Sweet times with baby

Sweet times with baby

Xanna took some fun pictures of Ellie with Grant & I as we were getting her ready for bed. She just kept going back & forth between us…

Finding ways to help…

Finding ways to help…

Over the years there have been many, many times that families have blessed us by bringing a meal to our family – whether it was following an illness, birth, death, when I was in the hospital or out of town for my grandparents’ funerals. As …

4H Air Rifle

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 …

Blessing others

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

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!

Flowers

Flowers

Over the years, our kids have grown up going with Papa to run errands & coming home with huge grins & a bouquet of flowers for me. I love seeing the bright smiles & huge grins. Now the kids go out & pick flowers from …

4th of July part 2

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!!

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

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

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 …