Bryan works in Spokane. All the good grocery stores are there. Owen's doctors are too. And the dentist. And Costco--don't forget Costco!With all that going for it, it makes sense that we do 95% of our shopping in Spokane.But, it's 45 minutes to get there. To the north … [Read more...]
My First Series: Getting It All Done: Life in a Large Family
I've been asked by many people how we do it. I think they mean how do we handle life with six kids--when one of them is in a wheelchair and has a severe disability. How are we able to do day-day tasks, and still manage to homeschool, go shopping, raise farm animals, and do … [Read more...]
My First Series: Getting It All Done: Life in a Large Family
I've been asked by many people how we do it. I think they mean how do we handle life with six kids--when one of them is in a wheelchair and has a severe disability. How are we able to do day-day tasks, and still manage to homeschool, go shopping, raise farm animals, and do … [Read more...]
Kicking Kraft to the Curb!
Finally! I finally found a macaroni and cheese recipe that my family happily eats. With all of the processed foods we've ditched, we were still hanging tight to that highly recognizable blue boxed mac & cheese. It was kind of sad really. We make … [Read more...]
The Case of the Missing Magnets
The kids love playing with magnets. We have a variety of them. Or at least we did. Until recently when we realized that we were missing a ton of them. Like almost a whole alphabet...all of our season magnets...and more. Yesterday I was cleaning the kitchen and … [Read more...]