First off, I want to say THANK YOU for everybody that has been so supportive of my new business throughout this year. So many of you have reached out and shared words of encouragement and support! That means so much to me. Countless others have chosen to me as their source for essential oils and…
Halloween Costumes 2017
Happy Halloween! I wanted to share what our kids dressed up as for Halloween! It was so easy this year because our neighbor across our road dropped off a large assortment of costumes from his daughter and we keep most of our store bought and homemade costumes (that are worth saving) in a bin. I…
Grocery Budget Challenge
October is over, so I guess it’s time to share how I did on my self-inflicted grocery budget challenge! Mike and I had fallen off the budget train while back and we wanted a fresh start so kicked it off with a budget challenge to make sure we were paying close attention to what and…
How I Teach: Handwriting
Who out there over complicates something that just SCREAMS simple? (Raising my hand in the air while simultaneously hanging my head in shame.) Why do I do that? I mean, I fight for simplicity every day and try to streamline everything to make it more efficient. Handwriting is one of those subjects that is just…
Curriculum Choices for 2017-2018
This post is embarrassingly late! But better late than never, right? We are in our 7th week of school and I am encouraged to say we have hit a smooth groove with our schedule. Now, don’t get me wrong, I still have days where I feel like I am being torn into a thousand pieces…
Budget Challenge Grocery Haul
I LOVE a good budgeting challenge! Its so amazing how much further we can stretch a dollar when we set our minds to it! This month I have challenged to spend less than $1000 for our family of 10 for groceries, toiletries and household consumables! The challenge was presented by a YouTube video I saw…
October is finally here!
Is anyone else (besides me and Cypress over there) geeking out over that fact that its FALL?! Cause I am! Fall is by far my favorite time of year! And I am SO over the 90 degree weather. Here in Illinois we had a couple of record setting days in the mid 90’s at the…
I did a “thing”
Anyone who has followed me for very long KNOWS my hair has been super long for… like…ever! Well, on Saturday I found a couple of cute (shorter) hairstyles on Pinterest and starting thinking about lopping off my LONG hair. By Sunday I had scissors in hand and was rearing to go. No, I don’t have…
Banana Protein Pancakes
My family LOVES pancakes. And our go to recipe for them is in my cookbook HERE. But lets all be honest for a moment. Pancakes aren’t the healthiest choice and don’t contain a whole lot of protein for that morning boost. Enter BANANA PROTEIN PANCAKES! Made with a ton of eggs, fruit and NO flour,…
Tent Camping with 10 People?
If you have followed us for long then you know were are a very outdoorsy family. We love being immersed in nature’s goodness which ultimately means wrapping ourselves in God’s beautiful creation. We love to hike in the woods, camp under the stars, and dig our hands in the dirt. Camping embodies all of this….