On Tuesday I shared with you about one portion of our trip to Florida, going to Disney World. While we were in Florida I wanted to take the kids to see the ocean. They had never been and it had been nearly 30 years since I had been. My oldest 3 ...

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Last week we took a big family trip to Florida which included the seven of us along with my parents and my brother's family. There were 12 of us altogether (6 adults and 6 children) and we had a great time. We rented a 5 bedroom house which was very ...

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My children and I recently finished reading through The Jesus Storybook Bible and I wanted to let you know what we thought of it. My children are no strangers to the Bible or Bible storybooks. When we have read other Bible storybooks where the ...

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We recently finished the second book on our summer reading list, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. My children loved this book and want us to read all of the books in the series. With the exception of one night, I read two chapters each night but ...

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Last week my kids and I went to a nearby park to have a picnic lunch and to play on the playground. Both of those activities were on our summer bucket list, so we had double the fun. :) Actually, we could have marked four items off of our list, but ...

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One of the items on our summer bucket list was to "play in the creek". We have been blessed to live out in the country with plenty of woods and a creek. Sometimes, when there hasn't been much rain, the creek is quite low. We had the chance to take a ...

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Last week I posted a list of 6 chapter books I plan to read to my kids this summer. I am happy to report that we have already finished one of the books, Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. My children really enjoyed hearing about Pippi's ...

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