It’s quite a special day we are celebrating while camping today as a family. Me, Hunter and Dana Elizabeth (our friend often referred to as a sister) on Hunter’s 2nd birthday 12 years ago this how we celebrated our son turning 2, a donut with two candles. Today he’ll need a full meal and has requested for me to make…
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Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: family, family fun, kids, motherhood 11 Comments
Miss A jumped out of her crib this week. She catapulted actually and upon that decided she would never stay in the crib again with her new found freedom. Daddy moved in the toddler bed to her room. For three nights, she stayed in her bed, sleeping sweetly for twelve hours at a time which she has done each night…
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Rural school kick off
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota, Small Town Living Tagged With: advantages of rural education, first day of school, North Dakota, prairie, rural education, rural life 9 Comments
Our rural school kicked off today. It’s not a one room school that our son went to today like my grandparents attended. We don’t homeschool either. Instead of homeschooling, private school, boarding school or a one room school on the prairie, today our son, all 6’3″of him, started his fifth year in our little rural public school on the prairie….
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Wordless Wednesday: Summer Sunflowers w/ linky
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: family fun, North Dakota, prairie, prairie life, rural life 12 Comments
I bought the sunflower wall hanging at the Heritage Arts Gallery & Gifts in Michgan (town not state), North Dakota this past weekend. I hung it today on the wall (below what I now see as crooked wooden wheat pieces). Then the girls got the idea tonight we needed to go see “real sunflowers”. After eating our corn on the…
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Momma’s Shepherd’s Pie Recipe, Gooseberry #5
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Looking for a fast and easy one pan family meal? Momma’s Shepherd’s Pie is just that recipe and delicious. You can prepare it the night before, just cover and refrigerate and add 15 minutes to the baking time. Or an hour ahead of your meal time, take 20 minutes to quickly whip it together and put it in the over…
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