Balloon Mania
While Jim and the boys were at the Gift and Hobby Show, the boys spent a lot of time visiting the other vendors and entertainers. Apparently one of their favorite places was the balloon people. The...
View ArticleSt. Louis Arch
As a homeschooling family, we always take every opportunity to explore cool educational things. My brother is stationed near St. Louis, so when we went to visit him last year, we had to visit the St....
View ArticleTangled, the Movie
We’ve had a lot of family staying with us for the Thanksgiving weekend. All together there are 17 cousins staying here. We took everybody into town today to watch Disney’s Tangled in 3D. The children...
View ArticleGrissom Air Museum
When we travel places, we always try to visit something in the area where we can learn something new. It’s the homeschoolers in us. On our trip to Pennsylvania, we had intended to take the children to...
View ArticleOur Thanksgiving Weekend
The following is a guest post by Brett (she had so much fun writing yesterday’s post and I have so much work to do, it was a win/win). PJ We had the best Thanksgiving ever. And don’t try to tell me...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Greyden
It’s Greyden’s birthday today! My fat and happy little bear is 8 years old today! It’s storming out, so our internet is in and out and won’t let me upload any photos. But I had to let everyone know....
View ArticleGreyden’s Birthday
Yesterday was Greyden’s birthday. He is 8 now! I remember the day that he came home from the hospital, on my birthday. That was a long time ago! The night before his big day, he and Mom went in to the...
View ArticleAlmost Christmas
We love the fact that our business is growing. But it has interfered with some of our Christmas traditions. At the very least, it has pushed many of them back from the first half of December to the...
View ArticleUlterior Motives
Everyone around here always loves Christmas. But this year, Brett, Cole, and Emery got really excited about it. Most of their gifts were very altruistic and something the receiver would really desire....
View ArticleThe Day After Christmas…
…was a Sunday. We go to a home church on the Sundays that we are free. On the day after Christmas, one of the moms planned a play that everyone had got to be a part of. Emery was Joseph and Hewitt was...
View ArticleNot Fair
Greyden and Hewitt were busy unloading the Hulk of lots of big, heavy stuff. Greyden very cheerfully announced, “Hewitt, there are only five left! You do two and I’ll do three and then we’ll be done!”...
View ArticleCharades!
Mom and Dad had a date tonight. So they left for Louisville, and we finished up all of our work. Afterwords, I called all the kids together to make sure all the work was done. Once I was sure it was...
View ArticleMarshmallows Anyone?
After we went on our sleigh ride, we went to the campfire that was waiting for us! With it were these “Jumbo Roasting Marshmallows” and marshmallow sticks. Hewitt preferred his black and burnt:....
View ArticleWoosh!
Woosh! There goes one sled! Woosh! There goes another! That was what several days of our NH visit were like. Woosh! All day! Woosh! With a few Ooofs thrown in: Greyden ran off the track and...
View ArticleIt’s Time To Go Skating!
On one of the days that we did not have anything planned, Grammy and Gumpy suggested that we go to the skating rink near where they were staying. Everyone wanted to go, so we went! It was a HUGE rink!...
View ArticlePizza!!
No, this post is not about pizza. This post is about… …Skiing. When you start skiing, the first thing you learn, (if you have an instructor) is how to stop! At least, that’s what we were taught. To do...
View ArticleFootprints
Since we did our handprints in the concrete at the soaproom, Mom wanted us to put our footprints on the barn’s porch. (Mom also suggested we do butt prints on the porch of the house, but Dad said no....
View ArticleColorful Bedrooms
When they painted our bedrooms, we were that much closer to living in our bedrooms. We still needed carpet, lights, switches, trim, doors, and a whole lot more, but the rooms were very colorful. Which...
View ArticleMeet The Goats – Valley
Our dairy goats are not only foundational to Goat Milk Stuff, but they are a big part of our family as well. Each of them has a personality and during this series we’re hoping you’ll get to know more...
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