Favorite School Memories

This school year has been my absolute favorite with my kids! Alexi is 4th grade, Brian is 2nd grade, and Cadence is 1st grade. The age of curiosity coupled with some of the curriculum choices we've made have just made it super fun to learn with them. Here is a small sampling of our curious explorations.On...

Operation Christmas Child

Our holiday season has officially been kicked off. The first thing we do each year is pack shoeboxes for Samaritans Purse.Every year I help each of my kids pack a box for a boy or girl their age. It's been an invaluable experience for us. While we bless kids all around the world, I am able to teach...

Do Thoughts Have Feet?

Back in 2009 I started this blog. Everyone and their cousin had a blog. (In fact my cousin did have a blog.) It was THE thing to do. I was at Bible school and all my classmates were starting their blogs to share ministry/schooling update as they started building their contacts they would need for support raising. My friends not at Bible school were starting blogs for every hobby they had. Some people...

Chicken Thawing in the Sink

Our refrigerator is special. A couple years ago the light stopped working. It spent months flickering until it gave up completely. Randomly, about a year ago, the light turned on for a day and a half. It's not the bulb; it's some issue in the wiring. We are just too lazy to get it fixed.We get water...

Fall 2021 - Photo Recap

I know fall is not over. There are still almost 2 months before winter begins. But my brain is weird, and it likes to give the whole month of November to Thanksgiving and the whole month of December to Christmas.  Also, here in the north wood the "autumn" everyone...

#MusicMonday Project

I have my social media life overly sufficiently spread around. I have my personal account on Facebook and Instagram. I have a YouTube channel I have played with over the years (more on that one another time). I have a music account on Instagram and now a page for it on Facebook (A Timely Reminder is it's name). The reason for the spreading is simple, Facebook and Instagram is mainly where I share...

My Busy 20s

I will be 30 years old officially tomorrow.It's hard to imagine this next decade being as full of changes, growth and events as my 20s. I thought a quick recap of what has made my 20s so full would be a fitting end.And now that I've tried to write this recap 3 different times and 3 different ways, I've decided bullet points are the way to do it.Graduated with my Associates degreeJoined the Troyer...