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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 

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!)

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 

Time with the “littles”

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…

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 

Social Media

Social Media

Starting in 2019, on the 4th of July, we are eliminating and or severely limiting all social media use. We are tired of being Facebook’s and YouTube’s products to sell to their advertisers. Remember, if something is free YOU are the product. Grant deleted his 

Guests

Guests

We love having company. There have been times we have been better about making it happen than others, (going through different seasons of life). With pain issues & young children, it works well to be in our own home, and we are homebodies. We are 

20 Years!

20 Years!

In May we celebrated our 20 year anniversary! WOW. I’m still a little bit in denial – I’ve been married more than half my life!!!!😃😄 (Yes, I have 2 BIG milestones this year – our 20 year anniversary & I’ll be 40 this Dec!) 😍😏