document our family life, and post recipes and encouraging quotes, poetry, and articles from outside sources.

This year is looking like quite an exciting one!

Now it's your turn! All of you lurkers please leave a comment below and let us know what you'd like to see this year on Stay-At-Home Daughters!

Hi there!

My name is Courtney, and I am the oldest of nine siblings, 6 boys and 3 girls. I am almost 16 years old, and daughter to my wonderful Daddy and dear Mom

I love the Lord, and I am so happy for the blessings He has bestowed upon me.

I enjoying preparing for my future role as wife and mother, and all things relating to home! I play the piano and violin, and I love all things music.

I love to read, and I blog almost daily at my blog.

I love to craft and create things. Some of my current crafting ventures includes crocheting, knitting, calligraphy, and sewing for my younger sisters.

I love writing letters, and serving others!

You can learn more about my family by reading my Mom's blog: Lines From The Vine , and my blog: One Of The Bunch.

I suppose that is all for now!
~*~Courtney~*~

Now a little about Poppy...

Since everyone else is introducing themselves, I thought I would too... so, hello everyone! You can call me Poppy. I am fourteen years old and the second born in my family. I have one older sister (Flib), two younger sisters and two younger brothers. I am so blessed to be a part of the wonderful family that God has placed me in!

I love to sing, dance, play the piano, bake, sew, knit and care for my younger siblings. I, of course, adore my family. They are so amazing!! Also, some other random things I love include giggling, pouring rain, making-up and putting on plays and skits, skipping and talking in a British accent. I am a very dramatic and expressive girl (I get that from my mother), and you may get a feel of that from some of my posts. But most importantly I love the Lord, Jesus Christ.

I am very excited about this new blog and I hope that it is a blessing to all who have a chance to read it. I am also excited to see what the Lord lays on my heart to write here and the other girls' hearts too.

Well, that's more than enough about me!

Until next time,
Poppy

About Flibby

(I thought it would be perfectly lovely if we would all introduce ourselves.)

You may call me Flibby. I'm a seventeen year old Stay-At-Home Daughter who seeks to please the Lord in all I do! I live with my father, mother and five younger siblings. I love to sing, dance, play the piano, sew, read, blog, cook, and learn new homemaking skills. I aspire to be a wife and mother one day, and I'm using these years between childhood and marriage to prepare for that ideal. I really hope that this blog will bless and inspire many girls who are choosing the path less taken, and embracing the biblical calling for their lives as women.

To learn more about my family, visit our family blog: Where the Kudzu Grows.