Now before you think, “How conceited of her”… this is Aaron, Lindsay’s husband, the guy on the right in the photo. And no, she didn’t give me the idea. 
We have a tradition in both of our families for birthdays (and I’m sure we’re not the only ones) to go around the table and share what we appreciate about the birthday boy/girl. In a way, all you readers have been part of our family by either praying for our recent car situation, making your own homemade deodorant, or just trying out soaking your grains. So now I ask, can you share something you appreciate about Lindsay? It could be as simple as a specific post, but I want you to know that Lindsay reads every single comment that is posted on her blog and reads every email that comes in too and she appreciates them all.
She has really tried to keep her blog simple and uncluttered therefore it’s been ad free (no, it’s not your ad-blocking software at work) and so she receives no monetary benefit at all. So please share your encouraging words with Lindsay and bless her socks off!
Thanks in advance…
-Aaron
P.S. – If you’d really like to bless her, check out her Amazon Wishlist. 
I came to this website as a frustrated homemaker needing encouragement. A few months later I am understanding my purpose and role working at home as a homemaker like never before in my life. Your website started me on the path to whole foods, green living, and cloth diapers. The best advice you’ve ever given is to add things slowly. Thank you for that advice and the freedom it gave me to pursue this simplifying life for His glory. I appreciate all of your time and effort that goes into this blog!! Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to a friend I’ve never met but feel I know and have more in common with than my ‘real’ friends!!
May the Lord continue to bless you as you and your family pursue His will for your lives!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I have been so blessed by your cheerful spirit and desire to know God above all else. It is truly an encouragement to me, and I’m sure many others. May God bless you as you enter another year of His plan for you!
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I am also just a lurker but this is a great day to post my first comment. I love your blog. You have taught me so much and given me so many great ideas. My family is healthier, simpler and happier because of your blog.
Happy birthday! I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate what you do. I look forward to reading your blog everyday. You have such a sweet spirit. Your site is one of the first I go to when I am looking for a recipe. I try to feed my family only healthy food. You make it easy and affordable. Thank you
Happy Birthday Lindsay!! I love reading your blog and have tried a few of your recipes – many more are just waiting to be tried!
Thank you for reminding me that I am not the only wife and new mom out there that wants to live a Godly life that will, in turn, enrich the lives of my family. Have a blessed day!
HOORAY!!! We can praise the Lord today for the day you were born
I am so blessed by your website and have learned so much from you. I wish I lived by you so I could learn right there beside you! As a wife of 3 years and a first time expectant mother, know that I greatly value your imput on loving the Lord, serving and rejoicing in your husband, and raising/training your daughter (and next kiddo to come). I am happy your husband gave us an opportunity to say thanks and that we care for you! Have a great one!!!
Dear sweet Lindsay,
It is so lovely seeing how you have grown and become a woman of God since we first met your family 10 years ago. You are a harbinger of changes to come, of a fundamental shift in perspective and world view of Godly young women, wives, and mothers. I hope you have an amazing birthday which leaves refreshed and full of joy.
Dana
Happy Birthday Lindsay, I too love reading about your simple life and early motherhood. I love reading of the delight you find in your life, it adds to the delight I find in mine, Blessings Julia
Happy Birthday, Lindsay!!! I just want to say thank you for sharing your life with us readers. It does my heart good to see a young person so in love with God the way you are. What an inspiration you are in so many area’s of your life. I have learned so much from you and I’m almost twice your age! Goes to show you… lol You are such a blessing to me. Have a wonderful day sweet girl.
Hauoli la hanau (Happy Birthday)! I enjoy reading your blog for all of your tips and genuine writing style from a Christian perspective. I hope you have a lovely day today
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I really appreciate your sharing of yourself on this blog – I’m living a very different life than yours (I’m not a Christian, and I’m very politically liberal), and it’s really a gift to be able to get a detailed look at things from your perspective. Being able to see how you approach the world really makes me think about the assumptions that we all make in life, and (to borrow a phrase that you use more often than I) it’s a blessing. (The frugal advice is great, too!)
To show our gratitude, and appreciation for the encouragement and money Lindsay and Aaron have saved us all, are any of you willing to pitch in to help pay for the blender on her list? Email me… hofccsaint@gmail.com. If nothing works out, then Edmonds, still know that we all love you, and appreciate all the impact you’ve had on our lives.
Lindsay,
Happy Birthday! Aaron is so sweet to put a post on your site for you! You have been a constant encouragement to me since I discovered your site about 5 months ago. Thank you for all your encouragement, recipes and frugal tips! I pray that the Lord blesses this day in a special way for you.
