4th of July
We went up to Mt Morris (12 minutes away, so pretty close!), spent a few hours hanging out, walking around, eating funnel cakes (because why not? It’s a special treat a couple times a year!) & watched the parade. It was hot, but not as …
Author: Martha
Learning to be FLeXibLE
God has been teaching me a lot lately about being flexible. All of yesterday was spent on a crisis that came upon suddenly & overwhelmingly. Today was busy from the get go and yet I was so determined to build in “mandatory play time as …
Time with the “littles”
The past few months, the older ones have been participating in 4-H shooting sports, which has been one to two evenings a week. Grant takes them & I’ve been staying home with the “littles”. It has been fun to just have the time to focus …
Life with a Toddler…
How quickly I forgot how often life with a toddler is sometimes 1 step forward & 1 step backwards. Or, if I’m lucky, 2 steps forward & then 1 step backwards. Don’t get me wrong – I love this age! It is so fun! And …
Sunsets
The sunsets from our deck are fantabulous…I just can’t get enough of them. These pictures were all taken one night, in a half hour span. I can’t pick my favorite! Beautiful sunsets from our back deck
Homemade rolls
We LOVE homemade bread. I’ve been making it for years. It started out as bread, but over the years we’ve discovered that we prefer rolls. They seem to stay fresh longer & are more versatile, & less crumbly (homemade bread is notoriously crumbly). The kids …
