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For our anniversary this year we got to travel to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. I have been wanting to see the Pictured Rocks, and Mark decided this was the perfect time to go. He was right, it was beautiful up there. We spent 4 nights up there, 3 full days. We saw the pictured rocks, a…
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The reality of having animals is that you will experience death. Sometimes it is expected and sometimes it’s not. My kids have experienced it a lot, losing chickens to a fox, or goats that got sick, a cat that just disappeared. Our family experienced the loss of our dog of 8 years this week. We…
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My girl loves the fantasy world. She loves reading, and playing video games that are fantasy based. So it was no surprise when she said she wanted her party to be fantasy themed. That’s a very broad world though so we narrowed it down to her current favorites which are mushrooms and dragons, right now.…
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I am working on a new crochet blanket. I wanted to try something different so I choose a 3D Illusion Pattern. I think it will be fun. I’ll share the full pictures and pattern when I’m done but the main component of the blanket is diamond pieces, so I wanted share those now. I’m having…
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A modern day homesteader is one who wants to live a lifestyle of self sufficiency. Most often in growing and preserving their own food. Often it includes raising livestock, and can include production of textiles and craft work for personal use or sale. It’s not defined by where you live but by the lifestyle choices…
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It hit me this morning that our home-school community starts back up in one month. Yikes! I best get myself in gear and make sure I have what we need on hand. We have done several different things through the years in our home-school journey and have loved several of them. Our current journey is…
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Well I am finally going to finish posting pictures from our trip to Florida. We got to go to a place called Fun Spot. The kids loved it. It had all kinds of rides and no waiting in line. We even got Jay and Ally to go on a roller coaster. Timmy and Jessica love…
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The kids looked so forward to Magic Kingdom ever since Grandma told them they would get to go when they came to visit her. They were extremely excited to say the least. We decided to take the ferry over to the park and the monorail back that night. Ally, Timmy, Jess, were excited to take…
Life is a journey, not a destination ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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