It’s officially the new year! I’ve always kept a Gratitude Journal, but over the last few years, I’ve started recording it differently. I love finding something each day to be grateful for because it helps me focus on all that I have been blessed with right in front of me. Every night before I go…
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Christmas Time at Gaylord Opryland
It’s no secret that we love spending time at Gaylord Opryland and it’s also no secret that I am a huge fan of traditions, especially this time of year. That’s why we choose Gaylord Opryland as our Christmas staycation each year. I grew up going to Gaylord Opryland each Christmas for all the holiday festivities…
A Two Week Family Road Trip: Nashville, TN through the Northeast {with our fifth wheel}
We just returned from another great family road trip. This one was one of our favorites we’ve taken so far. Every fall we go to the beach for 3 weeks, but this year we decided to do something different during the months of September and October. We were going to take advantage of the cheap…
Apple Fritter Casserole {recipe}
I’m always on the hunt for a great breakfast recipe and this weekend I found one on Pinterest that had my family asking for seconds. We love apple fritters so I had a feeling this one was going to be a hit. Ya’ll, this stuff is so great and is even good as leftovers or…
Mama Gertie’s Hideaway Campground Review
There are great campgrounds, and then there are GREAT campgrounds. Mama Gertie’s Hideaway was a GREAT campground. This North Carolina gem is located in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina and it’s a real beauty. Our oldest said it was probably his favorite campground we have been to yet – and we have been to…
5 Reasons Why We Chose Grand Design
Five RV’s in nine years. We started with a pop-up and are now in our second fifth wheel. We’ve owned everything from a Coleman to a Rockwood, to a Forest River and now Grand Design. We can honestly say Grand Design has already knocked it out of the park compared to the others and we…
Our 2021/2022 Homeschool Curriculum
‘Tis the season for all things back to school. I’m seeing LOTS of new homeschoolers around here over the last year or so (thanks to COVID) and getting lots of questions about our homeschool curriculum. We are officially into our 11th year of homeschool which means we have tried a lot of different curriculum over…
A Morning Well Spent at Christian Way Farm {review}
There are SO many farm tours and field trip ideas out there, but which one do you choose to visit? If you’re like us, we try to visit all of them (or at least want to visit all of them), so we loaded up and headed to Hopkinsville, KY earlier this week to visit Christian…