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Hello May! Dan and I were just saying to each other, “What have we done the past 7 weeks during quarantine?” For the most part, it’s been projects outside and I feel like we’ve found plenty to do. But what I realized is that usually in life, we live by “markers”. We look forward to…
There is just something about summer that offers this whole new outlook on life, along with new experiences. This summer has been so different for me personally because I haven’t felt this good in such a long time. Heat and humidity, I’ll admit, aren’t my friend, but I have been able to do everything my…
Today we went to Michigan’s Adventure with our middle school youth group kids! I always look forward to this trip because I LOVE my roller coasters! We had 10 kids go, which is AMAZING – that means every single kid could have gone, except one – but that one hasn’t been real involved over the…
Now that Mazy is 4, I decided it was time to start a “daily routine” – simple things that I wanted her to accomplish in a day. When I started to make a list, I almost chuckled because I thought, “Okay, these should always be part of her routine!” But then the more I thought…
What a beautiful weekend it was in West Michigan! There was so much sun that by Sunday, when it rained all day, we were okay with it because our pale Dutch skin had seen enough sun for a bit! I haven’t dusted our house in weeks, though I feel this past week we weren’t in…
Valentine’s Day is a day we should look forward to. Not a day when our blood pressure rises, when we spend more time planning for the day than actually enjoying it. How do you have a stress-free Valentine’s Day? 1. Talk about your expectations beforehand. Many would like Valentine’s Day to be a surprise – everything…