Family
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Faith > Fear during a Pandemic
Right now I am sitting on my bed listening to three of our littles play with trains and blocks, sweet giggles and shouts of joy as they accomplish what they are wanting to build. My fourth (Bubby, our 7 year old) moved to a bedroom downstairs this weekend and is probably looking at a book or playing with his action figures until bedtime. And I am so thankful for their innocence, their absolute naiveté of everything going on in the world they live in. All they know is that we have to stay home, that there’s an illness going around that we don’t want to catch or share with our…
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2020 Family Update
I think it’s high time for a new family update! So the last time I updated, it was short and sweet and I didn’t share much about the kids or our plans. Well, as always, our plans have changed so I thought this would be a good time to update on the kids and our life! Let’s start with our plans. We have been planning for months to finish some updates on our home, list it for sale and move back to our hometown. We could make enough on the sale to pay off our debt and still have money leftover for a down payment, new home repairs ,etc. So…
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How to Save Money Raising a Family
Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action by clicking one of these. When I originally planned this post, my intention was for it to be about saving money while raising a large family, but the thing is – all these tips will work for families with one child to many children! And really, while we have four kids, our family isn’t that big in the scheme of things. So, if you’re struggling with whether or not to start a family, to add more littles to your brood, or just need some ways to save a little here and…
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Family Night – Simple, Easy Pizza Dough
If you hadn’t already noticed, we posted a new video on our YouTube page featuring one of our favorite family activities. You can watch that below: So, every Friday afternoon I start preparing for our evening by making homemade pizza dough. It took a long time to find a dough we liked, but this one is so easy and delicious to make! I’ll share the recipe at the bottom of this post. Sometimes I split a dough ball into four so that each kid can make their own personal pan pizzas, or like this night, we made one large pizza and the kids all topped their sections. J and I…
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Two Weeks Into Our School Year!
I both look forward to and dread those first few weeks of school. Getting back into routine, introducing a new school year, finding out groove… it’s all hard and exciting! This year we have a 3rd grader, 1st grader, Pre-Kinder and I’m not sure whether to call Bear a tot-schooler or a distraction! Ha! So far things have gone pretty well, the kids enjoy their curriculum (which I’ll post about each kid individually in the next few weeks) and we’ve only had a few temper tantrums (from the 1st grader) about getting our work done! We’ve had several outings to our local library, we even did a day of school…