Where We ALWAYS Have a Blast

October 4, 2009 Linny Saunders16 Comments

Do you have cousins? Lots of them? Do you always have a blast with yours? Do they live far or near? Do you get together often or just once in a while?? ** ** ** Everytime we head to NY we always must sneak in a visit with my cousins…..April & Jeff’s farmhouse is absolutely…

As Our Trip Draws to a Close

October 2, 2009 Linny Saunders17 Comments

Well!??! We are in Colorado Springs where we are staying with our sweet friends, Dave and Jo. Dw and Dave are on their way to turn in the rental and see if “the cottage” will start and make it back to their house. The plan is to then load up and head for home. If…

Grandma & Uncle Mark’s Home

September 28, 2009 Linny Saunders32 Comments

After a total of 2,146 miles (included 200 extra miles just to go get the rental) we arrived at Dw’s childhood home where Grandma and Uncle Mark still live. Dw’s mom is 94 and as you guys know, Uncle Mark is 70. One day, Uncle Mark will come to live with us. He is a…

Precious Stops Along the Way – Bloggy Friends & Josh’s Parents

September 27, 2009 Linny Saunders21 Comments

Being as we had all that car trouble we were driving with a purpose!! We were supposed to be at Rett’s by afternoon, but we didn’t get there till midnight. So my man was driven!! We did take turns driving and I would sleep some, and he would sleep some. The famous arch…..ummmm, not sure…

Cottage Pictures

September 26, 2009 Linny Saunders6 Comments

Before things completely fell apart….. Graham and Liberty were snuggling in a seat, listening to worship music on his Ipod….Just absolutely love my kids being buddies….and no they had no clue that I was taking pictures……He is drumming….(a drummer through and through)….So when things fell apart….and after the RV had been repaired for the second…

The Cottage in Pictures Before It Went South (and we were headin’ East)

September 25, 2009 Linny Saunders17 Comments

The Trip started out well…..and trust me, it was all downhill from there…..Road work We have laughed and laughed about how we must have lost our minds buying a 26 year old RV to drive across the country without any mechanical know-how. What were we thinkin? (Obviously we weren’t!) So throwing all caution to the…

Don’t Wanna Miss This Moment – Elijah the Chocoholic

September 19, 2009 Linny Saunders29 Comments

My bloggy friend Pam does a week-end blog carnival….”you’re gonna’ miss this moment”…. Well last night something happened and no, we don’t want to miss this moment…. Graham was hanging out in the kitchen with his buddy Spencer…..All of a sudden Graham said, “Mom, did you give Elijah chocolate, cause he sure smells like chocolate?”…

The Cottage a/k/a Our New Wheels

September 16, 2009 Linny Saunders56 Comments

Once upon a time we had a camper. We had bought it brand new in the middle of a blizzard (really!)….we had been eyeing it for months….and do you know what a good deal you can get when a starvin’ Trailer Sales owner is sitting staring at a zillion snowflakes pelting his office window?? =)…

Well That Was Interesting….

September 9, 2009 Linny Saunders49 Comments

Yup, so today we officially started our schooling year. Having completed the last 21 years of homeschooling we have had many first days. This one, was quite memorable. We survived and I’m just really glad about that. For you who think moms of many have it all together because they have both big families and…

Single? Married? Exactly How To Pay for An Adoption?

September 3, 2009November 18, 2015 Linny Saunders79 Comments

Rumbling around in my heart for weeks and it’s time to share some thoughts. Grab a cup of coffee (if yours works I am trying so hard not to be jealous)….and read on. The Memorial Box Monday post on Tuesday produced an onslaught of emails…..and I wrote a post a few weeks ago entitled,…

Linny Lee Saunders

Place Called Simplicity

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