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.
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On Wednesday, despite Munchkin feeling a bit under the weather, we were able to hike most of the Rim Trail. Such beautiful sights to be seen. We also saw some wildlife this time around. The most exciting thing that we saw was Elk along the hiking trail. Munchkin really liked the HUGE crows that we saw flying everywhere. When Munchkin got too tired to walk any more, we hopped on the shuttle bus. It was another lovely day.
Homeschooling for the Rest of Us by Sonya Haskins Book Description: Homeschooling parents are under great pressure. Besides trying to balance teaching responsibilities and family life, they often face unrealistic expectations from relatives, churches, other homeschoolers, and society at large. Even parents considering homeschooling sense the need to be perfect. Sonya Haskins doesn’t want any more families to give up on homeschooling. In this book she shares affirming stories and practical ideas from dozens of everyday families who successfully deal with cluttered schedules, academic struggles, sibling squabbles, and other real-life issues. Instead of learning a one-size-fits-all approach, readers will discover…
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The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World is an exciting new massive online virtual world for kids ages 7-14 where players can travel to places around the world, through time and space, meet famous historical people, play fun enriching games, make new friends own exotic islands, build culture-inspired houses, wear all kinds of cool clothing and costumes, explore secret locations, solve ancient mysteries and become a legendary traveler! Munchkin’s thoughts: Munchkin didn’t really care for this virtual world. She felt it was a bit weird and complicated for her tastes. She also didn’t feel comfortable with the chat features…
Munchkin has been hoping that she would at least get to see some snow while we were here. She misses her snow. **grin** As we were driving here, we saw snow on the mountain peaks. The closer we got the more snowy mountains we saw. Then, we saw some snow along the road. As we turned off the highway to head toward our campground, we saw patches of snow all over the place. Munchkin started to get excited. At least she would be able to play in the little patch of snow. This made her more than a little happy.…
