Sometime in June Emily ran out of her room with great energy. “Mom! Let’s make a peg rail for my room to hang my dresses on. We’ll hang it right here (running back in) by my bed!” A few times a week she’d bring up her plan. When we returned home from our summer travels…
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30 Weeks
First off, we are having a girl!! We think! We had the anatomy scan at the end of June. The tech spent about 45 minutes with us and tried many times to figure out the gender. No luck – we were told we’d find out in November. I went to Utah and three weeks later…
Brain Dump
I’m out of the habit of blogging. I have loads of pictures from the last few months to process and record memories from. I have so many thoughts and ideas to share. Ideas of posts are written out in lists to start checking off. But today, a brain dump about all areas of life, some…
DIY Nature Backpacks: 18 months – 4+ years old
In June I woke up one day not feeling absolutely, positively miserable. I had the thought the day before that I’d like to make little nature backpacks for my kids. My vision was a well fitted regular backpack that also had a spot for a magnifying glass, notebook, and pencil. So instead of using my small…
Six Tips for Making Road Tripping with Kids Simple
We logged over 50 hours in the car during July and August with the kids. We did have a few rough patches (like Emily having a stomach bug and throwing up all over the front and back seats), but the majority of the hours were pleasant and fun. It might be the end of summer…
Moose Family Reunion
This week we took our last trip of the summer to Iowa for our first ever Moose Family Reunion! We had ONE day all summer where all of my siblings schedules aligned, and we took the opportunity. We decided to drive out Thursday afternoon to space out the days we would be driving. On Friday…
Connor Prairie
Since we were going to be home for a few extra days in between trips, we decided to finally(!!!!) go to Connor Prairie. It is a living history farms type place outside of Indianapolis that has towns and villages set up around different areas. We spent all of our time in 1836, so we have…
Church History Road Trip: Part 2
Monday we headed to Kirtland, OH. We arrived at noon and jumped right in with a tour of Historic Kirtland, starting with a movie about the Ohio period. We then saw the sawmill, ashery, Newell K Whitney Store, the Whitney home, and hotel now turned into a room with exhibits. It was amazing to learn…