Large Family Raising Fruit John 15:5
Our beautiful Lizzy turned 16 recently. She is hard working, loves to cook & bake and is a great “sissy-Mama” to Ellenor. She loves to write & work with plants. We are so thankful for her! We love you, Lizzy Girl!
Lizzy turned 16! (Her “normal” birthday post will come tomorrow) I wanted to do something special for her birthday so I made arrangements for us to go to Rockford to run errands & told her we could go to lunch. I gave her a couple …
Ellenor uses all sorts of typical 3 year old bedtime stall tactics. She is particular about which blanket she wants on her, or if she will tuck herself in, or if she’ll let me… it’s always different. Tonight I’m “playing along” & finally get her …
Some of you may already know about this tip, but I sure didn’t! I am working on finishing an apron that one of my girls had started many years ago and it has very skinny straps that will be the ties. I had asked a …
We now are the parents of 2 adults!! 😊😍 We enjoyed celebrating Miss Alexanna, AKA Xanna, AKA Lexa over a several-day-period. McKaylee came to help celebrate the 3 April birthdays, the kids had archery on her birthday & she had to work, so not a …
Grant supervised the boys camping this past week. Even though it got down to about 30 degrees overnight, they did a great job & had a blast! They worked all day on setting up camp. (We have tents, but they “built” their own structure using …
Lizzy & Lucas had appointments in downtown Chicago this month, so we had an adventure! Crazy how it’s only 2 hours (give or take traffic), but it feels SO much farther & like a whole different world (parking, traffic, the whole 9 yards)!! Little things …
Our Logan had a birthday!! How has it been 14 years already? We are so grateful for the young man he is becoming. He loves his family, animals, reading, all things nature, camping, outdoor, etc. He is gracious & always willing to lend a hand. …
The kids love to march around during singing time at church. 🥰💕 (Lucas is on the piano, they each take turn playing hymns while we sing). Makes my heart happy.