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.…
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Going to the Grand Canyon
Posted in Family
I’m so excited! We are finally on our way to the Grand Canyon. We have planned to go more than once since we moved to Arizona this past summer, but it never worked out. After some other tentative plans fell through, we decided to head there this week. I scrambled around and found a campground for us to stay at (in our travel trailer). We should have internet access, but I’m not sure how much I’ll be posting this week. The temperature there is going to be much colder than we are use to, so it should be interesting. We…
When I first started homeschooling Munchkin, I had grand plans of all of the wonderful things that we were going work on, and all these fun things we were going to do. All too quickly I learned that there was no way to do everything that we wanted to do, and I also learned that if we tried to do it all, we would both become burned out on homeschooling. Over the years, we stepped away from many school-at-home type activities. We’ve become more relaxed about homeschooling. We’ve also learned to have more fun with homeschooling. I’ve also worked with…
Blessed Redeemer
Posted in Christian Life
Blessed Redeemer by Casting Crowns Up Calvary’s mountain one dreadful morn Walked Christ my Savior, weary and worn Facing for sinners death on the cross That He might save them from endless loss Blessed Redeemer, precious Redeemer Seems now I see Him on Calvary’s tree Wounded and bleeding, for sinners pleading Blind and unheeding, dying for me “Father, forgive them,” my Savior prayed Even while His lifeblood flowed fast away Praying for sinners while in such woe No one but Jesus ever loved so Dying for me Oh how I love Him, Savior and friend How can my praises ever…
Gluten Free Month Wrap Up
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I hope you all have enjoyed Gluten-Free Month here at Marine Corps Nomads. I want to thank all of my readers old and new for helping to make it so successful. I also want to give a HUGE shout out to all of the great companies that participated with review products and giveaways for this month. I still have a few more gluten free reviews and giveaways lined up for April, so stay tuned for those. I’ll also be continuing to post gluten free recipes, but I doubt that it will be on a daily basis as it was this…