Our love for holidays continues! We had a lovely St. Patrick’s Day. We ate loads of yummy “green” and Irish inspiried food, went on a long family walk, and learned a wee bit about our Irish heritage.
Valentine’s Day
I love holidays. And I love making them special for my little family. Each holiday feels full of tradition and I love that about them. We started the day with our double chocolate waffles which were so delicious! We had a slow morning and then got to work making some love notes to share with …
New Years Eve
Our New Years Eve was quiet and good! We played some games, Mark went to work, I did a new puzzle, Jacob and Sarah knitted, Ben did LEGOs, and we watched some movies – what can we say, we are party animals over here! But 2024 was good to us for the most part. We …
Christmas
It was a Berning Covid Christmas this year. Uggg…the timing of getting sick could not have been worse. About a week and a half before Christmas, Sarah came down with a sore throat and fever. She was pretty down and out for two days but then she seemed okay. But then Mark and Lydie came …
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving this year was one of the very best. The whole week leading up to Thanksgiving was special and perfect. The kids and I did a “gratitude tree” and it was so sweet and tender to see what they were grateful for. And all week, all I could think about was how beautiful my life …
Halloween
We had such a fun Halloween! A couple days before Halloween, we carved our pumpkins and the kids did most of their carving on their own this year. They did a great job! Lydia had a very FULL day because Thursday is Lydie’s heavy therapy day. She and Mark left early for speech while I …
Back to School Feast
This last week we had our annual Back to School Feast. This tradition is so sweet to me. We are entering our eighth year of homeschooling and enjoyed our ninth back to school feast. I am so very grateful for this time I get to spend with my children. Some days it is hard. But …
Camp de Vida: Day 4
Day four of Camp de Vida was perfect! Morning Devotional We started with our final morning devotional on charity. Breathing Stick Then we moved on to making our “breathing sticks”. These were incredibly simple but I hope it helps. We have BIG emotions over here – just like everywhere I suppose – and we talked …
Camp de Vida: Day 3
Day Three was another success! Morning Devotional The kids were WIPED OUT! Everyone slept in and we just rolled with it. The last kiddo didn’t get up until 9:30. But Lydia was up and going and had her horse therapy. Then we gathered together and did another morning devotional. Sport Practice Mark and the three …
Camp de Vida: Day 2
Day 2 of Camp de Vida was another great one! Three Mile Hike We kicked things off with a three mile hike. We are getting something amazing for Lydia to *hopefully* help her enjoy hiking more – but it doesn’t come until next month. So we let Mark and the three bigs go and enjoy …