Plank Challenge September 2019

Plank Challenge September 2019

We have been doing a family plank challenge this month. We are starting to do a weekly check in to time everyone. Each person is being challenged to do better than their last time. Two people go head to head at a time while everyone …

Dad & Mom’s 45th Anniversary

Dad & Mom’s 45th Anniversary

It’s my parent’s 45th anniversary! My parents model grace, love, serving others & forgiveness (not an exhaustive list) and I so appreciate the godly example. I feel very blessed to have such a rich family legacy. My grandparents were married almost 66 years (Grandpa passed …

Saying yes

Saying yes

I’ve been trying to say YES more. So, today I said YES. Because – why not? Bubbles are fairly cheap. And the giggles and fun are sweet memories that these sisters will hopefully carry for a long time. And it wasn’t a huge mess to …

Ellie is 18 months!

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, …

Mandatory Fun Day!!!

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…

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

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 …

Miscellaneous pictures August 2019

Miscellaneous pictures August 2019

I always have random pictures that don’t fit in a particular group, so I figured I should make a monthly post of them.

Cantigny Park Day Trip Part 4

Cantigny Park Day Trip Part 4

A few more random pictures that McKaylee took at Cantigny Park….

Cantigny Park Day Trip Part 3

Cantigny Park Day Trip Part 3

After touring the beautiful grounds & the big house, we made it through the tank park & the Division Museum. Sadly, by the time we got to the museum, we only had an hour left, so we rushed through it. It was really fascinating. Most …