Decorating Pumpkins
A friend brought over a pumpkin for each of the kids. They had a lot of fun decorating them. 😊 I love how everyone has a different style & personality. 😀
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September 2020 Family Pictures Part 1
“They are shorts if you’re tall & pants if you’re short! One size fits all!” (A favorite Veggie Tales song!)
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Weekly Gratitude Post 9/14/20
Today’s Gratitude post is brought to you by… Emma! “I am thankful for babies, especially my baby sister. She just learned to kind of sing the ABC’s and she is 2 1/2. I am thankful for pumpkins that we can decorate. And for Mr Wilder …
2 Week Meal Plan 9/13-9/26
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Visiting McKaylee
(The top picture is of McKaylee & I outside her apartment building) McKaylee moved to Wisconsin last week, about 2 hours away. I went up this week for an afternoon visit. We went to lunch, she showed me around her apartment & building, where she’s …
September 2020 Family Funnies
“I stuck! I bending myself!” 😂 (Ellenor flopped herself over the arm of the couch onto my lap) Ellie says, “I playing Seek-a-Boo!” (Ellie’s favorite way to say “peekaboo”) Grant & I brought home some granola bars from our stay at the hotel, it was …
Fruit Flies
We have SOOO many fruit flies this time of year…can anyone else relate? 😒 How do you get rid of them? We have done some vinegar fruit fly traps on & off over the years with varied results. I know some people put plastic wrap …
Shooting Sports 2020
The kids really loved the 4H shooting sports last year & we had signed them up for archery (compound & recurve), air rifle & .22 rifle for the older ones, with sessions in the Spring & Fall. Sadly, this year they all got cancelled, except …