~Cherity
I love Linds because we have soooo many things in common. (Linds, you know exactly what I am talking about.)
Happy Birthday, thank you for a lovely and informative blog. I am so greatful to find such great resources online from a christian perspective. God bless your family and congrats on baby number two.
Happy Birthday Lindsay! Your blog has been my intro to Biblical womanhood, and I can’t thank you enough for the impact that it has had on my family! I am so grateful for the time and energy (which I’m sure is in short supply with a little one on the way) you put in to this ministry.
Cumpleanos Feliz! Thank you for all of the time and effort you have put into this blog. I also have enjoyed reading it and have benefited from your various ideas and suggestions–so has my family in my cooking. It is very informative and I have appreciated your desire to live simply in order to give generously. Soli Deo Gloria!
Much love ~Megan
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I don’t think that I have even ever left you a comment before, but I honestly feel like you are a dear friend.
Your blog is my absolute favorite. I am honestly here every day either looking for a recipe or refreshing my memory on how exactly to soak my grains! I have learned so much from you and been so encouraged by the glimpses of your life and family that you share with your readers.
I pray that you will be blessed today and everyday, as you continue to pursue godliness and encourage others to do the same.
Hi Lindsay, Happy Birthday. I’ve never left a comment but, have been appreciating your blog for some time. I wanted to let you know it has been a blessing. I love your heart to dig deeper into things, simplicity, healthy living, family. Thanks, have a great day!
Hey, Happy Birthday! I love both your blog and your writing style and have gleaned so many ideas from you. Thanks for all you do!
Happy Birthday Lindsay! Have a most wonderful day being blessed. I hope the Lord blesses this next year as much as He did the last year for you. I visit your blog almost every day and am so thankful for your sincere enthusiasm to help us moms in such a crazy world. Thank you for using your precious time and talents the Lord has given you to help us. Now get off the computer and go celebrate!
Happy Birthday Lindsay! At the risk of sounding freaky or desperate, I appreciate you and your blog because it’s the source of natural/alternative/unorthodox information in my life that I can’t seem to find anywhere else. I in turn share what I learn to my local friends. Thank you for all the writing and time you spend on the blog.
Have a great time with family today!
Okay, not that’s funny. Just this morning, I was flipping my daily calendar, thinking, it’s someone’s birthday… I wonder who? I didn’t know it was you, Lindsay. I don’t actually know you, but i’ve been stalking your blog every day since I found it about a week ago. (I even tell my husband what I’ve read at night, when he gets home.) Well, Happy Birthday – from over hear in southeast Texas!
p.s. you have a really thoughtful husband!
Hmmm… should have checked my spelling on that before I posted it. After thinking about it more, Lindsay, I wanted to say that I really appreciate that you are not ashamed of going against the “norm” and striving to be great at what God has designed you to be as a wife and mother – keeper of the home. This is a very important role that is not glorified by the world – even by many Christians. In a day and time where pressure is put on young women to “be all that they can be” – career and everything, you gently but boldly give young women a different role model to follow – to “be all GOD designed you to be.” Thank you for that. Have a blessed birthday.
I love how you are so dedicated to what you believe in, always serving, and always giving your family your best. Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! I just found your blog today, so I am sure that I will come to appreciate you more and more as I continue reading (which I definitely will!) In the hour that I’ve spent reading your blog so far today, I have come to appreciate a couple of things: your organization (its so easy to find articles on your blog, your tireless documentation of your life (I had a blog – its hard to keep up with!) and most of all for all of the times that you reminded me today to be grateful to God for all of my many blessings. Have a very, very happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I hope you have a wonderful time with Aaron, Karis AND the little one to come!
You’re desire to please the Lord is refreshing.
Happy Birthday! From a NW girl born and raised and now here in Nashville for the last year I feel a little piece of home when I read you posts and I have been very blessed by it! I love how the Holy Spirit is using you to minister to so many…
By the way your deodorant rocks and I have so many people using it! I sent my mom home with a ziplock baggie full after her visit! Thanks for sharing! Have a special day with your family!
Willow from Nashville
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I have been really blessed by your site; it’s great that we can meet like-minded people from all over via the internet:) My mom just recently gave me “Nourishing Traditions” and I have found your recipes explained so clearly and easy to follow – it has made my transition to soaking so much smoother. Thank you! I have referred others to your site for these informative directions I like them so much:)
I appreciate your uplifting blogs and the passion you have for your family and Christ. I hope your day is filled with many happy moments and blessings:)
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I stumbled upon your blog while searching for information on making soaked-flour bread. Hours later, I think that I had your blog all read, and had made notes! Your blog is so wonderful that I put it on my blog roll to that I can check in. I struggle with homekeeping in a way that I can not really articulate, but each time I walk away from your blog, I feel refreshed in my attempts and go to do more. Your manner of speaking is respectful, honest and sincere. I am so glad that I found you, and hope your day is full of Sonshine!
