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Advent Week One in Review

Posted in Christian Life, Family, and Holidays

This week, we read through week one of Jotham’s Journey.  If you haven’t read this book for Advent before, I highly recommend it.  Two years ago, a friend showed it to me when we started talking about Advent activities.  I couldn’t find it until last year.  Unfortunately, last year, due to me recovering from surgery, we never made it past the first 2 days.  This year, we are really enjoying our journey with Jotham. Munchkin worked on her Names of Jesus Keepsake Tree.  She researched these names: Shiloh Messiah Morning Star Good Shepherd Munchkin wrote her findings on notebooking pages…

Foto Friday Challenge: Little Feet

Posted in Family, and Photography

It’s been a little while since we’ve had any “little feet” around.  In fact, as we were taking these pictures, I realized how much those “little feet” have grown. Um, yes, those are my feet in the middle… Puppy wanted to get in on the picture action.  Since he’s my constant shadow, it only makes sense that he’d be with my feet. For the top two pictures…  Munchkin is on the left.  I’m in the middle.  D is on the right. For more Foto Friday Challenge, head on over to Renaissance. 

Saturday Morning Breakfast

Posted in Family, and Holidays

During the week, D eats waffles that I have made and frozen for him. (I’m not getting up that early and making waffles. lol!)  If for some reason there are no waffles ready, he’ll eat cereal, but he prefers the waffles. I always wonder if he’ll get tired of them, but he doesn’t. It’s just something that works for us. Most Saturday mornings, you will find D in the kitchen cooking breakfast. It’s not something that I ask him to do, and I certainly don’t expect it. Yet, that is what you’ll find him doing most weekends. He cooks up…

Field Trip: Quartermaster Depot

Posted in Family, Homeschooling, and Outdoor Adventures

Travel back in time with me to 1864… the area is bustling with military life as the U.S. Army prepares to travel all over the west. The Quartermaster Depot (QMD), a significant place in the history of the Arizona territory, was used to store and distribute supplies for all the military posts in Arizona, some in Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas.

Our Marine Corps Birthday Celebration

Posted in Family, Holidays, Homemaking, and Military Life

Today, we celebrate the 234th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. I like to make this a special day for D, so I made him this cake. It’s a marble cake with peanut butter buttercream frosting. While it’s pretty basic, I think the chocolate embellishments make it a little more special. I melted down chocolate from the after Halloween sales to make the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. I think D is going to really like it. I had the worst time writing today, so the writing on the cake is less than stellar. My hands were so shaky for…