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October 2021 Family Funnies

October 2021 Family Funnies

Ellie was making me food at her pretend kitchen & asked me if I wanted an onion (to go with my donut & French fries) 😀 I told her it was actually garlic & yes, please! So then she says, “OK, I’ll get you some 

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/25/21

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/25/21

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Me! “I’m grateful for my God, without whom I would be a mess. He is my strength & has carried us through the past month that was rough. It was rough, but I have been filled with 

Shedd Aquarium October 2021 Part 1

Shedd Aquarium October 2021 Part 1

Since we bought a membership to the Shedd Aquarium this year (it ended up being cheaper for a family our size to buy a membership this Spring when they had a discount vs paying to go once), we decided to plan to go 3 times 

Making Apple Cider

Making Apple Cider

Some friends invited us & a couple other families over to make apple cider one afternoon/evening. We made cider (about 21+ gallons), kids played, we ate dinner & had s’mores. A great time was had by all! What a blessing! ❤

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/18/21

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/18/21

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Grant! “I am thankful for Logan and Lucas.  I am so very proud of the young man that Logan is becoming. I am writing this today because he is feeling under the weather and there is so 

Animal Show

Animal Show

I took the 6 youngest kids to an animal Show at the library. It was so fun! We saw a sloth, a kinkajoo, lesser hedgehogs (which are actually tiny mammals, related to the elephant & manatee, so interesting!), an armadillo & more! 3 short videos 

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/11/21

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/11/21

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Emmalyn! “I’m glad that God sent down His Son to wash the sin away from our lives. I’m glad that God prepares a house for us in heaven & puts a roof over our heads on earth 

Park Day October 2021

Park Day October 2021

Grant took Logan, Keira, Lucas, Emmalyn & Ellenor to the park on a beautiful Fall afternoon 😍

August/September 2021 Family Pictures

August/September 2021 Family Pictures

Still trying to catch up on summer pictures. 😊 Kitchen day…meatloaf for dinner & processing a bunch of apples from our trees:

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/4/21

Weekly Gratitude Post 10/4/21

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Lucas “I am thankful that I do not have bug bites any more. I am thankful that we are getting more eggs. I am thankful that in 1 1/2 months we are off the diet (hopefully). I