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Back to School 2024 September 7, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Homeschool Adventures,Tasty Treats — Amy Scott @ 12:36 pm

We got back from the our beach vacation on a Monday and dove into our new school year that Wednesday! It was a quick flip from summer vacation mode to school mode. Thankfully, we get back into our school year groove fairly easily. Our daily flow has served us well and I haven’t had to tweak it much year to year. Back-to-school feels a lot like falling back into a familiar routine. We’ve got this! It’s always neat to see how the kiddos have grown year to year with first day of school pictures. As a homeschool family, we don’t have “school picture day” like public school. I try to get a good photo of each boy on the first day of school to use as their version of a school picture.

I realize that the first day of autumn isn’t until September 22nd and we started school at the end of August. We are technically still in the summer season (and the weather in the PNW reflects that). There is something about the start of school and Labor Day weekend that triggers all the fall feels for me. I don’t have a ton of autumn décor, but it all comes out at the start of September. I find it’s a visual switch to a new season. Pops of orange are found in my throw pillows, kitchen hand towel, and tablecloth. I added pumpkin hand soaps in orange bottles to all the bathrooms. A few pumpkin and thankful decorations are out. By decorating for the fall season early, I don’t feel bad heading into Christmas mode by the middle(ish) of November. Many think it’s wrong to decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving, but I am not one of them. Autumn gets to shine to for 2.5 months at my house. Christmas is welcome to have a solid 1.5 months of display time!

While I revel in fall colors, I also adore fall flavors! I’m one of those crazy pumpkin spice lovers and I’m proud of it! Just yesterday at Costco, I stocked up on pumpkin quick bread mix and pumpkin muffins! Yum! I also did a baking project this week with my favorite sugar cookies. I made apple cookies (vanilla in flavor, apple in appearance). October is the perfect month to showcase pumpkins and September feels an apple month to me. I have been eyeing some blackberries at the end of my driveway as well. After this heat wave passes, I hope to do some berry-picking. All I need is enough blackberries to make a crisp and my fall taste buds will be happy campers!

October is by far my favorite month of the year, but the hints of autumn that come in September also make my heart happy. We had a lovely summer, but I am ready to shift gears into school mode again. I am so grateful for the opportunity to homeschool my boys. Right now with Owen starting his 5th grade year, I would just like to freeze time. Elementary school as been the absolute best and I am not ready for this window of time to pass. I have a feeling I will remember our elementary school homeschool adventures with fondness for the rest of my days.

When you buy non-sporty kids soccer goals and they pretend it’s a prison…

Teaching the boys Clue for the first time

First Day of Co-Op! We did a social gathering with board games, a paper airplane flying contest, water balloon toss, and playground time! It was a blast!

I stocked up on pumpkin treats and autumn tablecloths yesterday!

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A Week at the Beach August 28, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Simply Me,Travels — Amy Scott @ 2:15 pm

We just got back from our final hurrah of the summer – a week at the Oregon Coast! We stayed in Oceanside for the first time. It’s near a favorite of ours, the Tillamook Creamery (we visited three times on this trip). While the creamery was familiar, this section of beach was new to us. We loved discovering a new stretch of the Oregon Coast. Highlights from the trip include visiting the Yaquina Head and Bay Lighthouse in Newport, exploring tidepools, collecting rocks and shells, daily beach walks, a tour at the Cape Meares Lighthouse, and a walk to the Octopus Tree. We enjoyed our favorite coast restaurants – Mo’s and Pig ‘N Pancake. We visited Terra Del Mar and Pacific City for the first time. We visited Jacobsen Salt Co. and learned how they harvest salt from Netarts Bay. Jeremy and the boys tried their hands at crabbing and clamming. There was also lots of restful downtime around the beach house. We played board games, the boys got video game time, and I read many books! We appreciated the extra time spent with my parents and sister. All around it was a great trip and an excellent way to wrap up our summer vacation!

Collecting cheese samples at the Tillamook Creamery

Exploring the Cobble Beach tide pools by the Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Birding at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area

The ice cream line at the Tillamook Creamery was too long our last night, so we all got pints at Safeway. A tasty way to wrap up our trip.

