Category: Robyn
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Polar Plunge Challenge
This week, we finally did it. It’s been on our to-do list since last year. Well, on my friend’s list. I don’t like to be cold. But this past week, our three oldest kids went to a winter retreat and participated in a cold plunge. We couldn’t let our kids be braver than us, so…
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Christmas Clean-Up
This holiday season, we added a road trip to Nashville to our usual holiday chaos. We returned home from our wonderful vacation to a house covered in Christmas decor and presents and wrapping paper. Thankfully, we planned a buffer day when we scheduled our road trip so we would have a day at home before…
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Road Trip!
This holiday season, we decided to leave the day after Christmas to drive to Nashville for a visit with friends. The chaos of the holidays definitely affected my preparations! I didn’t feel like there was nearly enough time to shop for and prepare food for the car ride. But, thankfully, I have learned some tricks…
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Weekly Christmas Celebration – Finale!
This week was our final “Christmas Saturday” (although we ended up doing our weekly celebrations on a Thursday, a Saturday, a Friday…) We stepped up our game for this final celebration and made fun drinks, facilitated a craft for the kids, and prepared an entire feast of festive foods. The fun drink was a mocktail…
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No-Spend November
This week, I wanted to share a belated recount of my no-spend November challenge. I’ve completed several no-spend challenges before but opted to take a slightly different tact this time. Overall, I think no-spend November was a success for me. The rules were simple: food and Christmas presents are ok and anything else unnecessary was…
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Meal Prep Sundays – Fall 2024
This week, I’m sharing my most recent Sunday meal prep. I have been meal prepping on Sundays for seven years now. My Sunday schedule has changed a few times over the years so I’m always shifting a little bit. This fall I started volunteering in a Sunday night youth program at our church. I have…
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Update: 2024 Goals
This week, I was reflecting on how quickly the year is coming to an end. I know, I know. It’s only October. But it may as well be December. The next 2 months will go by in a blur with all the holiday festivities and everyday life. I wanted to give a little update on…
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A Decade of Homeschooling
This week, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge my family’s 10th year of homeschooling. I literally had to count out the years I’ve been doing this because I couldn’t believe that this is year ten. I feel like that should make me a “veteran” homeschool mom, but it feels like it’s my first…
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Preserving the Fruits of Summer
This week, Robyn and I took advantage of a few kid-free hours (thanks to a local church’s VBS program) to preserve some of the fruits of summer. Of course, preserving local fruits or fruit we had grown ourselves would have really made this an impressive endeavor. But for cost-effectiveness, we opted to skip the pick-your-own…
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The magic of a new grill
This week, I wanted to share some of our family’s recent adventures in cooking. My husband, JM, has wanted a big green egg type smoker for at least 10 years. We always put off buying one because they are not cheap. Well last year right before Thanksgiving, JM found a similar type of grill used and…