At the fountain with Jack

After we got home, I realized that we didn’t actually get pictures of the boys IN the fountain because we were holding them…but we did get some pictures of them in their cute hats. Kelly doesn’t even want me to put this hat on Harrison, but it has UV protection AND it has surf [...]

Harrison would really like to get his hands on the camera…

Bike ride

I went for a bike ride tonight after Harrison went to bed and I saw the most amazing shooting star. It seemed to last forever and had a really long tail behind it. It was awesome. It literally took my breath away as I was looking at it. And I’m thankful [...]

“So often we religious people walk amid the beauty and bounty of nature and we talk nonstop. We miss the panorama of color and sound and smell. We might as well have remained indoors in our closed, artificially lit living rooms. Nature’s lessons are lost and the opportunity to be wrapped in [...]

Monday, Monday

We’re just doing some work around the house today. Kelly worked yesterday on some more trim and is in the garage getting it organized, which was very badly needed. We kind of threw everything in there as we moved in…he says I should be able to actually park my car in the garage [...]

Tupperware cabinet

I think every mom probably has a tupperware cabinet for their kids to play in. I know my mom has pictures of me doing this.

I was hoping it would occupy him for a while, but unfortunately it didn’t last too long before he was crawling away to find something else to play with. [...]

The Last Hoorah

On Tuesday, we just hung out at the cabin. Kelly fished a little, but didn’t catch anything.
On Wednesday, we went to an Effigy Mound site. This is a park where they have preserved these Native American Burial Grounds. You can walk to the sites and actually see the mounds in the ground. [...]

Memorial Day

On Monday…waking up with Papa.

More off the beaten path places we visited…

Kelly’s parents ended up coming over for part of the weekend. We were so glad they were able to come on short notice. We loaded up on Sunday and headed to Dyersville where they filmed “Field of Dreams”.

We then headed to Galena, IL. Kelly’s parents have never been there and we thought [...]

Our Vacation to Backbone State Park (and other off the beaten path places)

We traveled to Backbone State Park on Friday the 25th. We stayed in a cabin, but had to take all of our own bedding and kitchen items, so we had a pretty packed car, as you can see.

We unloaded and then went into Manchester to eat supper and get groceries. The cabin had [...]