There is definitely something to be said for doing laundry once a week – ONLY once per week – and getting all of it washed, dried, folded AND put away in the span of a couple of hours, but the bloom is off the rose. My love affair with the laundromat is over. The ick-factor…

As part of our homeschool endeavor, we have been reading, ‘Who was Sacagawea?’. We have been traveling through parts of the Lewis and Clark expedition and it seemed fitting. On Sunday, the kids got dressed for church and then decided to play Lewis and Clark (again), although this time Trista was Sacagawea (wearing a bonnet…

Today was Saturday and we decided we needed to have ice cream in the park after dinner. There were a couple of other kids in the park and Levi ran up to one of them and asked, “Do you want to be my friend?” He then ran back to the table and declared, “This is…

Fun Friday night at the rodeo! There is a rodeo we go to every year in Colorado. It was canceled this year and we were so disappointed. In Dubois, they have Friday night rodeos all summer long. I have heard many of these rodeos, as the arena isn’t too far from my in-laws and we…

I feel like I have enough blog fodder to put together an update (that and my parents genuinely acted like they didn’t know where we were when we spoke on the phone this morning… OOPS!) We enjoyed our time at home in Colorado. Trista fell right back in with her friends. Unfortunately, John got sick,…

This is a post that I have revisited a number of times and debated whether or not to post. Here it is: I try to keep these blog posts as light-hearted as I can.  In general, I choose to count my blessings and I choose to focus on the positive.  When I count my blessings,…

My plan is to keep on blogging our adventure, even when we aren’t actively adventuring. My plan is to add some updates when there is something interesting or funny to update. The past few days have been pretty chill. There have been lots of rounds of dominoes and gin played. Sunday afternoon, PawPaw saddled up…

So, we aren’t the only refugees hanging out north of CO. Our great friends are hanging in Idaho, just a few hours away from us. So, when bestie has a birthday, you load up the crew and head over some very steep passes to celebrate! We woke up Tuesday to pouring down rain. It is…

Today was mostly laundry and chores. Boring. A couple of funnies from today… (Cover image is the laundromat, I didn’t take it) Getting all of the firewood ready for the LOOOONG winter! We kind of joke about Annie being our defective cattle dog. She has her moments, but she isn’t as hyper as they typically…

Part of the National Day of the Cowboy festivities includes Cowboy Church on Sunday morning. All of the churches come together for church on this morning. Cowboy church starts off with biscuits and gravy and then a service with music and a message in the rodeo arena. Part of the message included some baby sheep…