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Weekly Meal Plan 7/4/21 – 7/10/21

Weekly Meal Plan 7/4/21 – 7/10/21

Sunday 7/4 – Steaks, baked potatoes, veggies Monday 7/5 – “poor man’s burnt ends”, baked beans Tuesday 7/6 – Tostadas Wednesday 7/7 – GF Pasta w/ homemade GF DF garlic bread Thursday 7/8 – Bacon, Eggs & Hashbrowns Friday 7/9 – Meatloaf, mashed potatoes Saturday 

June 2021 Family Funnies

June 2021 Family Funnies

Ellie: “Mama, what’s that bump?” “That’s my elbow! Can you say elbow?” Ellie: “El-bone. I have another one, too!” “Yes, you do! Can you say ‘elbow’?” Ellie thinks a minute, then shouts, “Knucklebump!” 😅🤣 (when Uncle Drew was here last week, he taught Ellie knucklebump. 

4H Ogle County Dog Show 2021

4H Ogle County Dog Show 2021

Xanna & Eowyn participated in the Ogle County 4-H Dog Show last week. It was a fun experience! They won Champion in the Care & Grooming Class! Videos: Senior Showmanship Video Costume Class Agility Class

June 2021 Family Pictures Part 2

June 2021 Family Pictures Part 2

We were invited to a friend’s house to do some archery one warm evening…

Shedd Aquarium May 2021 Part 3 – Macaw

Shedd Aquarium May 2021 Part 3 – Macaw

While we were at the Shedd Aquarium last month, we also got to see a Macaw up close! So fun!

Weekly Gratitude Post 6/28/21

Weekly Gratitude Post 6/28/21

Today’s Gratitude Post is brought to you by… Grant! I am grateful for God’s grace and mercy and his law which is for us.  I am thankful for his fulfillment of His law in his Son. I am awestruck by His adoption of us as 

Weekly Meal Plan 6/27/21 – 7/3/21

Weekly Meal Plan 6/27/21 – 7/3/21

Sunday 6/27 – Roast, potatoes, veggies Monday 6/28 – Burgers Tuesday 6/29 – GF Pasta Wednesday 6/30 – Sausage & Eggs Thursday 7/1 – Chili & cornbread Friday 7/2 – Fried Rice Saturday 7/3 – Bacon wrapped wienies, Beef dogs, chips

Xanna’s Graduation & Baptism

Xanna’s Graduation & Baptism

We are so grateful for everyone who came to help us celebrate Xanna’s Graduation & Baptism. It was a beautiful day! I didn’t end up taking many pictures, but we had a great time! 😊 For anyone that wasn’t able to join us & would 

4H Talk & Demo Videos

4H Talk & Demo Videos

Our 5 kids that are in 4H did Talk & Demos last month. I took videos of them & finally uploaded them to share. Each video is pretty short, 1-2 minutes. 😊 Lucas’s Talk & Demo on Chocolate Banana Oat Muffins Keira’s Talk & Demo 

Working on 4-H Fair Projects

Working on 4-H Fair Projects

Every year the County Fair sneaks up on us. Every year we say that we’ll start working on next years projects in the fall so that we have more time. Anyone else relate? We have good intentions, but a hard time following through. This year