Last beach sunset (with Jeremy photobombing)

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Family & Friends August 4, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Tasty Treats,Travels — Amy Scott @ 1:49 pm

I just read a book where the characters would toast at dinner, “To friends who feel like family!” It got me thinking over the last week and how special it is to have friends who feel like family, but also to have family who feel like friends. These relationships make life extra sweet!

We’ve continued our super social summer with more dinners and playdates. There has been something fun almost every single day. The highlights since my last post were camping with the Scott family for the weekend at Iron Creek Campground in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and visiting with friends who now live across the country! We’ve been making lasting memories with treasured people.

Camping is always an adventure! Without fail, an air mattress always seems to die while we are out in the woods. Jeremy and I’s mattress needed to be refilled a couple times a night so we didn’t sleep on the hard ground. The lack of sleep out camping is probably my least favorite part, but there are lots of favorites to make up for the sacrifice. I’m a huge fan of camping food and reading by the campfire. The smell of campfire smoke that lingers long after the fire has been put out is definitely a favorite. I love watching the cousins run amuck in the moods or sitting around the campfire telling spooky stories which result in giggles more than chills. There were multiple card games and hikes and plenty of time to catch up.

The day after our camping trip, we hosted my forever friend, Maggie, and her family. We played games, ate pizza, and chatted around the table. The kids played hard and Owen fell in love with their puppies. Maggie moved to the other side of the country at the start of 2024. Visits like this will be few and far between with the miles that now separate us. It makes these times extra meaningful. I wish I could slow them down and live in them just a little longer. After having them over a visit, we spent Friday visiting them at the beach (their current home base). We enjoyed a morning of mini-golf, a trip to the bakery, a BBQ lunch, and an afternoon at the beach. My friendship with Maggie has spanned decades and it’s such a joy to watch our families be friends too.

We’ve made some good summer memories! These are the days I’ll think back to and smile. The smell of sunscreen, chlorine from the pool, campfire smoke, a dusty trail, the ocean breeze… all linked to happy times. It’s been a summer of popsicles, ice cream sandwiches, and chocolate chip cookies. Not to mention lots of wet and dirty laundry! These are all signs of a summer well-lived. I am beyond grateful!

Our home sweet home for three days at Iron Creek Campground

The Fishing Crew – photo credit goes to my sis-in-law since I was back at the campfire reading!

“Spooky” stories with silly names have become a favorite for these kids.

The kids insisted on swimming even though it was freezing!

I have zero mini-golf skills, but it was still fun!

Again, the kids didn’t seem to mind the cold water!

Forever friends – no matter where we live!

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A Super Social Summer July 22, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Getting Creative,Tasty Treats,Travels — Amy Scott @ 1:35 pm

If I could use one word to describe our summer, it would be social! Especially this last month! Our calendar has been a blend of hosting play dates and dinners and then traveling for play dates and dinners with friends and family. In June, Owen shared his wish to see more friends and then in July, we had so many friends over to our house that Owen requested we start going over to other people’s houses! I laughed because it felt like I just couldn’t win! But in the end, we’ve created a good mix of here and there and everywhere. Gotta keep things interesting!

One of my favorite days this month was a Friday that we packed up for a day of exploring in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. We scoped out a campground we plan to visit this summer and then went hiking nearby. We enjoyed all the waterfalls on the Covell Creek Trail. We made a quick stop at Layser Cave before moving on to Takhlakh Lake with a lovely view of Mt. Adams. It was a great day of adventuring together in nature!

Another fun activity was a small Christmas in July moment I had with the boys this last week. We had leftover miniature gingerbread house kits from IKEA. They’ve been sitting in my pantry since December. The boys loved decorating while I supervised (sipping on hot chocolate and listening to Christmas music). It was so festive and the gingerbread cookies smelled heavenly! Owen decorated houses while Graham made sprinkle explosions on a couple cookies. It was hilarious to see the difference in these two cookie decorators!

We love playing board games as a family and with company. We relearned a game from our collection this month. BANG! is a western game with a sheriff, deputy, renegade, and outlaws – each with an agenda to kill the sheriff or keep him alive. It’s been a hit! We also got a new game thanks to Prime Days, Machi Koro 2. We taught the boys this weekend and it’s a current obsession. We even taught it to friends last night. I love that our new board game cabinet in the dining room is getting used like I envisioned!

