Do You Want To…Go For A Sled Ride?
On this Mother’s Day… I think of God’s gifts to me: God’s gift of two little hooties. God’s gift of Brenda to us, to make the dream of becoming a mother possible. God’s gift of life – the dream of becoming parents. God’s gift of family and friends to support us through loss. God’s gift…
The past 3 Saturdays have become a new “normal” for us in the spring and fall. The biggest fundraiser that our youth group does is take out docks/boat lifts for various people, on various lakes. Moving out to Minnesota, I hadn’t really heard much about this “job.” Living near Lake Michigan, the docks were permanent,…
Almost every night, after Mazy has gone to bed, Dan and I look at each other and say “we love this house…” or say something that we are happy about with our home. We just sit in awe that THIS IS OUR HOME! And then to have a pool in the backyard? Yes, it is…
Yesterday I had the chance to go to Shipshewana for the day! I met my mom, Aunt Lori, Aunt Linda, and Grandma at our first stop – the flea market! Oh did I find some deals! Side note: if you want to save some money and know a little bit about what they sell there,…
Hard to believe that we only have 7 more weeks of school! It’s easy to believe this when the weather has been nice, but truly, to think we’ve made it the entire school year with school being open has been quite a gift. Something I try to never take for granted, knowing some schools have…
23 weeks and counting… Still in awe. Still hasn’t fully sunk in. And I have decided I do not want it to ever fully sink in – when it sinks in, that means I wish for time to just pass. I do not want a minute of this all to pass by without taking…