Another camping trip is in the books and we loved our visit to Little Beaver State Park in Beaver, West Virginia. This West Virginia State Park is only 6.5 hours away from our home in Nashville, TN, and was such a great trip. Little Beaver State Park is settled on 562 acres which offers so…
Our 2020/2021 Homeschool Curriculum
‘Tis the season for all things back to school. I’m seeing LOTS of new homeschoolers around here (hello, COVID) and getting lots of questions about our homeschool curriculum. That’s so great! We have tried a lot of different homeschool curriculum over the years. This will be our tenth year homeschooling, so you can imagine all…
6 Places to Camp – Within 3 Hours of Nashville
Camping is one of our favorite ways to vacation as a family. We have some favorite places to camp and recently, I was asked if I would compile a list of our favorite campgrounds (within a short driving distance of Nashville, TN) for another family, and I wanted to share it with each of you…
Make a Splash at Gaylord Opryland SoundWaves
It’s no secret that we love Gaylord Opryland SoundWaves. We try to get there as often as we can. While we normally aren’t waterpark or water attraction people, we do LOVE SoundWaves! The last few months have been interesting, to say the least, so a little staycation was in order when we heard that Gaylord…
16 Day Family Road Trip: Nashville to Jackson, Wyoming
Our kids have always been good travelers – whether it’s on a plane or in a car. When COVID-19 hit, we had to cancel a few camping trips and were pretty much stuck at home for a couple of months. After month two, we were ready to get out and needed a family road trip,…
The Garden Loft – Chicken Coop Review
We decided (after several years of going back and forth) to get chickens this Spring. What better time to start this project than when we all are at home during a pandemic, right? Picking out the chicks (all 16 of them) was so easy, but what’s next? There are SO many chicken coops online to…





