You are all about to be bombarded with blog posts full of photos from our visit with Matt’s mom, Jean. This is because, while she was here, we had some much needed vacation time: We went to the…
When some of our homeschool friends offered us the opportunity to go to Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, which is almost 2 hours from here and would mean getting up and out of the house early, finding food, and, well,…
2013 came and went in a whirlwind of moving back to Florida, waiting for Matt to come home and then getting him back, visits from Grandmas, and lots of family togetherness. I see that these are the times…
We went on another nature adventure recently, this time at Fort Caroline National Memorial, which happens to be minutes from our house and offers trails, the river, a museum and a fort to explore. We often go on woods…
The kids and I joined a group of our homeschool friends on a trip to a place called Connor’s Amazing Acres. It was a gorgeous day, a beautiful drive out into the country, and a perfect place to…
The neighborhood gang gathered to walk a few blocks over to the Mayport Fall Festival one Saturday recently. There was food, face painting, games, bounce houses, pumpkins and other fun treats. My favorite part was enjoying it with…
We went on a field trip with some of our homeschool friends to a local pumpkin patch. The kids loved it, got a story read to them, did a craft, learned some stuff, got a shaved ice and…
I finally looked through my iPhone photos from the summer, and here is a little collage of some of our goings-on over the past few months. Bluegrass concert, pool, beach, fishing, Addie (the pooch), neighborhood kid fun, amazing…
We discovered, again, the river. It’s a marvelous thing and a perfect fit for all of us. Matt got really excited about fishing after we watched those fellows pictured above drag in some huge catches (one of which…
