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day and night light up snowman
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Fun

Light Up Snowman – Winter Fun

Meet Fritz, our amazing light-up snowman! We thought with 12 inches of new snow we needed to build a snowman. Daddy had an awesome idea and it turned out even better than we thought! We wrapped each ball of the snowman in multi-colored outdoor string Christmas lights, then packed on more snow over the lights. […]

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Family Favorite Recipes

Candy Cane Christmas Cake

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is eating this amazing breakfast cake (honestly it’s more pastry than cake) on the upstairs landing before we go down to the living room to see all the presents. This Christmas breakfast is perfect because it can be made ahead of time and is easily served early Christmas morning. […]

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Music

Pandemic Parody

This is a crazy time in the world isn’t it? With everything shut down, or maybe starting to open up again, it’s easy to get bogged down with feelings of uncertainty or even fear. So, we decided to do something fun to get our minds off of it all…. Ray had the idea to use […]

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Ideas

Family Reunion Activity Idea

We just returned from a wonderful family reunion week in St. George Utah. My parents spoiled us with renting a huge house– seriously, 10 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and two pools! All 35 people in our family were able to be there and it was awesome. My mom split all of the grandkids into age groups– […]

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Newly Redesigned Website

If you know our family you know that we own and operate an internet based store. We specialize in natural dried plants, flowers and home decor. Programming, marketing, and running the day to day functions of the business are Superman’s job– a job that he is amazing at and allows him to support our family […]

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Travel

Native American Petroglyphs at McConkie Ranch, Vernal Utah

We went to see Native American Petroglyphs at McConkie Ranch near Vernal, Utah. On the Knobby Knee and Three Kings Trails, we saw the drawings of ancient Native Americans carved into the red sandstone. We got to see a wide variety of the petroglyphs, from suns, moons, and shields to full size ancient warriors. The […]

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Active Grizzlies
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Travel

Zoo Trip & Grizzly Bears

Yesterday we took advantage of the spring sunshine and went to Utah Hogle Zoo for a few hours. Wow it felt so nice to get out of the house and get some fresh air and exercise. I think the animals were feeling the same way… they were all being so active, it was a blast […]

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Juggling Six
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Introducing Us…

This is us- a big, happy, hardworking, homeschooling, traveling, creative, talented, fun-loving family. For privacy reasons we’ll use nicknames on this blog. From youngest to oldest we have Cutie, Spud, Cookie, Ray, Bub, Numero Uno, Sunshine (Mama) and Superman (Papa). We’re challenging ourselves to be the best we can be: to develop talents and broaden […]

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