Happy First Day of School for these kiddos! Everyone is so excited to begin a new year! Jacob is in 8th Grade Sarah is in 5th Grade Benjamin is in 3rd Grade Lydia is in 1st Grade
First Day of School
Back to School Feast
On Monday we celebrated our TENTH Back to School Feast. I am so grateful for this sweet tradition. As I got thinking about our family and the decision we made nine years ago to start homeschooling, I got to thinking about what my “why” is. And there are a lot of reasons and those reasons …
Journal // August 2025
Our every day August moments 🍉 Painting Furniture We are finally finishing up Jacob’s room and it is coming together so well! One thing I wanted to do was sand down and paint some of his existing furniture to give it a fresh new look. Redoing furniture is not my favorite BUT we do really …
2025 – 2026 Berning Schoolhouse
I used to do this regularly each school year, but haven’t recently and wanted to bring it back! Here are our plans for our schoolhouse this year. Family Jacob Sarah Benjamin Lydia
Mark’s 43rd Birthday
We had a birthday boy last week! Mark celebrated his 43rd birthday! He mostly spent it the “adult” way and had to work which meant he had to sleep most of the day. But we got dinner to-go (per Mark’s request), had a little family picnic, and then ate lemon poppy seed cake. We are …
Edward Jack Moldenhauer and Elizabeth Louise Roberts
Love of Family History Something that is a big part of who I am that I don’t talk about as much is my love for family history work. It is something that I feel passionate about. It is something I feel called to do and love it. It is incredibly rewarding and I feel strongly …
Camp de Vida: Day 4
Day Four – our final day of Camp de Vida. We were multi-tasking again today with therapies, so it was a pretty short “camp” day. Morning Devotional We had our last devotional on trust. We studied another oldie by Elder L. Tom Perry. His message titled “Trust in the Lord” was given in April of …
Camp de Vida: Day 3
Day Three for Camp de Vida was definitely more relaxed. For the first two days, we dedicated the whole day to camp, but we knew therapies and other appointments were happening the last two days. Hike While Lydie and I went to horse therapy, Mark and the bigs went on a morning hike. They hiked …
Camp de Vida: Day 2
Day 2 was fantastic! I don’t know if I just stumbled upon the magic schedule sauce last year but I kept things pretty similar – in that each day of Camp de Vida is progressively lighter and it has worked wonders yet again this year. Morning Devotional For our morning devotional we studied an oldie …
Camp de Vida: Day 1
Our 2025 Camp de Vida has begun! As we approached this week I felt far less prepared than I was last year, and almost postponed (which more than likely would have meant it just didn’t happen), but I am so glad I pushed forward. Day 1 was filled with some beautiful memories, laughter, and some …