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Summer Trip 2014 Day 4
Like yesterday, the kids woke up and immediately got into the water. Like yesterday, they squatted around their secret place, conjuring plans with their new friends. But unlike yesterday, we had to move on. So we said goodbye, and we were off by 9:00 am. But before we left the wilderness, we made the trek […]
Summer 2014 Road Trip Day 3
We slept at Gila last night, and it was COLD all night long. Even with Bunny Boo and The Screamer snuggled around me all night, sweating up a storm, it was freezing. Upon waking, the kids immediately headed for the river to swim (morning bath?). The two girls from next door (10 and 4 years […]
Trip 2014 Day 2
This morning we drove and drove and drove from Benson, AZ, to Gila National Forrest, NM. The kids had breakfast on a grocery store curb like the classy kids they are, and Kiki found some partially petrified pine sap. That kid finds great things wherever she goes! It is still really hot, but as we […]
Trip 2014 Day 1
Today the kids and I started out on our trek across the country. We only have 32 days, and it just does not seem like long enough. I have tried to pass this off as a home school trip where we will learn, through visiting, all about American History. After all, this is an American […]
Rainy days are perfect days to make something fun!
With the drought going strong, this rainy weekend has been a blast and a blessing. But what to do with 4 kids who are so used to playing outside every single day? Make something everyone can help with! I’ve been wanting to make something for Atticus for a while, now. When you are 5th in […]
Happy Birthday to the BEST sister EVER!!!
It’s my sister’s 40th birthday today, and besides my kids and my husband, she is my favorite person in the universe. I know that is so cliche, because little sisters often pretty much worship the ground their sisters walk on, but in this case, I have so much evidence that I actually do have the […]
“Just what each needs”
Almost a month ago I spoke with a woman who, like me, has 3 children and, like me, always imagined she would have at least 3 times that many. Like her, I have struggled, sometimes bitterly, for years with the fact that try as I might, and ask as I will, a large family is […]
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