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…
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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…
Church History Road Trip: Part 1
After returning from Utah we had one week to unpack, start a few projects that I had been loosing sleep over while traveling, and pack up again for our road trip. We left for Erie, Pennsylvania on Thursday morning. This trip completely snuck up on me and it was a scramble that morning to get…
Utah Highlights
On July 6 (Thursday) we packed up the car and headed for the airport in Chicago from my parents house. We arrived just in time to get through security with Andrew’s help (he got a buddy pass because of my being sick), get everyone to the bathroom and water bottles filled up, find our gate,…
The End of June and Iowa Highlights
Way back in June, Andrew had a week long conference in Ohio. I was still sick and needed help getting food before I even got out of bed. My parents and sister decided to come for the weekend to half the days I would be alone with kids. On Saturday we played around the house…
Let’s Go Fly a Kite
One of my favorite memories as a kid is flying kites with my dad in Rochester, NY when we visited my Grandma Moose. We walked to the local school that my dad went to for our flying expeditions. At the end we would walk back chanting, “Orange juice and ice cubes, orange juice and ice…
Circle of Concern vs. Circle of Influence
The last few months I’ve struggled with discouragement. There’s plenty of rough things about having a mom and and wife who is lying down the majority of the time in a 24 hour period and completely reliant on others for much needed food. I’ve had loads of time to think myself into dark places: about…