Our homeschooling and home building story.
We made it to the International Pathfinder Camporee in Gillette Wyoming! I'll be honest, I started off a little bit cranky. It was crowded, there were no porta-poties near our campsite (there were supposed to be but they were never delivered), the first evenings meeting was canceled, the Adventurer program for the week was canceled... Continue Reading →
After Yellowstone we headed down to the Grand Tetons. We really only had a day and a night here so we definitely didn't get to explore the park much but we very much enjoyed what we did find. We stayed in a tent cabin here to switch up our experience and the kids thought it... Continue Reading →
This summer we made some intentional time for family. We did parent/kid dates every week, we made it to craft time at the library as often as we could, we went hiking, kayaking and biking regularly and we enjoyed being together. Cas went from barely being able to ride his bike in a circle, to... Continue Reading →
Our kids were really looking forward to VBS this summer. We prefer the one closest to us because it happens in the morning while the one a town away happens late in the evening but...we found out the week before that the one we prefer was canceled for this summer so...we signed our kids up... Continue Reading →
I didn't think I'd ever be able to see the Northern Lights from my house. It was much easier to see through my cell phone camera, but I was also able to see them with the naked eye and that was amazing.
This was our first New Years in several years being at our own house. For New Years Eve, we let Ari and Cas stay up until midnight...ET. So only 9pm our time. This was just about perfect. They still got to stay up late and have some extra family time, but it wasn't so late that they were... Continue Reading →
I know it's already February and I'm just now posting my resolutions for this year. We've been outside trying to get in our hours before the atmospheric rivers hit! Picture above is of Ari on one of our beautiful days enjoying a park. Blogging happens when there is a spare moment right now and those are farther... Continue Reading →
So...in typical fashion...we had 3 Christmases. One with my parents, one with my in-laws, and a small one at home. Besides gifts, we went rock climbing, played our instruments for church, played ping-pong, went mini golfing, walking, explored Sequoias, played games, solved puzzle boxes and did an escape room. Ari has been asking about makeup so I... Continue Reading →
For Christmas, Cas got me an ADVENTure calendar. It had 12 challenges, each under a scratch-off coating so we marked off 12 days in December and early January to complete the challenges and had fun scratching them off each time and discovering what bonus activity we would be doing that day. We played chubby Santa (safely), made... Continue Reading →
So one of the things I missed about not having a house was being able to host thanksgiving. Before the fire I hosted Thanksgiving every year and we had a great time. This year I got to host again! We got to have all the family (well, almost, my sister went to her in-laws) and some friends. We had... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 