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A Perfect Sunday… Garden Edition
You would almost think it was a holiday~ but this is just what happens when we don’t have to get up super early to get to church by 9:15am. 🙂 Jared made us all French toast in bed. It was DELICIOUS… We went to a nursery near us to browse and pick up a flat…
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1,000 hours outside!
While feels like my family is constantly outside- however- some years back… back in Arizona… we heard of the concept of intentional outdoor play and reconnection. We were part of a parenting group based on “natural living” and spent SO much of the day outside. Yes, even in 110 degree days. The specific 1,000 hours…
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As You Like It…
Every week our family does the landscaping at our church- and it is QUITE a large property. We get there early with another volunteer and work on weeding, edging, mowing and planting as needed. This time we had transplanted some red geraniums that were left over in pots from Pentecost. Our church is in such…
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Books: May Reads!
May was a wild month- not my usual and I was all over the place as far as topics. The Lost Bookshop This book was just something I didn’t expect. It was heartbreaking- highlighting the terrible treatment of brilliant women through the ages, that is unfortunately- still a struggle in modern times. It speaks to…
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A Random Day in the Life
I struggle with posting to the blog daily, because our days are so busy but ALSO-much of the same. When we do get out and about to do something exciting, Im just enjoying myself and forget to take pictures. Sunday was pentecost- it was BIG day at church- the whole team of our kids were…
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Springing Forward and Tackling Grief
It is hard to process life sometimes. We get going in our daily lives and things get so busy, then I will be out in the garden or doing laundry and suddenly the grief of the last 4 years will hit. The pandemic took a lot from our family- it forced a lot of issues…
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Tiny Library Craft
Olive went to the teen council meeting and they made tiny pocket libraries! I thought this was the most adorable thing- and now I want to make a variation for our fairy garden outside.
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Boys Trip: Sabaton!
Cedric has been a HUGE fan of Sabaton since 2018- we missed a few tours because he was YOUNG at first- literally 8. Then the pandemic.. then…. the pandemic. They are a Swedish Metal band- so they aren’t touring the US constantly. But this year they came to Michigan- in Kalamazoo- and we were able…
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Books: April Favorites
I read and DNFd a few books in April- but in addition to the books I already reviewed- The Storyteller and the Lucy Barton series… these were the stand outs. Haley and the Yeti This was a super cute and ridiculously over the top “coincidence” type romance. I downloaded it because it is set in…
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A day in the life: Sunday Edition
Every Sunday, after church, we feed the unhoused in our Church community. When we started in November- we tried doing it every first Sunday… whether it was the weather or the inconsistent nature- we didnt have many people showing up. Now that we are doing it EVERY Sunday, we have 20-30 people weekly, and growing….
“To be nobody but
E.E. Cummings
yourself in a world
which is doing its best day and night to make you like
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”
