Nature Studies

Nature Studies

The Co-op we were a part of last year does a once a month nature studies. We hosted this month and Xanna led the class. It was beautiful weather, (after many days of rain, so much appreciated!) We spent some time exploring in the creek 

Going Camping

Going Camping

Grant took the boys camping last week (sadly, I didn’t get many good pictures). They decided to go a second night & invited any of the girls that wanted to join them. Keira & Emma were excited! It was a lot LOUDER than everyone expected 

Beautiful Heat Lightning (w/video)

Beautiful Heat Lightning (w/video)

The other night I crawled in bed & was so looking forward to going to bed early. Pretty soon I hear a rapid knock at the door…. “Mom, you have to come see this!” And WOW! am I glad I did!!

Building a Noodle Rack & Towel Holder

Building a Noodle Rack & Towel Holder

This summer Grant saw some plans for a Noodle Rack & Towel Holder for the pool area. It was a fairly simple project & Logan made it almost all by himself… a few of the pvc pipes we had cut at the local hardware store, 

Bug Hunting Fun

Bug Hunting Fun

A blessing of summer – lots of time to go bug hunting. This has been the kids’ new favorite way to spend their time. The other night they stayed up late trying to catch an elusive butterfly. It blesses me to see them laughing & 

Beautiful sunrises & taking one more step…

Beautiful sunrises & taking one more step…

I am an early riser. However, I’m usually just up & moving and don’t pay much attention to the sunrise. However, yesterday I was up a bit early & caught a beautiful sunrise. It was so pretty, I decided so needed to take a few 

Front Garden Transformation

Front Garden Transformation

Hi, this is Lizzy. =) Xanna and I worked together to turn this front garden area…….. (sorry, we don’t have a before picture — see the bottom for the final result).

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 

New Growth

New Growth

This plant was my late grandmother’s. For as long as I can remember, she had these plants in (at least) one bedroom & the living room. It is special to me to now keep it going, also because there is a connection to my Grandma 

Sunsets & Clouds (with video)

Sunsets & Clouds (with video)

The clouds & sunsets were amazing this week! This is a short 30 second video that shows the beautiful sky, clouds & heat lightning (look for it in the clouds!)