Penny Carnival

Penny Carnival

The Ogle County 4H puts on a Penny Carnival every March. Lexa & Keira helped out at our club’s booth for an hour & the Lizzy & Logan helped for another hour. The kids all had a lot of fun! 🙂

Little Girl Dresses

Little Girl Dresses

A friend has an Etsy store & made this cute little dress for Ellenor. Isn’t it cute? You should check out her store or contact her, she custom makes items. Great for baby showers or gifts. She even has a shirt that kids can color 

Ellenor is 2!!

Ellenor is 2!!

How can it be that 2 years have flown past? This little babe brings such joy to our lives, we are so thankful for you, our Ellenor Grace! She loves to sing, play patty-cake, play with cars & baby dolls and her siblings…She is so 

Weekly Gratitude Post 3/1/20

Weekly Gratitude Post 3/1/20

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by Lucas. “I am thankful for Ellen because she is so adorable and always ready to give me a hug. And Mama because she likes to cuddle with me. And Logan because he is my brother and he 

Being sick…

Being sick…

Well, the influenza hit our house. Feels like it wouldn’t be January/February without it. Sigh. We did all we could, but it cycled through all the kids, one by one. Hit them all the different, some were down for 2 days, some down 5+ days. 

Creative Ways to Make & Eat Eggs

Creative Ways to Make & Eat Eggs

Since our chickens are laying over a dozen eggs a day (which is awesome by the way), we are needing to find more ways to eat & use eggs. I wasn’t a very good cook when we got married, so that is something that is 

February 2020 Family Funnies

February 2020 Family Funnies

“What is the best place to go to learn a language?” “Greece, it lubricates your tongue so you can pronounce the words!!” Grant was singing along to a song that was playing & Keira says, “You memorize a lot! You’re, like, sticky!” 😂🤣 “You guys 

How I Write a Blog Post

How I Write a Blog Post

In case anyone is interested in how I do what I do… 🙂 I like to have several blog posts ready ahead of time, because you never know what the day will bring. We publish a post every day at 10am, so I usually have 

Ellenor’s 23 Month Old Post!

Ellenor’s 23 Month Old Post!

I can’t believe this sweet girl will be 2 next month! It has gone so fast! She is a sweet, smiley girl with a fun personality. She talks so much! And you can understand 99% of what she’s saying. Sone of our kids didn’t talk