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Hello Summer!

Well, as I announced to my Facebook friends earlier today, as of today we are officially parents of a preschooler, an elementary schooler, a middle schooler, and a high schooler! I don't know whether to be excited or scared! No matter how you look at it, one thing is true: it's summer, and the kids are out of school. Now officially begins our Summer of Fun 2013! I'm so excited for more first summer (mostly) at home! You have seen my calendar already, so you know we are booked for more fun than we can handle. We've already started some…

Plans Foiled (Again!): Learning to Adjust When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned

June 6, 2013
Whitney Wagner
Life, You

Yesterday, my plans were foiled again. While I was working at church, a friend stopped in to visit. I had Princess Anna with me, as she needed to be picked up early from preschool for a short day (they only had preschool graduation practice yesterday). Suddenly (and when I suddenly, I mean it!)--she started crying hysterically, holding her ear and telling me that it hurt and it was "bubbling". Whenever she did stop crying, it wasn't for long. She's had the sniffles and a cough in the morning and evening hours for about three weeks now, so I figured I…

A Day In the Park

Yesterday was a very eventful (but good!) day. My intention was to go by the calendar and head for the rail trail in the afternoon/early evening. That wasn't quite how things worked out, but...as I've said before--some of the best laid plans are foiled. This foiling turned out okay though. This morning, I dropped Princess Anna off for her very last day of regular preschool this year. *sniff* I came home, did as much as I could in forty-five minutes, and left again to help Rapunzel's kindergarten teacher with Watermelon Math Day. Let me just say...thank God (literally!) for kindergarten teachers! I don't…

Homemade Lemonade

So since we planted our garden Sunday instead of making homemade lemonade, we saved the lemonade for yesterday. On Sunday evening, when I went out to purchase our vegetable seeds and two more packets of flower seeds, I went ahead and picked up 12 medium-sized lemons for this recipe. Here's what you need for a regular batch of homemade lemonade: 1 c. water 1 c. sugar 6 medium-sized lemons 3-4 c. cold water Yes, I intended to keep the water measurements separate. Here's what you're going to do: Cut the lemons in half. I went ahead and did this first…

DIY Raised Garden Bed

For a while now, I've been wanting to spruce up the backyard. I've had my eye on some teak garden furniture which is supposed to be really hard wearing, and it would mean we could eat outside which would be lovely in the summer months. The kids might even fancy sitting outside to do homework and crafts which would be much healthier for them. However, I don't want any of us getting either burnt in the sun or rained on by a spontaneous storm! This is why an outdoor pavilion would be perfect to shelter our garden furniture to increase…