Faith ~ Family ~ Outdoor Living
I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.
Posted in Photography
I saw beautiful red items all over the place this week, but I rarely had my camera with me. So, I ended up just taking pictures of things that were around the house. You can also check out the red Indian ruins from when we were in the Grand Canyon. For more Foto Friday Challenge, head over to Renaissance.
Posted in Family
While we were camping near the Grand Canyon we decided to take advantage of our location, and we went to see the Wupatki National Monument. You saw a glimpse of the ruins at the monument on my Wordless Wednesday post. One of the really fun things about this National Park area was that you could actually go into many of the different ruins. Some areas were marked with do not enter or do not walk here signs. They tried to have these signs blend with the natural surroundings, so the notices were painted on rocks. Munchkin enjoyed hiking around to…
Posted in Reviews
Super Star Speech by Deborah Lott About Super Star Speech: The Super Star Speech materials have been designed by a speech-language-pathologist to assist parents in helping their children achieve developmentally appropriate speech and to provide some of the necessary resources to do speech therapy at home. The focus of these books is the correction of articulation (speech sound) errors. About Super Star Games: Deborah Lott has also created a line of fun, educational games. Munchkin and I are very familiar with these games as I had previously purchased the Super Star Game Bundle. I enjoy using them in Munchkin’s workboxes…
Posted in Family
We decided to take a day trip over to the Sunset Crater National Monument while we were up in Williams (near Grand Canyon) camping. The plan was only to spend a few hours over there, but it ended up being a very long day as a trip took us to more places… We started at the visitor center and picked up Munchkin’s Junior Ranger booklet for her to work on as we made our way through the park. There were several different locations to stop along the way. Our first stop after the visitor center was a hike up a…
Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews
The Complete Zoo Adventure: A Field Trip in a Book by Mary & Gary Parker Whether you are planning a trip to the zoo or you just want to have a fun zoo adventure at home, this book will help you plan a wonderful zoo field trip. The Complete Zoo Adventure features, a before the zoo section to help get ready for the field trip, an at the zoo section for the actual zoo field trip, and an after the zoo section to help wrap up the learning experience. In the Before the Zoo section, there is a planning calendar…
