The first half of July was spent preparing for a wedding in which three of my children were part of the wedding party, my husband officiated and I played the piano and acted as unofficial wedding co-ordinator. Now that that is behind us, I feel like our summer has really started, and we're having lots …
Category: Family
My Favourite Love Story
I love reading/hearing stories of how people met each other and fell in love. I enjoy reading birth stories. My favourite kind of books are biographies or autobiographies. I just really enjoy reading about how other people deal with what comes their way in life. I don't think anyone has a boring life. So I …
Summer 2014
With school fast coming to an end, I knew I needed to sit down and write out a list of things I want to accomplish this summer. I knew I wanted this to be a more relaxed summer - focusing on things that make me AND my children smile. Sometimes the world news seems so …
Toilet Paper Holder for a Small Bathroom
So all over Pinterest you see these list of hacks that you just have to know. I do not claim to be a creative person on my own. I can follow a pattern or a recipe and maybe do a little embellishment, but mostly I need lots of direction. Which is why I was so …
Camping Bugs
A couple of weeks ago we were going to take a camping trip as a family. We haven't been on one as an entire family in ten years. I actually had never been camping until after I was married. I was a bit skeptical when my husband proposed it. We had two children - one …
Free (or nearly so) Family Fun
It's nearly summer and while the children long to be out of school all too often after a few days (hours sometimes) there are cries of boredom. So I was challenged to come up with some free -or nearly free - family activities. I realized that in some ways this wasn't a challenge because this is something …
Hard Tack and an Award
This has been a hard week for me in the sense that I feel like I haven't accomplished much. I don't know why, but for some reason I felt like I was fighting every day to accomplish anything outside of school. At least school happened. I did try making some hard tack this week. My …
My Wonderful Husband
I want to spend a few minutes today bragging on my husband. ☺ Last night we watched our wedding video, and it's been a long time since we have seen it - too long really. Anyway, it made me feel all mushy and sentimental reliving all the memories of our early love. It is so …
A Book List for Little Ones
Because I have been asked more than once what books I would recommend for young children I thought I would do a post devoted to a few of my recommendations. Some of these are not readily available anymore so you'll have to keep your eyes open at garage sales, thrift stores, etc. I'm listing these …
Snow Cream and Pictures
We are all starting to get back to normal health-wise. It feels so good and is a great reminder to me to never take my health for granted. Last night my three littlest guys slept all night without coughing - wonderful. We were able to start school again on Tuesday. We were off most of …
Intentional Simplicity 