There is no doubt about it – summer is an intense burst of activity! The window of good weather and flexible scheduling only lasts so long. It’s been great to see so many people and do so many fun things together. But… I’ve also started to daydream about autumn and a little more structure to our schedule. I can’t help myself! I’m an introvert who can only keep the summer pace up for so long. Good thing it’s only a season and I hope to be as present as possible while it’s here!

When a kid gets carsick, stop and let them throw rocks in a creek.

Takhlakh Lake with Mt. Adams in the background

Jeremy treated the boys to a movie while I was at Book Club!

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Summer Celebrations! July 10, 2024

Filed under: Children's Ministry,Family Time,Tasty Treats — Amy Scott @ 1:47 pm

Summer is in full swing and there has been so much to celebrate! Graham and I visited our sweet GG to celebrate her 91st birthday at the end of June. Unfornately, Owen stayed home with Jeremy due to a case of the summer sniffles. We celebrated the 4th of July with Jeremy’s family, my dad’s birthday with my family, and Jeremy & I’s 18th wedding anniversary.

In the midst of all the partying, we’ve hosted multiple barbeques and playdates. The weather has been hot (5 days of 90+ degrees) and we love sharing our pool with friends and family. We’ve been bouncing from fun thing to fun thing. This is the sweet spot of summer! These are the days of playing hard and crashing into bed at night exhausted. It’s a good type of tired!

Other recent highlights include kicking off our Scuba Sundays at church. We do our VBA (Vacation Bible Adventure) on Sundays for 5 weeks and the kids look forward to this special program every year. We also went to the movies as a family to see Inside Out 2. We were the only family in the theater which is always a treat.

July continues to be a super social month with lots of playdates and dinners with friends still to come. Our outdoorsy plans include taking a hike to some local waterfalls and camping with Jeremy’s family at the end of the month. We haven’t been camping in 2 years so the boys are very excited for the camping experience as well as time with the cousins. These boys love their cousin crew! Extra time with friends and family is one of the many joys of summer. We are thankful for our community and the extraordinary people we get to life with!

Badminton is a family favorite right now

Fireworks that look like swords were a hit

Seeing stars at the end of a very happy 4th of July

The kids love all the decoration at Scuba this year. This turtle is their new best friend.

Enjoying ICEEs and AC while being the only ones in the movie theater.

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June Highlights! June 25, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Homeschool Adventures,Travels — Amy Scott @ 2:10 pm

June has been such a good mix of adventure and rest. We’ve been able to do some summer school, hang out with friends, see family, go on adventures, and just enjoy time around our house. Good times all around. This June feels a little quieter than summers past and honestly, that’s fine. It’s been a good balance. Here are some of the June highlights since my last post.

We enjoyed taking Jeremy and my dad out to dinner for Father’s Day. We went to a local Chinese restaurant our family loves. It was a fun family outing and a tasty meal! The boys and I met up with my forever friend, Christa, for an adventure at the Bill Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. This is an excellent location for birding and a fun walk to the Puget Sound. It was a cool, calm day and perfect for an outdoor outing. The fun with friends continued for me with a co-op planning meeting and book club this week. I love getting together with my mom friend community!

Friday, we visited the Oregon Zoo as a family. The black bears, polar bears, and tigers were active! The zoo is always a favorite summer activity. We stopped at IKEA on the way home and got a new cabinet for our dining room. I’ve been dreaming of storing board games near our dining room table to make game play easier. Grabbing a game will be simple and having board games on display in our living space shares one of our family values – playing together! I love how it turned out! Also, super thankful for Jeremy and the boys, who built it while I was at book club. It was a wonderful surprise to come home to!

My parents bought us a flat of local strawberries, so we’ve been baking treats and eating strawberries with almost every meal. YUM! We’ve had a streak of warmer weather and the backyard pool has been greatly appreciated for cooling down. The boys enjoyed a playdate with friends yesterday. They ran around in the woods behind our house for hours making up an imaginary kingdom. These summery moments are some of my favorites. Yummy treats, fun outings, time with family and friends… We are grateful and loving these summer days!

