As much as we enjoyed visiting with family we were all looking forward to Teach Them Diligently, a homeschool convention that was held in Omaha at the CenturyLink Center. Whenever we told people that we were from the Dallas area they looked at us like we were crazy. Apparently they have heard good things about… [continue reading]
Goodbye to Columbus, Nebraska
It was such a sweet time with family in Columbus, Nebraska that it was hard to say goodbye. Even though the kids were looking forward to the homeschooling conference in Omaha they kept saying they didn’t want to leave Grandpa and Grandma’s house. In the couple of days before we left we were able to… [continue reading]
Fun at Grandpa and Grandma’s House
We have spent the last couple of days enjoying the beautiful weather and visiting with family. It was fun to meet and hold my newest niece and nephew as two of my sisters in law had babies only days apart. My sister in law Johanna brought the kids hula hoops and bubbles and boy have… [continue reading]
Road trip to Nebraska
And this is how we travel. Yes Bobby is there, can’t you see his big foot? 🙂 We set out at 6:30 am, not bad time for our family. My husband, I just never can tell how he’s going to travel. Sometimes he likes to stop and see the scenery and then there are times… [continue reading]
Water Works Park Coupon Denton, TX #WaterWorksUSF
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Water Works Park. All opinions are my own. We are so excited for summer! Since we homeschool our summers may be a little different from other kids as when we’re home we’ll still be doing math and reading and lots of learning, but when we have a chance to… [continue reading]
Great Wolf Lodge MagiQuest Game
A MagiQuest game came with our package at the Great Wolf Lodge. The game costs around $40. It’s $20 for the wand and then $20 to activate the game. The wand you get to keep for your next trip to The Great Wolf Lodge. It stores all your information, and you can start the game… [continue reading]
Great Wolf Lodge Water park
A water park in February? Why yes! We were so excited to get to go! The Great Wolf Lodge allows you to enter the water park at 1:00 on your day of arrival even though check in isn’t until 4:00. Then you have access to the water park until it closes on the day you… [continue reading]
The Great Wolf Lodge
A couple of years ago a friend commented, after reading my blog for a while, that my life sounded so exciting. That really surprised me. I was a stay at home (and I do mean stay at home) homeschooling mama of five. Exciting was not the word I would have chosen, at all! But recently… [continue reading]
Disney Tips
We had so much fun on our trip to Disney World in Orlando! For so long we thought we’d wait until our youngest was old enough to enjoy it, but then we kept having babies! I really wanted to go while our oldest was still young enough to enjoy The Magic Kingdom as a little… [continue reading]
Ripley’s Believe It or Not Dallas Fort Worth
Things have not been dull for our family of late; let me tell ya! After our New Years time at home with Jason we had a few days of regular get the laundry done/homeschooling days and then my mom came and stayed with us for about a week. I wanted to take advantage of our… [continue reading]