I hate snakes. The only thing worse than snakes is snakes in the house! Recently, we went over to see my parents. Lo and behold there was a black snake about three feet long and about an inch and a half thick curled up at their front door and happily sunning itself. Its head was… [continue reading]
Covid-19 Homeschool Day–the Worst!
If you were thrown into the world of homeschool with your kids with the Covid-19 stay home orders, you probably have spent some time pulling your hair out. I get it. I have too! Homeschooling doesn’t mean social distancing or staying home. While some have the idea that homeschooling means something similar to these lock-down… [continue reading]
First Boyfriend: Funny Moments
My dad told me I couldn’t date until I was eighteen. This was always the magic age when I was growing up. Only he didn’t quite do the math because he was thinking that I would be in college, but I was eighteen my whole senior year of high school. So although there were a… [continue reading]
Song in my head
Do you always have a song in your head? I can’t say there’s a song playing in my mind at all times, but much of the time there is, even though I don’t realize it. Things that happen or things I think about, tend to inadvertently produce a song in my head, that at times… [continue reading]
Self-Quarantine Celebrations during Covid-19 Stay home orders
I will forever remember 2020 as the year the world shut down! It has been surreal, no? Our day-to-day life has seemed to go on much like normal, since we homeschool anyway. Of course, the kids had activities and classes every day of the week that have all been moved online, canceled, or postponed like… [continue reading]
Funny Family Stories
Every time our family gets together we sit around and tell funny family stories. Some are the old ones that have been passed down generations and get told over and over through the years. Then of course there are always the new things that have happened to us that we share and laugh till our… [continue reading]
Baking my Husband’s First Birthday Cake from Me
When we first got married, I was teaching full time and taking six graduate hours each semester, while my husband was finishing his degree. So two years later when my husband took his first job, I was able to stay home and focus my efforts on being a wife and homemaker. We didn’t have any… [continue reading]
Family Camp in Glorieta New Mexico
Family camp had been on my bucket list since my eldest was a toddler. Every year I’d Google “Family Camps,” but for one reason or another it never worked out. One day last year, I received a message on Instagram from a former student of mine. She had been following my social media and told… [continue reading]
Dream Disney World Trip
I rarely travel without my husband and/or kids. It’s always been my desire to take them places, not leave them behind. I’m ever in search of our next places to explore, but tomorrow I’m heading out with Ashley, my niece, for a dream Disney World Trip. Ashley is a jewel. While life went on as… [continue reading]
Missionary Travel Stories
If you are new here, my mom Frieda is a contributing writer at Laugh With Us Blog. Below she is sharing her missionary travel stories from 1963 as she set out with my dad as new missionaries. Enjoy! Missionary Travel to Costa Rica Stories In August of 1963, we were finally ready to leave for… [continue reading]