We tend to be procrastinators…especially when it comes to getting ready for a big trip.  It’s not that we weren’t excited to go, we just weren’t excited to pack, especially when you’re going to need your toothbrush, your pillow, and some of your clothes before you actually leave.    So we kept adding to [...]

  Here’s another ‘sneak peek’ from our Florida trip  When I saw this picture I thought it was a perfect ‘sisters’ picture and just had to have some fun with it on PicMonkey   This is the unchanged photo, except for the text:   There is no better friend than a sister.  ~Author Unknown   [...]

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty… II Corinthians 3:17 We’ve posted the first video before, but since it’s Independence Day we decided to do a repost   We’re so thankful for our country, for the One who made us a nation, and for those who fight for our freedoms!

  {this picture was taken by Cassia for the 4H photography project} Quote of the Week   “God has not called us to build our lives around the pursuit of our own selfish desires, but to be poured-out sacrifices for His kingdom…a poured-out life for Jesus Christ is a worthy goal worth pursuing.” Leslie Ludy, [...]

    A couple of days ago, some of the girls and the boys were having water fights with spray bottles…umbrellas were the shields!   It’s been SO hot recently…we can’t remember the last time we had rain.  Last month maybe?  It just can’t seem to RAIN!   Today we are supposed to have ‘air temperatures [...]

  {looking back at the ‘lake cottages’ from Lake Michigan}   We visited the beach every single day, multiple times in the day.  It was lovely having it so close! Can you tell that Noah was having a great time?!         It was pretty windy and the water was ice cold, so [...]

Last Saturday a town close to us had a ‘play-it-safe day’.  So all of us ‘kids’ went…at first we did not know WHAT we where gonna do…but soon found a few fun things to occupy  us First we saw The  Samaritan Helicopter land, it was SO neat, seeing the force of the blades. They had cones lining where [...]

      Our third day in Michigan we drove up to Silver Lake and to the dunes…none of us girls had ever been to any dunes, so this was a really fun experience!  But first, we ate some taco salad at the picnic tables that were at the state park   When we started [...]

    To put you all at rest,  Julianne was right…it was Holland, Michigan,  not the Netherlands  Wasn’t very nice of us, was it, to get you all going that way?!  :D  However, we enjoyed America’s Holland so much, some of us wouldn’t mind visiting the ‘real’ Holland someday   We discovered that we have [...]

    The canning season has officially begun.  First you have strawberries in June, then a little break.  Blueberries in July/August…another break…then the peaches, pears, beans and tomatoes come all at once and suddenly you realize that canning season has come.   First it’s kind of like we are willing the garden to wait awhile [...]