Thanksgiving Thanks

Thanksgiving Thanks

We have so much to be thankful for. We have a Gratitude post we’re working in for this Sunday. And tomorrow we’ll share about our Thanksgiving. 😊 Today, we really want to thank all the service people who have to be working today – and 

Celebrating Birthdays

Celebrating Birthdays

To celebrate birthdays, we try to go to Pizza Ranch as a family & with a guest for each birthday child. Lucas & Emmalyn’s birthdays were at the beginning of the month, but this week was when we were able to schedule the lunch. 🙂 

Nursing Home Ministry

Nursing Home Ministry

Once a week a local nursing home has “Coffee with the Residents”. They offer coffee, hot cocoa & donuts, or some other treat, and anyone is welcome. Grant has been going for the past year or so (when he’s able, but he tries to at 

Visiting A Baby Calf

Visiting A Baby Calf

Lexa took a few kids to go visit a friend’s calf. They love animals! The kids really enjoyed it. 🙂

Miscellaneous Pictures November 2019 Part 1

Miscellaneous Pictures November 2019 Part 1

A few pictures to document our month so far (at least a little glimpse). For some reason I can’t get more pictures to load today, so I’ll share the rest another day. 🙂

November Family Funnies 2019

November Family Funnies 2019

“Mom, I’m loading! Why am I loading?” (Emma was watching me work on her birthday blog post & the picture of her had a “loading circle”) Emma to Ellie: “I dropped a ‘roller’ (a die) down there – can you get it for me? Lizzy: 

Fresh Perspective

Fresh Perspective

Sometimes we all can use a fresh perspective on things. And since I publicly vented yesterday (& a lot recently, I know!), I want to publicly encourage today. I LOVE smiley faces. They make me happy, speak my love language, make me smile & are 

Survey & Product Testing Opportunity

Survey & Product Testing Opportunity

I had mentioned recently about some Product Testing I’ve been doing. I wanted to share a little more about that. Survey Savvy is one of my favorite companies to work with. They pay decent incentives & I get a lot of free products to test. 

More Birthday Shenanigans

More Birthday Shenanigans

A few more pictures from Lucas & Emma’s birthdays. Grant & I took Lucas & Emmalyn to Flynnie’s Diner for a birthday lunch. We played Uno & enjoyed lots of yummy food. (If you’ve never been to Flynnie’s Diner in Dixon, check it out! It’s