Yay! I am so thrilled to meet a blogging friend in real life! How fun is this!?! I’ve read some posts by others who’ve met blogging friends in real life and it would be a dream come true for me to meet each of you amazing bloggers in real life! Fun fact: my husband and … Continue reading Heavens to Betty! Sing Like Wildflowers! – Santa Cruz, California
Our end-of-summer glamping vacation was Thursday to Tuesday at Marina Dunes RV Resort. Our tween/teens picked bucket list items to do on our vacation: disc golf course (B age 12), something related to cars (S age 16), and Moss Landing State Beach (K age almost 14). My bucket list items were breakfast at First Awakenings, … Continue reading Monterey, California 2026
We were excited to book a stay at one of our favorite glamping resorts - Lake Siskiyou, California. Day 1: arrive & set up camp Day 2: lake day obstacle course - my husband and tween/teens spent an hour on this in the afternoon $15/hour per person we bought our 2-person Oru kayak we rented … Continue reading Lake Siskiyou 2026
When our oldest son graduated from 8th grade we planned a special glamping trip to celebrate - Homeschool 8th Grade Graduation Celebration. Our middle daughter graduated from 8th grade this year so we planned another glamping trip with friends. Unfortunately, they came down with hand-foot-and-mouth disease right before the trip so they had to stay … Continue reading Homeschool 8th Grade Graduation 2026
An Ichthyosaur was a prehistoric marine reptile. I had never heard of it before we moved to Nevada. The official state fossil of Nevada is the Ichthyosaur and we have lived here for three years, so I felt that it was well past time to visit the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park. After traveling to Austin, Texas … Continue reading Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park, Nevada + Ichthyosaur Unit Study
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