I wasn’t expecting to learn anything at the State Science Fair. It was just my day to be just a proud mom taking pictures. I did just that but unexpectedly I learned a few things that were big take aways for me. After a yet another hurriedly whirlwind week, I was able to take a day of vacation yesterday to…
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Many ladies are from farms while others married farmers, work in the agricultural industry, live in a rural community or have family ties to agriculture. Together they are The Real Farmwives of America and Friends. You may have watched the television series with the glitz, the glam and drama of The Real Housewives series on Bravo. But those ladies don’t…
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Link Up Wordless Wednesday: Spring Snow Geese Take Flight
Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: North Dakota, prairie, prairie life, rural life 15 Comments
A true sign of Spring for me was seeing the Snow geese have returned. Capturing them taking off in flight yesterday was a favorite moment on the prairie for me. My son was with me and all he could talk about was how much fun it would be to be hunting at this very moment. I was thankful we weren’t…
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Fun of a 21 month old on a water slide…(video)
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Miss A found her size slide at the indoor water park we visited this past weekend. She did this routine about 147 times as quickly as possible. The video is just a minute long and you’ll hear me encouraging her to walk, walk, walk to avoid slipping while going to the slide. My brother Joe caught her at the bottom….
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These are the moments that matter most…
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Everybody is “busy”. The world goes faster and faster it seems and we all are busier, often by our own choosing. My husband and I don’t want our family to be busy and not have it be valuable family time because of our schedules. There needs to be value to our family behind “busy” scenes and schedule. In order to…
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