During our Thanksgiving family get together with our kids and their families, our children helped to provide the energy to drive out into the pasture to cut down a cedar tree to decorate for Christmas. After having 42 house guests on Thanksgiving weekend and seeing that it was starting to drizzle out, I was all too willing to excuse them from the yearly tradition. They chose to be adventuresome and headed out with dad in the pick up truck. [Read more…]
Enjoying the Season: Fun Fall Crafts for the Family
Our fall season here in Kansas has been absolutely beautiful so far and we’ve been doing our best to make the most of this stunning weather with our grandkids. Playing in the park, admiring the changing colors of the leaves, lighting up a bonfire for s’mores, eating a picnic outside…what a fun time of year!
If you are looking for some fun fall activities to do with your kids or grandkids, here are a couple easy craft ideas that encourage you to get outdoors and enjoy nature together. [Read more…]
Dad’s “Investments”
Last weekend my five siblings and I gathered on the home place to clear the barns out from years of collecting. Our Dad grew up during the Great Depression and he believed that an item should be kept “just in case I may need it”. There were boxes of wheels of various sizes and types, engine parts, piles of metal pieces, stacks of lumber, a group of used doors, drawers full of tools, and ump-jillion coffee cans and jars of sorted nails and bolts. I could go on and on. [Read more…]
The Joy of Sharing Flowers
Our son, Ben, and his family are in transition and while they move they have been here for chunks of time over the past three weeks or so. His sister, Bethanie, and her two children joined us for a weekend for some “cousin heaven” as we like to call it. So we’ve had grandchildren in and out of our home and noticed something fun as a result. [Read more…]