A Few of Our Favorite Places to Frequent

I love being home with my boys.  I love having family meals at the kitchen table.  I love playing with the boys in the backyard. I love my comfort pad that I affectionately call HOME.  But I also love to GO!  We break out of these walls quite often to run errands, or just for …

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10 Ideas to Keep Your Campers Happy Campers

We had an awesome time camping last week, thanks to your advice and suggestions on surviving our first camping adventure. Our boys were thoroughly entertained by the great outdoors, and we never heard a complaint on being bored or wanting to go home.  Next time they said they want to camp for 5 weeks…not sure …

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Sleeping Campers

  Fresh Air + Running In the Woods + S’mores Sugar Crash = 4 Peaceful Sleeping Campers It doesn’t get much sweeter than that. More camping tales to follow as soon as I get some laundry caught up… =)

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How to Camp with Kids: Checklists, Recipes, and Advice Needed for First Time Campers

Source: etsy.com via sweetwater on Pinterest   As soon as these 90 degree days let up, we are going to try out CAMPING WITH 4 FOUR YEAR OLDS!  Call us crazy, but you all know that we’ve already went way off the deep end of all things sane. After having 20 years of great family …

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Our “Four”th of July Weekend

It’s a picture heavy post, and it’s a week late, but I don’t think you’ll mind… Fourth of July was SO MUCH FUN this year (even though I was only about 60%ish recovered).  We spread it out over the entire weekend and were able to make our rounds to see both sides of the family. …

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These Are The Adventures Boys Are Made Of…

We took the boys for their first adventure to Turkey Run State Park. (Our old stomping grounds from our high school sweetheart days.)  I LOVE this park and being surrounded by God’s incredible creation, and couldn’t wait to share it with my boys. Our day started with a picnic lunch on a picnic table large …

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4 Park Hoppers

There’s nothing better than a warm Indiana Spring after a bitter Indiana Winter!  We are soaking up every hour of sunshine and park hopping.  Not the theme park hopping you might be thinking of…the FREE kind!   I think we’ve already hit up five different parks this spring, and there will be several more added to …

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Spring Adventures

It’s spring in Indiana, my favorite time of the year.  After an unusually cold and snowy winter, it was really refreshing to see the flowers, leaves, and warmth of spring emerge.  The spring always brings a flurry of new activity with it.  Gardening, mowing, fertilizing, and cleaning are typical for most of us.  At our …

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