4H Air Rifle
This is our first year in 4H. It has been a good experience & we are busy gearing up for the fair. As a part of 4H, we have had the opportunity to do some shooting sports. We did recurve & compound archery & air …
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Blessing others
Lexa & Lizzy were gone this afternoon and Keira & Emma were working with me on tidying up and getting ready for dinner. We found a pile of Lizzy’s laundry & I suggested to the younger girls that we could bless Lizzy by folding her …
Cow Appreciation Day
Today was Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-a. Lizzy worked hard the past couple days making costumes for our family. She had a blast making them!
4th of July part 2
Saturday we spent back in Mt Morris enjoying the festivities. It was a beautiful day, only about 80 (although also 96% humidity!!) A bit of rain for about 10 minutes, but we took shelter & stayed dry. The kids did a scavenger hunt, watched The …
Ellie is 16 months!!
Miss Ellenor turned 16 months on the 4th of July. She is SO busy! Climbing, running, laughing, playing, constantly on the go. She loves to laugh, has a bright smile & just loves life and her family. She loves swimming. She has 10 teeth (just …
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 …
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 …