I hadn’t intended on taking a vacation from writing… It was all going well until a long time friend said to me, “you know I enjoy your blog, but it’s kind of all over the place isn’t it?” Whoa. She was certainly correct. It IS all over the place. So I took a bit of time to consider, to ponder and to query my family and friends on what they wanted to see reflected in my writing. It distilled down…
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Last weekend, we had our first Cub Scout camp out of the season…The church that holds our charter allows us to camp out on their property which includes setting up tents and making a…
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I finally had success with carrots! I’ve never been able to grow them before and this year we are overflowing. Sadly, I think the children were overzealous when planting them and they are very…
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We started our beach leg of vacation in Houston (only one hour from Galveston). We visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The highlight of this adventure was the butterfly exhibit. I’ve always wanted…
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We returned from our epic vacation last week. This is our first family vacation in 2.5 years, so we made it a big one. I’m still recovering. This post covers the first leg of…
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We are going on a great adventure!!! In a few weeks we will leave for our multi-state road trip with the younger four children. It will involve twelve states, two coast lines, camping, eating,…
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Have you taught a child to sew? One of my boys has been begging me to learn to sew…he was inspired by a social media post about a boy in Australia who makes stuffed…