Week of Less #3 – Surprise Vacation

This post is out of order, our surprise vacation was in mid-June. My husband is no longer working at two jobs. It’s a long and complicated story with a bottom line of - God provides! We started doing our “weeks of less” to give him some breathing room and prevent burnout since he was working … Continue reading Week of Less #3 – Surprise Vacation

Teaching From Rest

Book #7 for 2025 “Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler’s Guide to Unshakable Peace” by Sarah Mackenzie Here are my favorite takeaways… “Not an hour passes without the enormity of the task I have taken on bringing me to my knees. This work of homeschooling and raising hearts and souls and bodies is hard. It is … Continue reading Teaching From Rest

Plasse’s Resort at Silver Lake, California

This was one of those “one thing after another” camping trips. The propane regulator was leaking as we were loading the trailer. We stopped at Ace Hardware on the way to buy replacement parts and my hubs spent an hour fixing it in the parking lot. The back-in site was kinda hairy and it took … Continue reading Plasse’s Resort at Silver Lake, California

Holy Hygge (HYOO-guh)

Book #6 for 2025 Holy Hygge (HYOO-guh): Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow by Jaime Erickson I really enjoyed this book. It was difficult to select which excerpts to share with you. I highlighted A Lot of sentences and paragraphs. I’m choosing only 2 quotes to share. The first … Continue reading Holy Hygge (HYOO-guh)

Orthodontist, Poison Control, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Goodwill, and Rolled Ice Cream

We had a full two days this week. Orthodontist - on Wednesday morning my daughter has an orthodontist appointment. He said she’s doing great but needs 20 more weeks. She was not excited to hear this. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Poison Control - on Wednesday evening my husband and I were putting away our portable sunshade. We were … Continue reading Orthodontist, Poison Control, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Goodwill, and Rolled Ice Cream