Back to school time! Are you ready? It was our first full week of school! Our little one was so excited for meet the teacher and her first day of school that she woke up before 7 am on each of those mornings! At meet the teacher she received a balloon with this cute little…
There are affiliate links in this post. I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Okay, so this isn’t really a eulogy, but it is a commemoration of sorts…of harvest! What do you do with wheelbarrows full of fresh corn on the cob? Here we eat steamed corn right…
About the same time the garden was in full production mode I had a summer creative camp at church for 3rd-8th grade girls to prepare for. So in between making pickles, tomato sauce, and freezing corn & green beans I was perfecting the crafts I intended to share with my young ladies. Besides crafts, the…
We have had a number of volunteers around here recently. They range from people and plants to poultry. I made the very hard decision to step down from a volunteer post of 11 years with the AWANA Club. I loved my time dearly with those girls and wonderful leadership, but I felt called to volunteer…
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Summer is upon us and in full swing! Not calendar official yet, but with school being out and the garden up and running it certainly feels like summer around here. We started our summer break with a week of slothfulness. It gave my kids time to recharge from their school-at-home, constant screen time schedule into…
There are affiliate links in this post. I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Just a little update on the farm & family side of things; the garden is finally taking off! I hesitated to give an update too soon because it was a pretty frustrating start over…
There are affiliate links in this post. I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. So I was looking for something to fill my spare time, you know the time I had when all the kids were in school. Wait, where did that time go? It’s sort of ironic…
Sometimes I burn the bacon! But I’m not afraid to try new things, I like to jump in head first.