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 …
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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …