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Tag: Emery

  • Hiking at Charlestown State Park

    Hiking at Charlestown State Park

    Hiking has always been one of our favorite family activities.  Our local park was Charlestown State Park, but since we’ve moved, it’s over half an hour away.  We decided to go back one last time for a farewell hike and barbecue. Indigo had to stop and look at the moss: After the hike, the children played…

  • Family Photo Shoot

    Family Photo Shoot

    I’ve wanted to get an updated family photo for many months.  But as you can imagine, getting everyone ready is quite an endeavor.  We were supposed to do the photo last week, but with the accident, nobody was in the mood.   All the girls need hair cuts, so I was going to do that…

  • Rainbow

    Rainbow

    Many of you know that we have been through a difficult time dealing with the trauma from being on the scene of a fatal accident.  I may write more about it later, but right now I just wanted to share with you these photos. There is something about a rainbow that just reminds me of…

  • 10 Reasons to Eat More Sweet Potatoes

    10 Reasons to Eat More Sweet Potatoes

    I never had sweet potatoes growing up.  I don’t think my mom liked them, so she never cooked them. I suppose I saw them at Thanksgiving time, but as a kid I thought they looked nasty even with marshmallows on them (I was never a big marshmallow fan either).  It wasn’t until I got heavily…

  • Persimmon Bars Recipe

    We love food made with persimmons. If you’ve never tasted a persimmon, it has a unique flavor but it goes well with recipes calling for pumpkin puree. We’ve started harvesting our 2013 persimmons, so it was time to finish the 2012 persimmon pulp we had frozen and hoarded. We had quite a bit of it,…

  • Homeschool Creativity – Packing Princess

    Homeschool Creativity – Packing Princess

    We regularly receive supplies deliveries that contain a lot of packing materials such as bubble wrap, peanuts, foam, and paper.  Most of those packing supplies we reuse to ship out our soap orders. But for some reason, one day Emery decided to use some of the foam paper we received to make Indigo a complete…

  • Soap Room Construction

    Soap Room Construction

    Today we went to see the progress on our new soap room! The kids had so much fun playing on the huge pile of gravel and Jim and I were really happy to see the structure coming together. It’s starting to look like our dream come true! Doesn’t it look great?    

  • Waking Up Early

    Waking Up Early

    You may remember that we had a big video thing the other day. (It’s still a secret what it was for, but I’m hoping I can reveal it in the next few weeks.)  We spent all week preparing for it.  We cleaned up, bought new clothes, and got new flowers for the front porch hanging…

  • When I Grow Up

    When I Grow Up

    We went to the Olive Garden for Emery’s birthday. We don’t go there that often, because it is so expensive. But Emery really loves Italian food, so we decided to splurge and make him really happy.  He always gets the Tour of Italy and then brings the leftovers home for lunch the next day. When…

  • Magic Elephant Ride

    Magic Elephant Ride

    Emery really enjoys playing with the girls.  I’d like to say it’s completely because of them, and mostly it is. But there is a small piece of him that just enjoys avoiding work. And since he’s so good at keeping the girls entertained and occupied, well… he tends to get away with it. The other…

  • A Little Levitation

    A Little Levitation

    Jim and I ran errands right before Christmas (including getting the boys’ Christmas present). When we came home, I wanted to know where everyone was so we could get the present inside. I called out, “Where is everyone?” I heard Emery’s voice yell from the boys’ room, “We’re levitating!” To which I replied, “You’re what????” The…

  • What A Charmer

    What A Charmer

    We’ve spent the weekend selling soap at the Stewart Christmas Show here in Louisville.  The children all take shifts working at the booth selling soap.  If you’ve never seen my children in action, I have to admit that they are natural born salesmen. People tell us all the time that we’ve done a great job…

  • The Importance of Free Wi-Fi

    The Importance of Free Wi-Fi

    We love living in the country. There is only one problem – the lack of high speed internet. Right now we have satellite internet, which is better than dial-up. Most of the time. The biggest problem is when we have several days of stormy weather, like we’ve had. So what’s an entrepreneurial family with a thriving business  that requires…

  • Now I Understand!

    Now I Understand!

    Warning: Santa spoiler alert! Not for all young eyes!! Not only is it the holiday season, which is our busiest time of year. But we recently got news that we are going to be in the January edition of Oprah magazine. So we’re trying not to get too low on any of our inventory. But…

  • Flag Football

    Flag Football

    My camera keeps disappearing. And then I find all sorts of photos on the disk that I did not take. Recently I discovered this group of flag football photos. Brett is actually taking some really good photos. Unfortunately she takes hundreds of them to get those good shots. And guess who gets to sort through…