With so much extra time on our hands we have been making some crazy yummy dinners lately! We are loving this slow living… and in a way I kinda feel like this is how we are supposed to live. We made chicken burgers the other night and ohhhhhh my gosh were they ever amazing! *follow … Read more
This was such a fun science project that I kept seeing on Pinterest! Don’t you love it when you finally do one of your pins! It was quite easy and the kids learned and had a blast and so did we… well until clean up time! yikes! It teaches the kids and us about rain … Read more
During this Stay Home stage of life… we are trying to make things happy. We take walks every day around the neighborhood, saying hello to all the neighbors (at a distance). I must say that, in itself, is enough to make us happy! Some neighbors are growing vegetables in fun garden boxes and it’s fun … Read more
Life these days has been pretty wild… a little crazy, stressful, fun, frustrating, and relaxing! There are times when I feel like this will never end and times when I don’t want it to end… Each day I feel a little closer to finding our rhythm of our new normal… I think the scariest part … Read more
nothing boosts my mood and outlook quite like gardening… something about it… being outside, hands in the dirt… just makes me feel so connected.. and really grounded! There’s also a bit of hope when planting seeds… something to look forward to. Every day you water and check them and it just is something fun to … Read more
Like a lot of you I have had some time on my hands lately… a lot right! I have relaxed, cleaned, panicked, cried, and washed my hands! I have worried a lot… yes about my family catching the Corona Virus… but also about the future. I have so many dreams and wishes for my family… … Read more
I never thought we would be a family of FIVE!!! Never in my wildest dreams… Growing up I would think of the usual 2 kids, cat, house with a front porch… I would play M.A.S.H. at lunch and end up with a shed married to Colin Stout and think well I guess that could be … Read more
There’s something about camping that really let’s us connect with our kids… could be the lack of electronics.. could be the abundance of closeness… Sleeping like sardines, falling asleep hugging each other, waking up two inches apart, it really is wonderful and such a treat. This camping trip to the Rainbow River State Park, we … Read more
Christmas was beautiful… Christmas was full of little boy wonder and two girls who’s hearts beat fast when things are fun and exciting! There still so much wonder in their little hearts and they just pass it to little brother who lights us all up! It was a great day full of big happy smiles … Read more
very close to being caught up on blogging… just a month out… that’s pretty good eh! It’s nice thought because I get to relive things again that happened… such as Christmas… Here we are cozy on Christmas Eve… This year baking was the theme… our girls baked and baked and baked some more… We cooked … Read more