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Friends In The Soaproom…
We’ve been getting ready for something big for a while now – Mom says I’m not allowed to tell you yet, but soon.* That means that Dad has been making as much soap as possible. And do you know what...
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The Circus Came to Town
The circus came to Charlestown this spring. The newspaper said you could watch the elephants put up the Big Tent, so we went to watch. You can imagine how disappointed the boys were to watch a bunch of...
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Dyed Eggs
We haven’t dyed Easter eggs in a long time. But this year, Mom surprised us and bought eggs for us to dye. Now, that might not sound like a big deal to some of you, but she didn’t buy just a couple of...
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Swimming
My children adore swimming, but for some reason, we haven’t had a chance to swim once this summer. So we packed the children up… … and we rectified that today! Jade kept coming up to me...
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To The Ship!
On our recent trip to St. Louis, we had to stop at a rest stop. Whenever we stop, the children always run around and stretch their legs. If we’re in a parking lot, without a safe place to run, we just...
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Outside Exercise
The weather here has been gorgeous lately. (Nope, hurricane Irene didn’t reach us here in Indiana.) We’ve had hot days, cooler nights, and low humidity. We took advantage of the lovely weather to...
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Bringing in the Hay
Many of you remember Farmer Frazier, our 80+ year old neighbor who supplies us with our hay from his hay field. Normally, he just brings us one or two bales at a time, but this year, he decided to...
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Watermelon Football
We have a great garden in Indiana. One of the things that grow very well for us each year is watermelon. As much as we love our watermelons, I admit I was a little surprised when Jim decided to bring...
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Second Choice
A couple of weeks ago, the family went apple picking. When we got there, I took the little girls to the bathroom and Jim sent Colter to find out what kinds of apples were available for picking (fuji...
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Picking Apples
If you have been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that every year we go apple picking! We have gone every year that I can remember. We always have alot of fun, as you can see in this...
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Hiking
The day after Thanksgiving, we had a choice to make – go shopping for Black Friday sales or… Go hiking in Sugar Creek Metro Park in Dayton, Ohio with my brother and his family. It was a very easy...
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Flag Football
My camera keeps disappearing. And then I find all sorts of photos on the disk that I did not take. Recently I discovered this group of flag football photos. Brett is actually taking some really good...
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The Importance of Free Wi-Fi
We love living in the country. There is only one problem - the lack of high speed internet. Right now we have satellite internet, which is better than dial-up. Most of the time. The biggest problem is...
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Rainbow
Many of you know that we have been through a difficult time dealing with the trauma from being on the scene of a fatal accident. I may write about it later, but right now I just wanted to share with...
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Preparing the Garden for Winter
It’s that time of the year when frost is coming and it is time to put the garden to bed for the winter. We keep a close eye on the weather reports and about three days before the first frost is...
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Family Photo Shoot
I’ve wanted to get an updated family photo for many months. But as you can imagine, getting everyone ready is quite an endeavor. We were supposed to do the photo last week, but with the accident,...
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Hiking at Charlestown State Park
Hiking has always been one of our favorite family activities. Our local park was Charlestown State Park, but since we’ve moved, it’s over half an hour away. We decided to go back one last time for a...
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New Toys
We were blessed to be invaded by family this Thanksgiving! Since there were quite a few extra children, Jim decided that all of the cousins were going to need some indoor activities to keep them...
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Picking out a Christmas Tree
This is the first year in our new house and the children had their heart set on a HUGE tree. So we went to a local tree farm where we first found a huge pile of geodes. We took a hay wagon ride to the...
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Blooper Reel
All of the videos we have been recording lately have provided lots of material for bloopers. I didn’t even realize they had some of this stuff on tape, but it’s pretty funny. Which is your favorite...
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