Super Rachel Zana's Spot

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…

Because we had driven 11 hours the previous day and I had spent the better part of last Sunday helping people get ready for Bible camp and then driving them to Bible camp and myself back home, I decided that maybe I would just take the day off from Sunday…

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…

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…

Grandma Robbie gifted the three youngest kidlets with these wonderful kite launchers, and they were a huge hit.  You pull back on a rubber band and release, and the kite zips through the air.  It was the perfect contraption for the wide open spaces on the farm, and kept people…

One of their very favorite things to visit at Grandma and Grandpa’s farm is the stack of hay bales.  Climbing, jumping, leaping, sitting . . . it’s all good, any time of the year.

I picked the middle kidlets up from Grandma Kathy’s  house last Wednesday, and we headed to Bismarck for a sleepover at the house of one of my dearest friends.  It was a special evening because another one of my best friends drove there for the evening as well, and while…

Dr. Peds and the neighbor dads were up at 4:00 a.m. starting the fire pit to roast the Independence Day pig.  This year Mr. SP excitedly got up to watch, along with a couple of neighbor kids.  They may never get the opportunity again, because they talked so excitedly for…

The big kids were all in North Dakota, and this guy was busy, busy, busy all day.  He played in the dirt.  He played in the mud.  He ran around our neighbor’s yard playing soccer and climbing on their playset while the grown-ups ate a leisurely supper and enjoyed the…