We had no problems finding Char-Mar Ridge. What a great hike it is! About a mile and a half, through beautiful woods winding across and around a creek. We looked for glacial erratics, white/red oaks, and shelf fungi. Once again, we found them all! Not only did we find shelf fungi, but we saw several…
Thank you to all those in service, praying to those on active duty! Parades, cooking out (hopefully between thunderstorms!), fireworks! Hobby Lobby took out a full-page ad full of quotes about God and the United States, see it here. You can see all their past ads (Christmas, Easter, Independence Day) here. I’m going to try…
Our first Letterboxing adventure was finding the park! We decided to go today (Sunday) because the first trail is closer to my parents’ house than to ours. We made a wrong “non-turn” and turned around after talking to a park ranger at a different park (different park system, even!) and found our way into Sunbury,…
We’re very excited about this family program sponsored by our county’s park program: Summer Letterbox Adventure 2009! I’ve been looking through the instruction booklet and our Handbook of Nature Study and am excited about the pre-research and then going with Jason on Saturdays to get our stamps. I hope this will teach our children (and…
We’ve had a busy week! School for the kiddos, evening things for me, Jason has had long hours. Fun fun stuff! This week we started to work into our routine. The children seem to be really liking having a certain order to the day, and they definitely like having time with me by themselves in…
Way back in September, lo these many months ago, I was re-reading Proverbs 31 and I noticed something I hadn’t noticed previously. I’m not generally one for “New Year’s Resolutions” (although if I were, I like what Cindy has to say in this post) or year-long themes, but I’ve been mulling for 3 months and…
There is something about saying, ‘We always do this,’ which helps keep the years together. Time is such an elusive thing that if we keeping meaning to do something, but never do it, year would follow year with no special thoughtfulness being expressed in making gifts, surprises, charming table settings, and familiar food. Tradition is…
My in-laws gave me this book by Noel Piper for Christmas. I’m going to try to share some quotes throughout my reading. From the forward (by John Piper): “God is the treasure of our lives. We see him in everything. We believe with all our hearts that ‘from him and through him and to him…