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

It’s always a good day when you need a cart at IKEA!

Our new board game cabinet! I plan to put a plant behind the “Gather Around” sign to finish the look.

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Summer Mode Activated June 14, 2024

Filed under: Family Time — Amy Scott @ 1:01 pm

Summer mode has been officially activated! It has been a fun transition to our summer schedule! We are enjoying the slower pace and lots of family time. We’re also in a stretch of nice weather in the PNW, so it really feels like summer. Here’s a brief catch up since I last posted!

During the last week of May, the boys plowed through their year end testing like champs. I was nervous about how long it would take to get through two students this year when I’ve been use to only one. It went smoothly and I was so grateful. Standardized testing is never fun, but it wasn’t as big of a deal as I thought it might be. We wrapped up May with a visit to our dear, sweet GG. The boys packed all their puzzle cubes and Graham bought a water bottle to show off his bottle flipping skills. If you can’t find Graham in the house these days, you can find him on the back deck bottle flipping. We also got to share with GG all the fun we had on our Yellowstone road trip. It was great to catch up with her!

June brought at shift to our lighter school schedule. We are loving the change of pace. We’ve visited the library to pick up our paperwork and free books for the summer reading program. There has been lots of family time as we’ve celebrated a cousin’s birthday, Grandma’s birthday, and Father’s Day. So many reasons to celebrate! The kids attempted to get into our pool last weekend. Owen lasted longer than Graham. The pool is still a bit too chilly for a long swim. Owen enjoyed swimming laps on the top of the pool with his new snorkel. The top layer of water is the warmest and the snorkel is a new novelty. He was in awe of not needing to come up for air!

It’s the start of Father’s Day weekend, but we’ve done a majority of the celebrating already. We had a family meal last weekend to celebrate both Grandma’s birthday and Father’s Day with Grandpa. We had an early Father’s Day outing to Top Golf yesterday to celebrate with our favorite golfer – Jeremy! The boys love going to Top Golf. It was supposed to be Jeremy’s birthday outing in March, but life got in the way. I’m glad we could make it for Father’s Day. Now the rest of weekend looks like time around the house and dinner with friends. Jeremy hasn’t decided what his Father’s Day meal of choice will be on Sunday, so we have a little bit of celebrating still yet to come.

The first half of the month has been adjusting to our new summer schedule and lots of family time. The second half of our month has playdates with friends and more summer activities. It’s such a fun time of year. We are loving summer mode!

Can’t visit the library without stopping by the fountain out front

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Another School Year Ends May 27, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Homeschool Adventures — Amy Scott @ 10:10 am

Our 2023-2024 homeschool year came to a close this last week!!! Every year I’m amazed at what we accomplished. It’s a team effort, for sure. I love being a part of my kids’ education. The end of the school year is just as much a celebration for me as it is for the boys. We all worked hard for the end goal!

It’s always my plan to finish our 36-week curriculum before Memorial Day. The “unofficial start of summer” seems like a good time to wrap up a school year. I wasn’t sure we would make that goal this year. Our Yellowstone road trip was fairly spontaneous and I didn’t have that time factored into the school calendar. Owen was ahead in school and even with the trip, he was on course to finish by Memorial Day. Graham couldn’t be left behind. He did a mad dash in the last two weeks of the school year and caught up. It was nice to have the boys finish at the same time.

What’s next? This week will be year end assessments. We use an online, standardize test. Owen is a pro, but this will be Graham’s first time. In June, we’ll start our summer school schedule. I never thought we would become year-round homeschoolers, but the concept as grown on me. We just wrapped up our 2nd and 4th grade curriculum and we will ease into our 3rd and 5th curriculum over the summer. If things go as planned, the boys will have a month off at the end of July into August. They’ll be able to enjoy a camping trip, summer camp, and a vacation to the beach without school in the mix. This gives them (and me) a chance at a summer break!

Finishing the school year has been the big focus since we arrived home from our Yellowstone road trip. We got home late on the Saturday before Mother’s Day. I spent Mother’s Day reclaiming the laundry room and getting us settled. To avoid making myself breakfast on Mother’s Day, I picked up gas station Cinnabon on our way home from Idaho. It wasn’t a classy Mother’s Day, but it was just the day we needed to recover from such a grand adventure.

