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…

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…

Answered Prayer!!

Well that was one of the funnest anniversaries we’ve ever had. We found a really festive chair for our grandson. Wow. Just so fun saying that. Our grandson. Yippee Jesus!! Abi and Ryan are doing the baby’s room in that 60’s look…so the orange will go perfect. Remember when rooms were either pink or blue…

Her Day in Pictures

I found that I hadn’t posted Emma’s birthday pictures…and we gotta do that since this is our family journey….of course our traditional breakfast in bed…her favorite:  Jewish Mother Coffee cake and fresh cherries … The two guys who insist they are going to marry Emma… We moved the breakfast outside to the porch…it was a…

Workin’ the Crowd…

  I completely forgot to post this….so as the saying goes, “Better late than never” …….but I just gotta cause we, as a family, love America and we LOVE parades….and it was Jubilee’s FIRST 4th of July….and that’s Graham watching the parade with friends from their condo above Main Street… Our kids ministry {River Kids}…

Waterfalls & Memories

Check this out… this place even has a waterfall…..which is completely amazing!! It pelts your body like none other…and makes those aching muscles and bones feel oh-so-good.. I was able to catch three different shots of little miss Lizzie Lu singing and dancing…. like here…. although Elijah is covering her up…she was dancing here too…….