While we have been adventuring around the country, putting on the miles on our car, we have been finding ways to keep the kids occupied and learning so the hours in the car aren’t completely wasted. To be fair, my kids are exceptionally good in the car so it is not that I am trying… Read More FREE Audio Books For Kids
I am a planner. Always have been. Perhaps it is my temperament, perhaps it’s because my father is a planner. Either way, flexibility and spontaneity are things I have had to learn. It’s so interesting to see how God has prepared me for this season of road-tripping over the last several months. In my counseling… Read More Another Adventure: Daily Bread
We drove through four states yesterday as we left Florida and headed toward family in Dallas, Texas. We had a few fun stops over the last few days. We left grandparents in Ocala on Thursday and went to the Gulf Coast staying in Navarre, FL. The beach, one of my happy places, was beautiful and… Read More Another Adventure: Day 16
We made it to the in-laws in Central Florida! The kids are beyond ecstatic and think they are in heaven. I’m grateful for a little extra time to catch up on sleep and rest as I am realizing my body is needing to recoup after two very hard weeks. Kelton’s working hard as ever and… Read More Another Adventure: Day 5 – Rest and Trust
We set out on a new adventure this morning after a whirlwind three weeks of stress and chaos. We found out on June 29th at 10 that we would would need to move out asap as our landlord needed the house back. We had already made a verbal agreement that we would stay for another… Read More Another Adventure: On The Road Again, Day 1
Today I have a FREE PRINTABLE for you! We have just started Holy Week leading up to Easter Sunday. I have created a simple Easter Story book for your kids to illustrate and keep for future years. The book has a page for each day of Holy Week and includes the scripture reference for the… Read More Walking Through Holy Week
My boys love trains and therefore any book about trains. Since we are quarantined at home we are reading even more books than usual, and we read a lot of books. A big part of our homeschooling is reading to the boys, as a family, or having the boys work on their reading skills. I… Read More Literacy and Art
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I have created five youtube playlists to accompany my Simple Advent for Preschoolers. If you haven’t grabbed your FREE DOWNLOAD read the original post here. In addition to the memory verses and the bible reading for each week of advent (including a fifth week to teach about Three Kings Day) I have included songs to… Read More Playlists for Simple Advent for Preschoolers
At the start of 2018 I contemplated what my word would be for the year and what I would like to improve in my life. My word this year has been HEALTHY. I created several resolutions, one being to be more healthy. I set out several years ago to detox our house and family from… Read More Healthy Living: Natural Cleaning
Recently while visiting the family for Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law had taught my two boys a simple memory verse. She had a felt board, a song, and a memory verse to teach the creation story and repeated it daily the entire week were visiting. I was amazed at how quickly they learned it. Even my… Read More Simple Advent for Preschoolers
For a fun fall art project I thought we could grab some fallen leaves from the back yard to craft with. I grabbed a basket and we headed outside. Soon we were heading down the street to find more and then we ended up walking the trail. It turned to to be a beautiful autumn… Read More Fall Fun
A few months ago we made the big move from coast to coast, again. After living in the great PNW for about four years we travelled back to the Southeastern Coast. Our main reason was to be closer to family. Leaving our friends and church family in Washington was difficult. Very difficult. However we are… Read More New Adventure
I recently experienced an incredibly difficult and frustrating situation while flying out of Philadelphia on an American Airline Flight. To say it was frustrating is rather an understatement. More specifically I felt abused and discriminated against. My family of four, including 2 small children ages 4 and 1 1/2, was traveling coast to coast. We… Read More American Airlines: NOT Family Friendly
When you hear “Clean Up Time” you probably think of picking up toys. Well today we actually mean “Cleaning Time” as in grabbing the broom and mop! One of my one and half year old’s favorite things to do is clean. Literally. He will walk around the house with the broom pushing and pulling it… Read More Clean Up Time – Naturally