Jeremy has jumped into reclaiming the yard and getting it summer ready! He’s spent a good portion of this holiday weekend purchasing plants and getting them into their new homes in our yard. He’s mowed, weeded, and spread fresh beauty bark. He’s spent some time in his garden and he built a new shade canopy for our back deck. He is super industrious! I helped him wipe down our patio furniture. I removed an absurd layer of pollen from everything. The yard is definitely looking good! With our lighter school schedule right around the corner, I’m looking forward to all the backyard hangouts that will start filling up our calendar. Now if only the PNW weather would get the memo that we’re ready for summer!

11 hours of laundry… The price we pay for adventuring. Totally worth it!

Making sure I didn’t have to make my own breakfast on Mother’s Day!

How is another school year behind us? Can we freeze time right here, please?!

His elementary school years are flying by in a blink!

Graham is my squinty kid! We had to move inside to take his picture because the cloudy day was too bright!

Celebration cacti? Haha! Such a silly year-end treat!

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Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks Road Trip May 15, 2024

Filed under: Family Time,Homeschool Adventures,Travels — Amy Scott @ 12:42 pm

Our family just returned from a somewhat-spur-of-the-moment road trip through Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. We did a similar trip in August of 2020 and we loved it so much that we decided to do it again! It was fun to return with older kiddos and not in pandemic conditions. Also, there is a big difference in the weather between May and August! We saw so much snow on this trip! It was crazy… and cold!

The highlight of the trip was definitely animal spotting. Jeremy and the boys had a bucket list of animals they wanted to see and I’m happy to say we achieved success! We saw a thousand elk and bison. No joke! So many! We saw six grizzly bears, a black bear, two foxes, a marmot, a snowshoe hare, a herd of big horn sheep, eight coyotes (three of which were pups), and a moose! The favorite animal find was the Junction Butte wolf pack in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone. The first time we found the pack, we could only see them through the spotting scope. The second time we found them, they were much closer and they even howled! The eerie part was hearing the other half of the pack respond behind us. We were literally surrounded by wolves! Thankfully, they were at a safe distance, so we weren’t in any danger.

Animals might have been the highlight of the trip for the boys, but the geysers and geothermal features of Yellowstone were greatly appreciated as well! We saw Old Faithful erupt five different times and we happened to be in the right place at the right time to watch Riverside Geyser erupt. We all were in awe of the many bubbling and splashing springs. The colors in the different pools are beautiful and steaming geyser basins are endlessly fascinating. Any thermal feature that didn’t have a name plaque in front of it was “officially” named by the Scott boys. In 2020, the visitor centers weren’t open, so it was neat to explore and learn more about the parks at these locations. The boys also became Junior Rangers at Yellowstone for a second time.

Our visit to Grand Teton National park worked out perfectly with the weather. We had cloudy, snow days at Yellowstone, but we had blue skies at Grand Teton NP. The mountains are breathtaking and we were glad they weren’t hidden behind clouds! We stopped at Jenny Lake because it was a favorite from our last visit. It was surprising how much snow was still on the ground and how much ice was over the lake. We took a short walk beside lake and we were sliding over deep snow patches between sections of bare pavement. The snow and ice didn’t keep us from enjoying our time, though! We also visited Mormon Row on this trip through the park. We missed this site last time. It’s a small road with old barns left behind by Mormon settlers. The barns with the majestic mountains in the background are an iconic photo opp for the park. It was neat to see them in-person.

We made one final scenic stop on our way home at Shoshone Falls outside of Twin Falls, ID. This waterfall was one I’d planned to visit before and those plans didn’t pan out. It was rewarding to finally make it there! And the waterfall was beautiful! In fact, I would say that the waterfalls we saw on the trip were some of my favorite stops even if they were quick! We saw Undine Falls, Gibbon Falls, the Upper and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, Firehole Falls, and finally Shoshone Falls.

