• What I Learned in July

    Bees and Wasps are not my friends.  I’m not one of those people who freaks out among bees and wasps, swiping their hands through the air.  I just ignore bees and wasps.  I’m also not one of those people who is dangerously allergic to bees and wasps, but I do…

  • Camping at Tettagouche State Park

    Before the crazy storm hit, we spent two nights camping at a cart-in site at Tettagouche State Park.  We were super blessed with perfect weather.  Not a drop of rain fell, and the temperatures were perfect.  It was a lot of work to cart in all the supplies for our…

  • Devastation

    Last Wednesday we arrived home from a good family camping trip up the North Shore.  I drove YaYa to her oboe lesson.  I threw in a few loads of laundry and we unpacked most of our camping gear.  We were busy nestling back into our house, visiting with neighbors, catching up…

  • Six! Six! Six!

    YaYa was the only sibling home in the morning on Mr. TOF’s birthday.  She had been sent home from Bible Camp because she had gotten momentarily sick on Tuesday, but was already feeling perfectly fine by the time she actually arrived home.  It was really fun to see these two…

  • Covenant Park Bible Camp

    Less than 15 hours after we got back from North Dakota, I was dropping the three oldest kidlets off at Covenant Park Bible Camp.  YaYa was volunteering to do dishes for the week (she was sent home 2 days into the week, however, since she ended up catching a short…

  • Spending Time with Cousins

    While we were in North Dakota we headed to Bismarck to spend an afternoon with cousins.  We suited up and headed straight for the swimming pool after a quick stop for a plastic covering for The Banana’s special boot on her broken foot.  Unfortunately the plastic covering got a hole…

  • Picking YaYa up at International Music Camp

    You’ll just have to forgive the Mama bragging that is about to follow.  I’m just warning you in advance. YaYa spent two weeks this year at music camp.  She’s been waiting all year to go back again, and was so excited to be going two weeks instead of one this…