Family Fun in San Francisco

Thought you all might like a little peek into what we’ve been doing…. This is from the stoop at Abi & Ryan’s apartment…. Sidewalk chalk is leaving Abigail and Ryan’s neighborhood a bit more cheerful….thanks to all the artistic talent that abounds from all the kids…… And what else would Emma be writing?? Loving Uganda…

Finally! Abi’s House!

Being at Abi & Ryan’s – well, it’s THE BEST This thing threw a couple of the kids off….not sure what part of it was fun?? Hanging onto big sis… Reading with Big Sis? Doesn’t get any better…. Candid shot…{my favorite kind} Elizabeth and Isaiah are pretty tight buds… and Jubilee and Elijah are too…

Saddle Up Them Horses

With all the seriousness and intensity of the last few days,how about some good ol’ Western fun?? A few weeks back we had the joy of going to our county fair…{one of our favorite things to do all summer} The kids got to ride in a Stick Horse Rodeo….Look at ’em…All saddled up on their…

Grandma Gert Meets Jubilee

One of my motivations for driving across the country with the kids was for Jubilee to meet her Grandma Gert. There is something about being able to say, “I met my grandma before she passed away” that just was really important to me. Grandma G has been so excited for her four newest grandchildren to…

Playin’ on Silver Lake

Tuesday we rented a boat and played on the lake that Dw had grown up on….and take a gander at that smile of his…you can see how much it ministered to his sweet soul….this man loves being on a boat probably most of all… Checkin’ out the water just as we start to take off…….

The Real Cottage

If you’ve been hanging around A Place Called Simplicity for any length of time you might remember that when we bought the RV last year we were dreaming {albeit unrealistically} that it was going to be “our beloved cottage.” For all the years we lived in Western New York we had spent much of our…

Davenport, Iowa

Late yesterday afternoon, just as it quit raining, we stopped for a quick pit stop and there was a large patch of grass nearby…and the kids ran back and forth and back and forth and back racing and running and burning some crazy energy… And really, could it get any better than this?A Cracker Barrel…