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The treasure underneath your feet

September 20, 2013 by Amelia

In an act of wild adventure, we spent the last 12 days of summer vacation in Southern California. The last 12 days as in we arrived home at 12:30 a.m. and the kids started school at 8 a.m. We squeezed all we could out of this summer. To be honest, we wouldn’t have intentionally tortured […]

Filed Under: Doing Life Together, Family, Funnies, running, summer, T-Rex Tagged With: community, encouragement, family, friends, funny, kids, motherhood, parenting, treasure

5 ways to slow down this summer

June 24, 2013 by Amelia

[pinit] How can this be the last week of June already?! It seems like school just got out last week, but here we are at the end of June. If you’re like me, the days often feel long, but the weeks slip through your fingers like sand. Here are a few things we’ve done this […]

Filed Under: cheap & fun, Family, Little Miss Sunshine, summer, T-Rex Tagged With: encouragement, kids, motherhood, parenting, summer

A fun summer activity for family bonding (and learning!)

June 14, 2013 by Amelia

This is year two for our summer journals. I kept the journals that they made below from last year and we will keep writing in them this summer. How fun to keep a running summer journal and see the progress of each child over the years in their handwriting, storytelling and artwork? Not to mention […]

Filed Under: cheap & fun, craftiness, Family, Little Miss Sunshine, motherhood, summer, T-Rex Tagged With: family, funny, kids, motherhood, parenting, school, stories, summer

10 things to keep in your car for better summer adventures

June 12, 2013 by Amelia

[pinit] Confession: I’m a type-A planner who lives by lists and who struggles with spontaneity. Shocking. I know. I married a non-planner who loves spontaneity. You know the kind. They throw everything into a suitcase the night before a trip, possibly even the morning of and never even make a checklist. *Gasp.* Meanwhile, I’ve made […]

Filed Under: Family, motherhood, summer Tagged With: family, friends, friendship, kids, motherhood, parenting, summer

Knowing your seasons: giving yourself grace

May 30, 2013 by Amelia

I stood at the edge of my garden staring at the brown space littered with weeds. I love my garden. I love picking items and eating them for dinner an hour later. It’s like a party for the taste buds. I love knowing what went into the soil and onto the plants. I love eating […]

Filed Under: Family, summer Tagged With: comparison, family, garden, gardening, grace, life seasons

Rodent in the Trunk

July 16, 2012 by Amelia

In case you missed the first 2 installments, check out Rodent in the Garden and Rodent in the Trap. The day of reckoning had arrived for the furry little brown groundhog caught in my live trap. I grabbed my green gardening gloves and headed out to collect my capture. Even though some intelligent trap-engineer had […]

Filed Under: faith in action, Family, summer Tagged With: garden, gardening, kids, pest control, rodents, sin

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