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I hope you have a wonderful day, and I want to thank you for all the wonderful things you have talked about, and all the time I am sure it has taken to do the research:)
Happy, Happy Birthday Lindsay! You are a blessing to so many and have such a wonderful ministry through this blog. You are so very wise beyond your years and are such a woman after the heart of God. I pray God’s blessings on you today and every day. I’m glad your husband obviously knows what a treasure he has in you (and you in him!)! Blessings….
Aww, how sweet is your husband?
Happy Birthday Lindsay!
There are many things I appreciate about you, but I think I most appreciate your smile. And I’m not just talking about the smiley pictures! There is a sweetness and a joy about you that comes through in your writing. I imagine that if we were having coffee together and you were saying the same thing, you’d be smiling. Even your more sober posts are encouraging and smiley, and I love that about you!
Hey, Lindsay! Happy Birthday! Your birthday falls on my husband and I’s wedding anniversary- kinda cool! I’m newer to reading your blog but our family has already been blessed by the many yummy recipes that I have tried. (My husband actually liked the grilled veggies sandwiches w/ feta & pesto- he was skeptical at first but liked it once he tried it!) Thank you for your blog- it has been a joy to read!
You are in inspiration to me!! Thanks for writing and keeping this blog up, it certainly inspires!
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a truly blessed day! We are birthday twins. Isn’t it a great day to be born on?
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I love your simple blog and all your ideas for being frugal and simplifying things around the house.
Blessing and Peace,
Affectioknit-ly,
Teresa
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I hope you have a wonderful day and how nice of your husband to recognize your day on here for you!
We used to always do the thing where we went around the table and family members said what they appreciated, SO, since it’s my turn:
It’s refreshing to read about your effort to live a simple, Godly life. I have to tell you, your blog title “Passionate Homemaking” keeps calling me back. So many women are stay at home moms and I think most of us like it. But to be truly passionate about it and to live to bless our families gives it a whole new meaning. God bless you!
Happy Birthday!!
Julie
I just came across this journal today, and so am not familiar with Lindsay or your lovely family. But i want to wish her a happy birthday and add that i appreciate online journals like hers that document the lives of homemakers and families living simply. Have a beautiful day!
Tabitha
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I hope you have a wonderful day. I really enjoy your blog – and I am so happy I have found it. I have learned so much! Thank you so much for taking the time to teach, guide, and encourage other ladies.
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I appreciate all of the time and effort you put into your blog. You are fabulous!
Happy Birthday! I am so thankful for your blog because I have learned so much from your simplifying series to your frugal recipes. Thanks for sharing all of your ideas.
Sarah
Happy Birthday Lindsay! I have been reading your blog for about 3 months now and I absolutely love it! You have inspired me to try so many things I hadn’t thought of before (from homemade deoderant to soaking my flour) and I would still like to try more things you have suggested (like grinding my own flour). You have inspired me to simplify my life and I am having a great time doing it!
May God bless and keep you and your family!
Amanda
Happy Birthday Lindsey thank you so much for all your hard work on this great blog may God Bless you and your family as you have truely blessed mine.Rena in Oregon City.
Happy Birthday! I appreciate the honesty you write with, opening up your home to random readers like me. I am inspired by your dedication to your family, to a healthy lifestyle and to service to others. Many blessings to you and your family.
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I was definitely praying for y’all regarding your vehicle; it’s great to see the Lord’s provision.
It was a blessing to have you both join us for our team retreat last month. Blessings to ya! -Greg
Happy Birthday, Lindsay! I am just so appreciate of your desire to live simply and glorify the Lord in all you do. It comes shining through in what you write, and is a testimony to His grace at work in your life.
Thank you for all the time that you pour into sharing on your blog (I understand full well the time that it takes!).
Blessings,
Stephanie
I’m just a lurker, but I liked your husband’s sweet post, so I thought I’d leave a comment to tell you how much I appreciate your sincerity. You seem like a genuine, committed person and I respect that so much. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, dear Lindsay! I was just thinking of you, and praying for your new little one last night, and dreaming up what to give you for a gift.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Blessings,
Michele
happy birthday and i hope that God blesses you and your family on your special day. I have enjoyed the recipes and even though i spend WAY to much time on the computer, thank you anyway. I thought after our adoption was complete that i would get over my computer addiction but some how here i am stuck while i should be upstairs. so, here i go, off to duties of a homemaker.
Your friend,
Susannah
down in Georgia