Slices of Life

 I shared this post for the first time exactly 9 years ago on April 29, 2016 after we had attended another fun homeschooling field day. At the time my boys were 12, 10, & 8. I should begin by admitting that I have never worked by myself to put a field day together; ever!  But I still think I'm qualified to help you put together a great field day because I have attended a few field days and worked in conjunction with other mothers to organize them. We just attended a field day with our homeschool group and it wasn't very hard to put together with all the moms working together.  Our group leader secured a location for us; just a free public park with lots of room for us to spread out. We plan a mid-week, mid- day event (April and May work best as long as school vacation are avoided).   We ended up having the entire park to ourselves and the weather cooperated so nicely! Each of the moms planned an event (a few moms teamed up to create an obstacle course) and broug...

Happy Tuesday and welcome back to another Talking About it Tuesday party! I arrived home last night from a quick trip to Kentucky where I met up with some blogging buddies. Sometimes I still think it doesn't feel real that I've made actual friends through blogging. I got to meet a few more ladies this time around and experience a few new things too. It was a great way to recharge my batteries and I'm hitting the ground running today as we have another busy week in store.  I was pretty proud of myself that I managed to visit everyone's posts last week before I left and found so many great ideas. With Mother's day fast approaching in the US and graduation season nearly here I'm already on the hunt for gift ideas, are you? The link with the most views from last week's party: Five Day Post Op by My Seventies Split    A few that caught my eye: How to Make a Graduation Money Lei 2 Easy Ways by Press Print Party Beyond Vinyl/ Discovering the Charm of Cup Wraps for ...

 Between Easter and some birthdays I made quite a few cards this month.   I worked on quite a few of our Hawaii trip scrapbook pages too.  

Since the last Saturday of the month is tomorrow it's just about time for Share 4 Somethings with Jenn. As always we're sharing some things we loved, some things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of .  Some things I've loved: We had my brother and his family over for dinner just for fun and to talk over some plans. It was so great to see everyone and we had such a delicious meal too (if I do say so myself; I went all out with homemade marinara, keto meatballs, fresh zoodles, 2 loaves of a whole wheat bread I experimented with, keto Italian dressing, brownies, etc).  The only 2 photos I thought to take! We had pasta and zoodles so I took a bit of both with my salad I also loved a couple of the hikes Evan and I tackled this month.  Some things I've learned: I've been learning a lot about Glacier National park in order to prep for a trip we're planning.  Some things that went well: We got a lot of Alec's stuff moved home though...

 It's the last Friday of the month and time for monthly musings with Patty and Holly. This month we have a wide range of topics we're covering.  1. We don't really celebrate Easter or any other holiday in spring anymore. We used to celebrate Easter when the boys were younger and actually at home. Alec stayed at college this year and Ian was off starting a new landscaping job so it felt just like any other day; which was weird.  I miss decorating eggs!   my brother in law used to host an outdoor egg hunt for our 5 kids that was so much fun sometimes the boys had another indoor egg hunt at my mom's or at our house They always had Easter baskets up until a few years ago too. 2. I do not plant a garden as I don't seem to be very good at growing things. I will try to grow a pot of basil again this year but that's about it.  3. I don't do much to decorate for spring I'll put a wreath on the door and put out a new welcome mat. It's also the time of year I...