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May 2022 Family Funnies

May 2022 Family Funnies

Ellie & I were talking & I told her, “I’m so glad you’re good friends with all your siblings!” She says, “I’m not a ‘spleen!’” 🤣 Keira was trying to get everything ready for Tostadas & says, “I can’t think! I’m having a mind blankage!” 

Weekly Gratitude Post 5/9/22

Weekly Gratitude Post 5/9/22

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Keira! “I’m grateful for my mother. Without her, I would not be writing this. I would not even exist and if you think about it, if all mothers disappeared, then no one would be here. Without Eve, 

Celebrating Miss Elizabeth, 2022 Edition

Celebrating Miss Elizabeth, 2022 Edition

Lizzy recently turned 17! She now has her driver’s license & it has been a blessing to have an extra driver! She is a gracious older sibling, often leading & helping her younger siblings with school, working together on the garden & outside chores, taking 

April 2022 Family Pictures Part 2

April 2022 Family Pictures Part 2

Xanna took the youngest 5 to White Pines State Park while Grant & I were out of town: (All the pictures below this are 📸 credit: Xanna)

Weekly Gratitude Post 5/2/22

Weekly Gratitude Post 5/2/22

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Logan! “I am grateful for bees, bee-cause without them there would ‘bee’ no flowers or trees or fruits or veggies or pretty much anything organic. Oh and no honey, peanut butter, jelly, marshmallows, Beef, Pork, turkey. No 

April 2022 Family Funnies

April 2022 Family Funnies

Ellie: (singing) “Davy, Davy Crockett…” Lexa: “Do you know what he’s the King of?” Ellie: “Battleship!” (The game!) 😅🤣 Ellie is singing, “Bringing in the SHEEPS, Bringing in the SHEEPS…”🥰 (“Bringing in the Sheaves”) Ellie asked if she could have one of my chocolate covered 

April 2022 Family Pictures Part 1 – Pizza Ranch, Birthdays & Skating

April 2022 Family Pictures Part 1 – Pizza Ranch, Birthdays & Skating

We used to go to Pizza Ranch a couple times a year, for birthdays (really the only times we eat out as a whole family), but we hadn’t been in over 2 years, thanks to what’s been going on the past couple years & then 

Weekly Gratitude Post 4/25/22

Weekly Gratitude Post 4/25/22

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Lizzy! “I am grateful for KITTIES!!! And I am grateful for creativity and ingenuity. And I am grateful to whoever invented dramamine.”

Celebrating Miss Alexanna, 2022 Edition

Celebrating Miss Alexanna, 2022 Edition

(I apologize to those who tried to view this post yesterday, I had meant to have it ready, but spent the week away with Grant for an early anniversary getaway & didn’t get it done! Thanks for your patience! 😉) Our 2nd daughter just turned 

What I’m Reading Spring 2022

What I’m Reading Spring 2022

For Lent this year, instead of “giving up” something, I more made a commitment to read more nonfiction. (Giving up the distractions that keep me from it normally…although this is not always only about distractions…with my health issues, sometimes I just read the same page