We are surrounded here in Connecticut by many lakes with beautiful trails. The kids and I have met my childhood friend Crystal a few times to do some exploring outdoors. Because of my dislocated shoulder we’ve been limited in our outside adventuring the last few months. I have been so grateful for her help in…
Experiences
Pipe Burst
Yesterday morning around 9:30 am I was making a smoothie for snack time when we hurt a loud noise and water starting shooting out from under the sink. It was like having a spewing fire hydrant in our kitchen. The water was so forceful I couldn’t get to the shut off valve to make it…
Exploration Acres 2018
We have loved going to Exploration Acres every year since 2013 when Emily was two weeks old. We’ve gone with many different groups of friends and family since then. This year the kids and I went with a large group of friends from church (thanks Julie for the group pictures!) The first experience was riding…
General Conference Weekend 2018
Two weeks ago we started talking about General Conference for family home evening. We brainstormed questions that we had as a family. On Monday we finalized our three questions and taped them to the wall by the table. Every day the kids talked about the questions and how we were going to look for the…
The Most Wonderful Musical Gift and Our Fiddle Concert
When Phoebe called three and a half years ago and said they were coming to Purdue for grad school, the first thing that popped into my head was that we can fiddle again. She and I had been in an Irish Folk Dance class for a summer term in 2012 so we had something to…
First Week Home
Transitioning from our week in Utah has been a little rough. We’ve all agreed that one week was too short to be ready to go home. It takes us two weeks to feel that pull to return to normalcy. We’ve also had the hardest getting everyone back on EST. Being two hours behind the rest…
6 Tips for Hosting a Family Party
My interview with Leslie Johnson a few weeks ago really has my wheels turning about creating a home where the kids want to be as opposed to just wanting to go be with friends all the time. With our upcoming move and I that our day to day social life is going to change dramatically. I am trying to…
Moose Family Reunion – Part 2
Church didn’t start until 1pm on Sunday so we had a large bacon, eggs, and pancake breakfast cooked by my dad and Andrew. Emily and I had talked awhile ago about pulling out my wedding dress and that morning seemed like an opportune time. It happened to fit really well so we both put on…
Moose Family Reunion 2018 – part 1
We had our second annual Moose Family Reunion over memorial day weekend. Last year it was at the end of the summer, but since only Christine has an idea of what her life looks like post July (senior year of high school!!) we decided to get together right now. Us Jacksons drove out Friday morning. …
Easter 2018 and General Conference
At the very beginning of March we started our Easter preparations by covering our wall with pictures of Jesus. It was a really powerful experience. Emily and Nathan asked lots of questions and observed so many little details. Nathan went over to Laura and told her about Jesus washing people’s feet in a bowl. There…