Our temperatures dipped in coastal South Carolina this week, and I pulled out a soup recipe to celebrate! I decided to take a different spin on our regular Saturday post and “salute” my favorite soups for this time of year.

At the top of my list is this Corn and Potato Chowder. Several years ago, friends invited us over and served this soup. I immediately asked for the recipe, and have been making it ever since.

However, if I’m looking for convenience, this Slow Cooker Bacon Corn Chowder is very similar, and I love that I can put it in the slow cooker in the morning to be ready when we walk in the house for supper. (If you’re in the market for a slow cooker, I recommend this one.)

Our younger daughter and I really enjoy this Loaded Potato Soup. I’m not sure where I got this recipe originally, but I posted it here on the blog MANY years ago!

I’ve tried several of Trisha Yearwood’s recipes, and one of my favorites is Trisha’s Chicken Tortilla Soup.

Here’s another one for the slow cooker. Spicy Beef Vegetable Soup is now labeled as a stew but was called a soup when I first printed the recipe. It definitely has enough liquid to feel like a soup.

If you’re looking for a classic, this is my favorite Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup. However, I do make some changes to the recipe. I leave out the celery (which no one in our family likes) and potatoes, then substitute broken-up angel hair pasta for the egg noodles.

It doesn’t get much easier than this Taco Soup. Christy includes instructions for gathering all your ingredients into a bag ahead of time to really streamline the preparation.

Let me know your favorite type of soup! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

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I’m LOVING the cooler temperatures we’ve had lately! Makes my morning walks in the neighborhood so enjoyable.

Here are some interesting posts I found this week.

Joy gives advice on How to Be a Better Homemaker.

Christy talks about When Beauty is Fleeting in a Camera-Happy World.

Jennifer lists 5 Ways to Keep it Classy in a Trashy Society.

Rachel shares a great list of 10 Hacks to Uncomplicating Mom Life.

I love Sarah Joy’s Cozy Fall Patio + 12 Fall Doormats.

I’m taking this Apple Crescent Roll Pastry Ring to our Sunday School class for breakfast tomorrow, so I hope it tastes as good as it looks!

And if you’re already thinking about Christmas shopping, I really liked this list for kids from Country Living.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Kari shares 5 Things to Remember in Hard Times.

Betsy gives us 3 Truths When You Need a More Joyful Outlook.

Joy tells us How to Decorate for Fall on a Budget.

These Pumpkin Spice Krispie Treats sound like they would be a delicious treat for fall!

I read a good number of books this month. These first two were non-fiction.

If you’re looking to create new habits of any kind, I highly recommend Atomic Habits by James Clear. He outlines a very practical process for making small changes that can have big results in our lives.

Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A: How Faith, Cows, and Chicken Built an Iconic Brand by Steve Robinson was an excellent book on leadership and company culture. Robinson is the former Chief Marketing Officer at Chick-fil-A.

During our slower-than-normal week as we waited for Hurricane Dorian, I re-read 6 of the Betsy~Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace. This was my favorite book series as a child! I started with Heaven to Betsy, which covers her freshman year of high school, and read through the last one, Betsy’s Wedding.

I read another book by Laura Frantz, The Frontiersman’s Daughter. I’ve read a good many of her books over the last couple of months.

A few pages into Imposter by Davis Bunn, I realized that I’d read this book before. However, I didn’t remember how it ended, so I read it all the way through again – and it was worth it!

Finally, I’ve been listening to this song often since a fellow mom-of-a-college-freshman introduced me to it a few weeks ago. And yes, it can be tear-inducing!!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

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We’re having some amazing fall weather here in South Carolina!! We’ll be back to ninety degrees next week, but we plan to get outside and enjoy the cooler temperatures today.

Deb tells us How to Pray Powerful Prayers: 4 Questions that Will Change the Way You Pray Forever.

Arabah explains one of her Bible study methods in Verse Mapping for Beginners: How to Unlock the Scriptures.

I’m preparing for the parenting years just ahead of me by reading Deb’s advice in How to Love Your Adult Children Really Well.

There’s a reminder of some helpful parenting principles in Boundaries, Routines, and Early Bedtimes: 13 Habits that Raise Well-Adjusted Kids.

A Neutral Fall Centerpiece is featured in an older post of Sarah’s, but it would certainly work for your fall decor this year!

It’s just about time to make my favorite Pumpkin Pie Bread! [Note: It’s not part of the recipe, but I often stir in a cup or so of chocolate chips before putting the batter in the pan to bake.]

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hope your week has been a good one! It’s been a fairly quiet week here, which has been nice. Enjoy these helpful posts I’ve come across recently!

Carolina shares The Enemies of Faith and How to Overcome Them.

Kristen writes For All the Parents Who Don’t Know What They Are Doing (So, Basically Everyone)

Christie has 10 Everyday Rituals That Mean a Lot to Kids.

Jenn has 9 Psalms to Read with Your Kids at Bedtime.

I immediately pinned this post of 15 Adorably Unique College Care Packages You Can Order on Etsy. I didn’t even realize this was a thing! Some of these care packages would work for more than just a college student who’s away from home.

These Chicken Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Rolls will be making an appearance on our menu soon!

This week I’m reading Steve Robinson’s book Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A: How Faith, Cows, and Chicken Built an Iconic Brand. It’s an excellent read…except I’m frequently craving a CFA chicken sandwich!!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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It’s the weekend again! I realized this week that my younger daughter begins her junior year of high school one month from yesterday. I’m trying not to let that get lost in the shuffle of college preparations for our oldest!

In the meantime, we’re fitting a lot into this final month of summer…including some family badminton matches. We have a set similar to this one that’s held up well so far in our backyard.

I didn’t intend to have so many parenting posts in this roundup, but that’s what I found this past week.

Ayanna has suggestions for Why You Are Not Growing in Your Faith.

If you have teen or young adult children, I highly recommend you read Lisa’s 7 of the Hardest Parenting Tips You Will Ever Need.

Nancy shares 3 Choices Your Teen Needs to Make Every Day.

Lara lists 7 Things Your Strong-Willed Child Needs from You.

Mary shows us 10 Kids’ Summer Activities Using Dollar Tree Items.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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