Category: Adventure
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Cousin Camp 2016
Pardon my brevity, but as my sister’s family only just departed –and the rest of us are feeling especially raw and weepy– I’ll allow snapshots from Cousin Camp 2016 to speak for themselves. They left their mark, literally and figuratively. I don’t have the heart to change it back.
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Hands-On Homeschool
A home-school day in the life with an almost 11, 8, and 31/2 year old…in conjunction with Simple Homeschool’s homeschooling blog-hop, I’m sharing what our days generally look like in this particular season. Perhaps when you read HOMESCHOOL you envision butter-churning, hair-braiding, stifled and awkward denim jumper-clad robot children who rarely leave the house, instead spending their days…
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Adventures in Oregon
Almost 2,000 miles later, we are home from our whirlwind Oregon road-trip. After pin-balling between Bend, the capitol, the coast, Portland, and everywhere in between, we pulled back into our Montana driveway some time after 1am last night. Studly Husband went right back to work this morning. Apart from sheer exhaustion, the residual sentiment I’m feeling after a…
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Fall Bucket List
Fall is my frrravorite… “the sun may warm the grass to life, the dew the drooping flower; and eyes grow bright and watch the light of autumn’s opening hour…”* Sadly, my favored season lasts mere weeks here in the greater Bozeman area. To effectively carpe autumnal diem, before the snow arrives, one must dive in with proactive gusto…
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Mother Nature
“At three o’clock the entire family turned out to walk, for all the active young bodies must have exercise; and in these walks the active young minds were taught to see and love the providence of God in the beautiful miracles which nature was working before their eyes.” -Louisa May Alcott
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Me Time
This week Handsome Husband graciously allowed me to slip away overnight with the girls. We zipped up to Flathead Lake for a quick visit with dear friends. I say allowed not because I am an indecisive, delicate flower of a wife (ha!), but because it was Husband’s sacrifice that made the mini-adventure possible. As we have thoroughly…
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Visitors
Few material objects bring me truer joy than an Oregon license plate in our driveway. The Lowrys stayed two nights with us, then hosted us one night in The Presidential Suite of their family’s West Yellowstone time-share. (The presidential reference is note-worthy because their kids are all named after former US presidents.) It was such a nice…
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Good Things
For years, my dear Auntie-in-law blessed me with a subscription to Martha Stewart’s Living magazine. As a bumbling new home-maker, I looked forward to it’s monthly arrival in my mailbox with eager anticipation. Without fail, the highlight of every issue was the 1-2 page collection of Good Things; abbreviated little excerpts, ideas, or items carefully curated for beauty, simplicity,…
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Daytime Dating
Who’s got two thumbs and loves going on dates with her husband? This girl. As a homeschooling mama, I spend nearly every waking moment with my darling children; therefore, I feel no guilt at all in occasionally leaving them with a sitter (whom they adore) so Handsome Husband and I can have some PEACE and QUIET. I…
