I know that the 4-H fair was 7 months ago but I thought that you all would like to see how it went and what we did! There are now only four of us in 4-H and next year there
Haiti (again?)
Yes, again. Seriously, you can’t keep me away from there 🙂 I went for my third time a month ago and regret nothing (meaning one of my classes suffered because of it). I have been eager to return to Haiti
Haiti (part 2) Traveling and the Medical Clinic
—–To read part one, click HERE.—— June 14th the 7 of us left at 5am for Chicago O’Hare Airport!!!!! Â All of our checked bags were supplies for the trip and our carry-ons had our personal stuff. Â Somehow, although
Haiti: part 1
I. LOVE. Haiti!! Looking back, I can’t even remember when it started, but that was a long time ago, so we’ll just leave it at that. Haiti has always (as long as I can remember) had a special place in
Dear America, I Love You!
Happy birthday America! I am so glad that you are my country!  I was walking in ‘my’ big lovely cornfield, thanking God for you the other day 🙂 You are one of the few (perhaps only)
Washington D.C. Part 1
Earlier this year (February-ish) Cassia kept talking about how she wanted to do something big for her 21st birthday. Â Like skydiving. Â She asked me, “If I do something, will you do it with me?” Â My response? Of course! We do
Summer Update #2: Bathroom Makeover Surprise
 As we mentioned in our ‘Summer Summary‘, we decided to give the bathroom a makeover while Mommy was down in Florida, to surprise her 🙂  A few years ago we had painted it blue, to match the blue in
Summer Update #1: Friends & Fun
During the end of June we had some wonderful visitors…the Forsters from Wisconsin! Â Karen had bought a skirt from our Etsy shop a few years ago, and she and Leah wrote back and forth for a while. Â They had
A Summer Summary
Summer has flown by and we have SO many things we want to catch up on and show you on the blog 😀  Blog posts are coming…some sooner than others, and not all in order, but here’s a summary. Â
Happy Birthday Charissa!
Happy 13th Birthday to our favoritest Charissa in the world! peeling pears Charissa and Noah kissing the cat? 🙂 drinking tea, she LOVES tea. 🙂 drinking hot chocolate in the snow at our sister starbucks outing Happy Birthday Charissa! We love you!