We are so thankful we had this opportunity as a family to explore such a beautiful and awe-inspiring part of God’s creation! There really is no place quite like Yellowstone! The kids enjoyed a week off of school, but really the whole week was like one field trip after another. My love of field trips is deep! Now to start daydreaming about (and saving for) our next National Park adventure!

The Daily Adventure Breakdown:

Monday: The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, MT
Tuesday: Yellowstone – Lamar Valley, Mammoth Hot Springs, Norris Geyser Basin
Wednesday: Yellowstone – Fountain Paint Pot Trail, Midway Geyser Basin (Grand Prismatic Spring), Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone (Upper & Lower Falls), Hayden Valley
Thursday: Yellowstone – Biscuit Basin, Upper Geyser Basin (Old Faithful x 3), Black Sand Basin, Lamar Valley
Friday: Leaving Yellowstone – Firehole Canyon Drive, Old Faithful, Grand Teton National Park – Colter Bay, Jackson Lake, Jenny Lake, Mormon Row, Moose-Wilson Road
Saturday: Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, ID and Hermiston, OR Les Schwab to fix a flat tire!

Grizzly bears through the spotting scope

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River – Lower Falls

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Concluding April April 29, 2024

Filed under: Children's Ministry,Family Time,Travels — Amy Scott @ 12:40 pm

It’s time for the end of the month wrap-up. Crazy, right? Mentally, I’m stuck in the middle of April. I’m absolutely flabbergasted that May begins this week. Part of the reason my mind is frozen in the middle of the month is travel-related. When I travel, I feel like time stands still. I expect to come home to a calendar that hasn’t moved while I was away, but that is not reality. So here I am. Playing catch up and wrapping my head around May.

We have an annual conference in Coeur d’Alene, ID at the end of April. Our network of the Assemblies of God gathers to take care of business and cast vision for the coming year. It’s a good mix of free time, conference gatherings, and meals with the pastoral staff of our church. CDA is about a 6 hour drive away, so Jeremy and I had plenty of drive time to dream out loud and sing along with my current musical obsession – all things For King + Country. The highlight of Monday was taking a hike together before the conference started. Getting my steps in is a priority because conferences come with a lot of sitting and eating. I need to balance that with moving! Jeremy and I enjoyed lunch at a local favorite, Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese and got mini cookies at Crumbl for the first time. Yum! Tuesday, we had dinner with fellow children’s pastors in our network and enjoyed some Bible trivia together. After dinner, we met up with our church team for dessert at the hotel. Wednesday, we got to cheer on two of our team members who got ordained. Jeremy got to golf in a tournament that afternoon while I got some introvert recharge time. It was the the perfect combination of taking a walk, finishing a book, and watching a show.

The boys were off on their own adventures while we were at Network Conference. Jeremy’s parents graciously watched our kiddos while we were away and the boys had a blast with Nana and Papa! They spent a few days at the beach doing all sorts of fun stuff. They got to enjoy the beach, the hotel pool, an aquarium visit, a carousel ride, and time at the arcade. Nana and Papa know how to have a good time! It was fun to get updates from them as they adventured together. The boys brought their spending money and picked up treasures in the form of small stuffed animals and new puzzle cubes. We are in a massive Rubik’s cube phase at the moment. The boys enjoy watching YouTube tutorials on how to solve these cubes and honestly, it’s a bit beyond us all. With tenacity, they are picking it up as they continue to study!

Our weekend was spent catching up on laundry, chores, and resting after travels. We also played some family games together as a way to reconnect after being apart. A highlight of the weekend for me was going to see “Unsung Hero” in the theaters. When Jeremy and I saw For King + Country in concert, they were promoting the movie and sharing their family story from stage. I knew I wanted to see it on the big screen! Also, fun fact – their sister, Rebecca St. James, was my middle school hero. Her music and ministry had a major influence on my faith in very formative years. The movie was moving, powerful, inspirational, and so much more. It’s neat to see how this family is still ministering together. It was definitely worth the visit to the theater! A big shoutout to my parents for watching the boys while Jeremy and I got a movie date. We are very thankful for all the grandparent support we’ve been shown this week!

And there you have it! The end of April is in sight! Our May is a bit up in the air at the moment, but I know no matter lands on the calendar, our family will always find adventures around the bend!