This afternoon was our annual Boy Scout Court of Honor at the park. It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon and we had a nice turnout of families. After lunch, the Court of Honor began. Ben and Jerett gave a report on their experiences hiking Philmont on the St. George Trek last month. They covered a […]
For many moons now, no pun intended, there has been a lot of talk around our parts about the eclipse because where we live, the opportunity to experience a total eclipse was quite within reach. In our neck of the woods, a partial eclipse was expected, peaking at 1:24:54 pm CDT with the moon obscuring […]
Tonight’s scout meeting was geared toward practicing skills and we have learned there are two things that really grab a scout’s attention—food and fire. To that aim, Bill provided the opportunity for them to prepare cheese and pepperoni pizza in Dutch ovens. They mixed crusts made with Bisquik baking mix, topped them with sauce, cheese […]
A few years ago I learned about the Mother Bear Project from the hosts of a knitting podcast I listen to. Every summer they host a Mother Bear KAL/CAL (Knit A Long/Crochet A Long) and every year I have smiled from a distance. According to the Mother Bear Project website, they are a non-profit organization […]
Here is our middle school kiddo! Only for the photo shoot is he jumping for joy. In reality, he would have preferred another few weeks (or months) of summer. In all honesty, I would have preferred that too. We drove Mason off to St. John and then returned home for our high schooler. Signature High […]
Forget shopping for school supplies or back to school haircuts. The first day of school tomorrow means it’s time to bake school bus cookies. Here’s to a great 2017-2018. For a look at the school bus photos from the past, click here.
Mason woke up with morning with the grand plan to make his brother a special pancake breakfast. I believe he found his inspiration from DanCakes after seeing an video on Snapchat. I stepped out of his way and let him have at it. Pancake number one was supposed to be for Walker but I had […]
Today marks the end of the summer camp season for Ondessonk campers and the goodbyes took much longer than usual. Both of the boys wanted to linger and get their last camp fixes. Mason played as many rounds of gaga as he could and Walker disappeared to say goodbye to all the staff and campers […]
Living in Southwestern Indiana, surrounded by corn and soybean fields, we see our share of heavy farming equipment. Maybe for that reason or maybe just for the sake of curiosity and learning, Bill has wanted to tour the John Deere plant. Since we were already in the northern part of the State of Illinois, we […]
We did play! Sunday after we got home, we had a garage purge session. We tossed out two barrels full of junk and put aside two two bikes the boys had outgrown. Bill helped me list them on Letgo but we agreed that if they didn’t sell by Tuesday, we would donate them to a […]