Life With Animals
In the past 24 hours, we have had all the chickens (about 40) escape and 3 of the bunnies (out of 9) escape out of their cages. Eh…such is life with animals!! Thankfully we noticed them in time to be able to catch them all. …
Author: Martha
Ellie is 18 months!
Where has the time gone?? She doesn’t say very many words – Mama, hat, this, “go,go,go” & then makes a lot of sounds “shhhh” for shoes, “ssss” for socks. She has sounds for many of her siblings. She also uses many signs like eat, more, …
Blessings received – God provided financially when we needed it
I wanted to start a new “series” about Blessings – both received & given. The purpose for this is not to brag or boast, but rather to remember the blessings that God has given us. Meaningful times that we really want our children to remember …
Mandatory Fun Day!!!
We had originally wanted to have some families over today. The Sunday before Memorial Day the past few years we have had a bunch of people over to swim and eat and it has been a lot of fun. This year we had 50 people! …
Needing rest…
I had a rough day yesterday. By evening I was beat & knew we needed something fun & easy. I had spent an hour in the afternoon playing games on the Wii with the younger 5 as that was all I could give at that …
Family Bible Time
Every morning at 7am you will find us in the front room for our Family Bible Time. This has become a very special time for our family. We spend time talking about The Verse of the Day from the Bible app we use. We welcome …
Mom Hack – Making Extra Dinner
We often make big meals. It does take a little extra time to make a double (or quadruple as we often do) batch of something, but it’s still worth it in the long run. We like to have leftovers for lunches, and it makes it …
IL Concealed Carry Class
Wow. My mind is reeling. We just sat through 4 hours of a Concealed Carry Class (It is a 16 hour class). The laws, legalities and amendments that are redundant & just more hoop jumping. It’s honestly terrifying & some really weird, poorly written laws… …
Building a Noodle Rack & Towel Holder
This summer Grant saw some plans for a Noodle Rack & Towel Holder for the pool area. It was a fairly simple project & Logan made it almost all by himself… a few of the pvc pipes we had cut at the local hardware store, …
Bug Hunting Fun
A blessing of summer – lots of time to go bug hunting. This has been the kids’ new favorite way to spend their time. The other night they stayed up late trying to catch an elusive butterfly. It blesses me to see them laughing & …